Turner Field: Have a ball at the home of the Braves
Even if you’re not wild about baseball, a visit to Turner Field may give you baseball fever, with an irresistible urge to do the tomahawk chop.
The home of the Atlanta Braves has something for everyone, from those who know how to calculate a batting average to those who think a relief pitcher is what you get after you spill the beer.
Get to the game early, eat dinner or grab some drinks at the ChopHouse with full view of the bullpen. Watch batting practice or stroll over to Scouts Alley with interactive games. The kids can see Johnny Bravo and play games at Cartoon Network’s Tooner Field in the Fan Plaza near the stadium entrance.
Heck, Turner Field even lets fans bring in their own food and non-alcoholic beverages! Check out Turner Field’s A to Z Guide for a complete list of stadium activities on game days.
If the Braves aren’t in town or baseball season is over, you can still see the Atlanta Braves' 1995 World Series trophy and the bat that Hank Aaron used to smack his 715th home run on display at the Ivan Allen Jr. Braves Museum & Hall of Fame.
The open-air, natural grass facility was built for Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Games in 1996.The museum features more than 600 Braves artifacts and photographs that trace the team’s history from its beginnings in Boston (1871–1952) to Milwaukee (1953–65) to Atlanta (1966–present).
One-hour guided Turner Field tours, held year-round at various times, begin at the museum. Fans can tour the press box and broadcast booths, sit in the Braves dugout and glimpse their favorite players’ lockers in the Braves' clubhouse.
During games, there are no bad seats because you can always see the action on the world’s largest high-definition TV. Braves Vision is a 71-foot-tall, 79-foot-wide, 5,600-square-foot Mitsubishi Electric-made screen with more than five million LED lights.
Above left field is the Chick-Fil-A’s Tomahawk Chopping Cow, which does the tomahawk chop during crucial plays. Nearby is a 38-foot-tall Coke bottle atop the outfield roof, which includes a pavilion with picnic tables and a base path for kids.
The Braves have lots of special promotions, including free tickets on your birthday, letting kids run the bases before Sunday games, fireworks after Friday home games, special Bark in the Park days when dogs can come to the stadium, Coca-Cola Two-For-One Tuesdays and Two-For-One Wednesdays. Check the website to find out what kind of deal you can get on ticket.
And warm up your vocal chords for the mandatory sing-along to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh inning stretch.
Posted by Diane Loupe
