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Plan approved for new Braves stadium
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Cobb County commissioners, from rear left, Helen Goreham, Tim Lee, Lisa Cupid, and Joann Birrell, listen as Neva Lent, of Marietta, Ga., left, speaks in opposition to the Atlanta Braves building a new baseball stadium in the county during a hearing on the subject on Tuesday in Marietta, Ga. The Cobb County commissioners voted 4-1 Tuesday night to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the baseball team. Braves officials stunned local leaders earlier this month when they announced they would abandon Turner Field, a site just south of downtown Atlanta that has been their home since the team moved from Milwaukee in 1966. - photo by Associated Press
MARIETTA — The Atlanta Braves are a step closer to moving out of downtown Atlanta, the Major League Baseball team's home for the past 47 years. The Cobb County Commission in suburban Atlanta voted 4-1 Tuesday night to approve a new $672 million stadium, which officials hope to open for the 2017 season at a site 10 miles northwest of the Georgia capital city's downtown. The vote followed public comment for and against the deal, which will require millions of dollars in public funds.