Shocker

In short: Atlanta Braves draw lowest attendance since 1990, at barely over 2,000,000 “paying” fans.  This is 13th in the National League, and 24th overall in Major League Baseball.

Who would have thunk that publicly giving up on the team, giving up on the city, and giving up on the ballpark would have such adverse effects on attendance?  Man, there’s no way anyone could have seen this coming.  Totally blindsiding.

Being Atlanta Business Chronicle, this article itself will inevitably end up behind the paywall, but there’s really not much that needs summarizing.  The Braves sucked in 2015, and it’s abundantly reflected in the overall attendance at Turner Field.  Granted, the Braves in general are always typically middle-of-the-pack when it comes to attendance, placing 8-9 in the National League on average throughout the last decade or so, but to drop to nearly last is still saying something about alienating even the most fickle of bandwagon Atlanta sports fans.

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