Parking at Turner Field

I'm driving from Florida tomorrow for the Cubs/Braves playoff games in
Atlanta. I will be staying south of the city.

I have never been to Turner field. I'm looking for car parking
recommendations and what time I should start heading for the park from about
20 miles south.

Thanks for any tips.

"Bishoop" <none@none.net> wrote in message
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> I'm driving from Florida tomorrow for the Cubs/Braves playoff games in
> Atlanta. I will be staying south of the city.
>
> I have never been to Turner field. I'm looking for car parking
> recommendations and what time I should start heading for the park from
about
> 20 miles south.
>
> Thanks for any tips.
>
>
i'd say right about now, given atlanta traffic.
sorry. i'd try to stay away from the "private lots" and get there nice and
early.

"Bishoop" <none@none.net> wrote in message
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: I'm driving from Florida tomorrow for the Cubs/Braves playoff games in
: Atlanta. I will be staying south of the city.
:
: I have never been to Turner field. I'm looking for car parking
: recommendations and what time I should start heading for the park from
about
: 20 miles south.
:
: Thanks for any tips.
:
I would suggest you go to Atlanta's MARTA website, find the nearest station
to where you're staying and ride it to the game (ride MARTA, not the
station). :) IMHO, it's the only way for us out-of-towners to do it.
You'll be back to where you're staying while most will still be trying to
figure out how to get out of the stadium traffic.

I must agree when in doubt take Marta......

--
Thanks

Dario Ruff
dec2g@m

"bgs" <bgs@mindless.com> wrote in message
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> "Bishoop" <none@none.net> wrote in message
> news:GfSdnY62Zrt49-WiXTWJhQ@giganews.com...
> : I'm driving from Florida tomorrow for the Cubs/Braves playoff games in
> : Atlanta. I will be staying south of the city.
> :
> : I have never been to Turner field. I'm looking for car parking
> : recommendations and what time I should start heading for the park from
> about
> : 20 miles south.
> :
> : Thanks for any tips.
> :
> I would suggest you go to Atlanta's MARTA website, find the nearest
station
> to where you're staying and ride it to the game (ride MARTA, not the
> station). :) IMHO, it's the only way for us out-of-towners to do it.
> You'll be back to where you're staying while most will still be trying to
> figure out how to get out of the stadium traffic.
>
>

Bishoop wrote:
>
> I'm driving from Florida tomorrow for the Cubs/Braves playoff games in
> Atlanta. I will be staying south of the city.
>
> I have never been to Turner field. I'm looking for car parking
> recommendations and what time I should start heading for the park from about
> 20 miles south.
>
> Thanks for any tips.

The best bet is to start heading for the game before it actually starts.
That way the food in the concession stands still has a chance of being
hot or cold depending on what you buy. For parking, I'd recommend trying
to find a parking lot close to the field since otherwise you'd probably
have to walk quite some distance. Once the game gets started, try to
figure out whether the local team is going to lose badly, because if
they are it would probably be good to cut out after the fourth inning
since once other people determine that the game is going badly they'll
want to leave early and you'll run into traffic jams.

As for a tip - just don't take anything I say too seriously. I mostly
just enjoy making fun of the whole thing.

"Bishoop" <none@none.net> wrote in message
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> Doing some googling I came up with the following:
>
> The MARTA shuttle buses, which pick you up in Steve Polk Plaza and take you
> to Turner Field.
>
> Not having been to Underground Atlanta in 10 years, is the Steve Polk Plaza
> easy to find once I get to the Underground area?
>
> Thanks....
>
>

There are signs that point you to the "Braves Shuttle" (red, white & blue
signs)
all over the 5 Points Station (main station to transfer to Braves Shuttle).