SPORTS
Expansion happening at The Battery Atlanta
FACTBOOK 2020 83
By Rosie Manins
rmanins@mdjonline.com
Next door to the Atlanta
Braves’ stadium in Cumberland
is The Battery
Atlanta, a $900 million
mixed-use development
that now spans two million
square feet near the juncture
of Interstates 75 and
285.
The 57-acre complex
boasts some of metro
Atlanta’s top stores and
restaurants as well as
apartments, office buildings,
hotel suites and the
Coca-Cola Roxy concert
hall.
It was built to complement
SunTrust Park in line
with the Braves’ move to
Cobb from Fulton County
in 2017.
Among the largest and
tallest tenants of the Battery
are the Omni Hotel
and Comcast.
The Omni Hotel, which
opened in January 2018,
stands 16 stories tall and
includes 264 guest rooms,
28 of which are suites.
The rooms use light
grays, blues and different
shades of red in an homage
to the Braves’ colors and
feature one of two pieces
of artwork: a deconstructed
baseball outlining the
state of Georgia or a quote
from former Braves great
and Hall-of-Famer Hank
Aaron.
The hotel also houses
more than 20,000 square
feet of meeting and event
space, a grand ballroom, a
pool and the 582 Waterside
Lounge & Bar — the fifthfloor
pool deck offering
cocktails and food located
582 feet from SunTrust
Park’s home plate.
The Braves announced
in August 2018 that a new
140-room “lifestyle hotel”
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