{"id":1124,"date":"2015-02-05T17:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T22:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2023-07-25T12:18:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:18:11","slug":"georgia-supreme-court-hears-braves-stadium-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/2015\/02\/georgia-supreme-court-hears-braves-stadium-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Supreme Court Hears Braves Stadium Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2015\/02\/bravesstadium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1125\" src=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2015\/02\/bravesstadium-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"bravesstadium\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/blog\/capitol_vision\/2015\/02\/georgia-supeme-court-hears-challenge-to-braves.html?ana=twt&amp;page=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlanta Business Chronicle<\/a>, the Georgia Supreme Court recently heard oral argument concerning the validity of\u00a0municipal bonds used to fund the Atlanta Braves&#8217; proposed new stadium, SunTrust Park. The Plaintiffs, representing the Cobb County taxpayers, alleged that Georgia&#8217;s Constitution prevents public funding of a private project without a voter referendum. However, the Defendants claim that Braves games in the new stadium, which will cost $672 million of which $397 million is being financed by the municipal bonds,\u00a0fit within the state&#8217;s parks and recreation provision. Further, the Defendants allege that overturning the Cobb County Superior Court&#8217;s decision to validate the bonds would go against decades of precedent.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Fixelle is the Sports Highlight Editor for the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law and a current second year student at Harvard Law School (Class of 2016).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the Georgia Supreme Court recently heard oral argument concerning the validity of\u00a0municipal bonds used to fund the Atlanta Braves&#8217; proposed new stadium, SunTrust Park. The Plaintiffs, representing the Cobb County taxpayers, alleged that Georgia&#8217;s Constitution prevents public funding of a private project without a voter referendum. However, the Defendants 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