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Schiefelbein: What about the Liberty Braves Group (“BATRK”) initially caught your attention as a value investor? Wills Manley: There are a lot of unique properties that make BATRK difficult to understand: it’s a tracking stock, it has no public peer group, it’s small-cap stock with virtually no analyst coverage, and of course the new ballpark catalyst presents an additional variable. This confluence of unusual factors creates a void of natural owners and consequently a deep value opportunity. Schiefelbein: What is the market missing? Wills Manley: The market is missing three things: the size of the revenue impact of the new ballpark and mixed-use facility, the difference in valuation multiple Continue to Article

April 12, 2017 10:53:am EST

SunTrust Park, the still-under-warranty home of the Atlanta Braves, presents a simple truth: you can have one hell of a fine time here without ever seeing a single live pitch. There’s no doubt that SunTrust Park, which opens for regular-season duty Friday, is a beautiful facility. It’s also impossible to even consider SunTrust Park without considering the conditions under which it was born … and the conditions which you’ll endure getting here. Continue to Article

April 12, 2017 10:37:am EST

Tour the Atlanta Braves' brand-new stadium with Yahoo Sports. Continue to Article

April 12, 2017 10:18:am EST

It looked like it was going to be another normal game for the Miami Marlins on Tuesday. They were facing the Atlanta Braves, and there was no reason to think anything crazy or weird or wildly entertaining would happen. Then a cat walked our lives. Well Continue to Article

April 12, 2017 10:08:am EST

A heads up to those attending the first two Atlanta Braves games at SunTrust Park Friday and Saturday: The team’s parking lots will not accept credit or debit cards on those days. For weeks the team has been stressing for weeks that fans should buy tickets and parking in advance. Vice President Mike Plant underscored that message again at a press conference Wednesday. But while the team has previously said its parking lots will not accept cash, on Wednesday Plant announced they won’t take plastic, either, for those first two games. The reason? The team really, really wants fans to get in the habit of paying for parking in advance. Fans can purchase parking permits at the team’s web site. After Continue to Article

April 12, 2017 4:00:am EST