(Atlanta) The Atlanta Braves will make room for the past at the Champions Parade scheduled for Friday with a two-stop celebration that will also pay tribute to the first World Series conquest 26 years ago.
The Braves were crowned champions with a 7-0 victory Tuesday night in Game 6 of the series between them and the Houston Astros.
Depending on how the party is planned, the start will be at Woodruff Park in downtown Atlanta, very close to the team’s former home, Turner Field, as well as the old Atlanta-Fulton Stadium. County.
Players will take a walkabout for just over two miles along famed Peachtree Street, before being escorted to the team’s current home in suburban Cobb County, where the parade will resume for around one. kilometer and a half.
The celebrations are then scheduled to end with a concert at Truist Park featuring local artistic talent, namely rappers Ludacris and Big Boi, a former member of the Outkast duo. The stadium where the Braves are currently playing opened in 2017 and is located about 20 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta.
In the previous World Series conquest in 1995, the team played at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. This compound was destroyed to make way for the parking lot at Turner Field, built for the 1996 Olympics. The Braves played there from 1997 to 2016 before moving to Cobb County. Turner Field has since been converted to host the Georgia State University football team.