Dive Brief:

• Brasfield & Gorrie, Mortenson Construction, Barton Malow Company and New South Construction – submitting a proposal as American Builders 2017 – is Cobb County's choice to build the new home of the Atlanta Braves baseball team.
• The stadium, which will take the team out of the city of Atlanta, will have 41,500 seats, is budgeted at $672 million and is supposed to be ready for opening day of the 2017 season after construction starts this year.
• The joint venture, which was designated as manager at risk for the project, includes members that have been involved with construction of Target Field in Minneapolis, Coors Field in Denver and Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore.

Dive Insight:

The ball park is a public-private partnership between the Braves organization, the county and the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority. In the memorandum of agreement that the parties signed last fall, the Braves said they had determined it is "in the best interests of the Team and its fans to relocate to a site that will provide greater access to its regional fan base." The Braves moved to Atlanta in 1966.