County staff reported to the Cobb County Board of Commissioners that the mixed‑use development known as The Battery and the Atlanta Braves’ ongoing contributions continued to generate multi‑million dollar benefits for local tax coffers in 2024.

County presenters said the project produced a net positive of about $3,000,000 for the county general fund in 2024 after accounting for the Braves’ annual payment, hotel and rental taxes, and property tax collections tied to the development. The presentation also listed a $6,100,000 annual payment from the Braves to the county; a hotel room fee charged inside a Cumberland special district; and a special service district millage levied on commercial property within the development’s footprint as revenue sources used to support annual debt service.

The county’s summary showed that the taxable value of the Battery area rose from roughly $5,000,000 across four parcels in 2014 to about $577,000,000 across 56 parcels by the end of 2024. Staff said that from 2023 to 2024 that taxable value increased by about $49,000,000 and that values were continuing to rise as additional projects completed in 2025.

Officials said the development’s tax receipts also benefit other public entities: the county’s Board of Education, the Cumberland Community Improvement District (CID) and the state. Staff presented a 2024 allocation for sales and use tax, liquor‑by‑the‑drink and similar levies from businesses in the Battery totaling just over $28,000,000. That allocation was shown split among the county (about $7,200,000), the Board of Education (about $4,000,000) and the state (about $16,700,000). Over a five‑year period the presentation said the development generated more than $112,000,000 in combined revenue for those three partners.

County staff also described other 2024 receipts from the Battery: roughly $2,600,000 in county property tax receipts that support the general fund and fire fund, about $2,200,000 in hotel‑motel taxes collected from hotels in the Battery, occupation taxes of roughly $400,000, liquor‑by‑the‑drink of about $1,100,000 and SPLOST (capital project) revenue of just over $4,000,000 — together presented as slightly more than $10,500,000 in total county earnings from the Battery in 2024.

Representatives of the Braves added development and visitation context, saying restaurants and entertainment tenants within the Battery generated about $134,000,000 and that the complex hosts roughly 375 events a year. Braves staff estimated that approximately three‑quarters of visitors come from outside Cobb County. Braves speakers and county staff highlighted philanthropic and capital investments tied to the franchise and its partners, including youth‑oriented grants and a recent commitment to a park upgrade.

The presentation included a breakdown of the county’s revenue sources and reiterated that some taxes (for example the sales tax portion used for SPLOST capital projects) cannot be used to service debt. Commissioners asked questions about the boundaries and taxes applied by the Cumberland special service districts; county staff said the special service districts overlap the Battery footprint, are levied separately and tax commercial properties within the districts to support the debt service.

The commissioners did not take formal action on the financial report during the work session; staff presented the figures for information and for follow‑up questions that commissioners raised about district boundaries and allocation details.

Ending: County staff said they would provide updated figures in a subsequent annual report for 2025 as additional development projects finished and further taxable value increases were recorded.