Coolray Field

Very nice venue for the whole family. The staff are very friendly as well. This ballpark is well maintained and only 3 miles from our house. It is more fun and less expensive here than Turner Field… my opinion!

Enjoyed my first G-​Braves game!!! The stadium was comfortable and concessions not far away from the seats. I was able to get into the game and enjoy the crowd. I had the Philly steak sandwich, it was good. I want to go back for the Philly steak nachos, it looks better than the sandwich, piled higher.

Pretty fun spot to enjoy a baseball game or one of the many events they host at the stadium. I have come here with the entire family several times and enjoyed watching the games or being a part of events like earth day.
Unlike the many different minor league parks I have attended this park is clean and feels more like a major league stadium. It has cool club level with a bar and restaurant inside and then the general admission seats where you bring your own blanket and are located right in front of a fun play area of inflatables and slides for kids in center field.
They have lots of food options a cool little gift shop and just about every seat is comfortable for watching the game. Parking is ample and it is located in an are right off of 85 in the opposite direction of the mall. Staff is very friendly and overall this place is a good spot to hang with the family.

They have a great atmosphere for baseball. It is more casual than an Atlanta Braves game. More conducive to kids. Are in outfield grass where they can run around. Great talent in the team too. My only disappointment was the cot of the confession stand food. Go Braves!

Great to have a minor league baseball team AAA G Braves so close to home and meet the future Braves of tomorrow. Family and kid friendly with lots of things to do. Go Braves!

Watched my first baseball game here two Sundays ago: Gwinnett Braves versus Charlotte Knights. Sadly the date was rooting for his NC Knights while I was rooting for the Braves. Although this was a minor league game, it was fun nonetheless.
There were plenty of places to grab food. If you’re going to buy draft beer, I would suggest buying the souvenir cup or whatever it’s called. The regular small cup is just a plain cup that’s going to cost you about $ 5. So for $ 2 more, you can actually keep something that has a logo on it. There is also a souvenir place to grab some mementos as well.
You get a soccer ball as you entered, and little kiddies get a baseball stress ball as you leave. Yeah. I don’t know why anyone would give out a soccer ball at a baseball event. There are of course promotional booths, a mini baseball toss game booth, and a face painting booth as well.
The field here was pretty small, but you know, it does the trick. This was definitely an easy place to find since it’s right down the road from the Mall of Georgia. It’s really close to BrandsMart. Parking was plentiful so no worries there.

When talks began of building a stadium for a Triple-​A baseball team to be built in Gwinnett, I griped. I complained. I vented about the increase of traffic.
But now I am super glad that Coolray Field is there!
The stadium is conveniently located near 85 and the Mall of Georgia. The field is less than five minutes from the interstate. You can even maneuver your way into the stadium through some back roads, specifically, Old Peachtree Road, and enter through the apartment complex that backs up to the stadium.
As a smaller stadium, the parking lot isn’t an expansive as the parking lot at Turner Field. But the good side of that is the cheaper price. We paid $ 5 for parking on Friday night, which was the Opening Game for the season. Even if we parked in the farthest spot, it isn’t a bad walk. The parking lot is large enough to tailgate though! We saw some grills, some chairs, and those tent covers with people crowded under them.
We bought our tickets online and printed them out, so getting through the gates was a breeze. The gate attendant checked my purse, scanned my ticket and I was in! Easy peasy! Even better, the first 2000 people to the game got a free Opening Day tshirt! I made sure to grab my free swag and ventured into the stadium.
Being a smaller stadium means less concession stands, less concession stands means longer lines for food/​booze. Even though I was really hungry, I decided to find my seat first. While walking to my section, there were a handful of vendors set up giving out free stuff. I got a free cup from Great Wraps, some swag from Dave & Busters and I made sure to pick up some tennis balls for their Tennis Ball Toss after the game.
Our seats were in Section 104 Row L. We were behind home plate about ½ down. Seats behind home plate at The Ted range from $ 60-​$ 120/​ticket depending on the game, but these tickets were a whopping $ 17/​ticket!
For food, Coolray has the typical concession stand variety with pretzels, hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza and popcorn. I opted from the chicken finger platter, an extra order of fries and a collector’s cup (which gets me free refills). All that was $ 10.50! My husband got a hot dog, fries and a drink for $ 12. That isn’t too bad for stadium food. That same order costs us $ 47 at Turned Field! Towards the 7^th inning we got some funnel cake ($ 6) and boiled peanuts ($ 5) to munch on.
During the game the promotions team works hard to make this a very family friendly event. They had the bottle cap race, dance cams, people on the field racing, kids running the bases, and some guy PROPOSED on the big screen! This is a very kid-​friendly atmosphere.
To top off the night, they have Friday Night Fireworks! And I’m not talking about some crap fireworks from a Wal-​mart parking lot. No sir, this was a really great show. The firework show lasted about 15 minutes and the whole time your jaw was dropped. After the fireworks they did their Tennis Ball toss. All tennis balls have numbers on them and you try to throw them into a kiddie pool placed on 1^st and 3^rd base. If you’re lucky, you’ll get the ball into a metal bin on 2^nd base. If your ball makes it into the pool, you get tickets to another game. You pay for the balls, but all proceeds go to the Gwinnett Braves Foundation.
The G. Braves lost, but we still had a great time. If you watch the roster, the Braves send injured players to recover in Triple-​A, so you may catch a game with Gattis, Freeman, Uggla or one of the Uptons.
And the BEST part of Coolray Field is that there isn’t a bad seat in the whole place. You can sit down the 1^st or 3^rd base line and still have a great view without breaking the bank. Behind home plate, behind the dugout, even in the lawn seats — you’ll have a good view.
Tickets — $ 34
Parking — $ 5
Chicken Finger Platter/​Fries/​Drink — $ 10.50
Hot Dog/​Fries/​Drink — $ 12
Funnel Cake — $ 6
Boiled Peanuts — $ 5
Tennis Balls — $ 8
Total = $ 80.50
Honestly, that isn’t bad at all for a baseball game. Compared to the Braves, we saved $ 50+. This is a great family-​friendly place to bring kids and parents to see a professional baseball game without breaking the bank.

So… went to our first Gwinnett Braves game last night… and while the Braves were cool… the stadium, to me, was lacking in customer service.
Overall…Coolray Field is quite nice… the seats are ok (as good as can be expected!) and the layout is good. The problem I had… which really degraded the night… was the overall customer service.
FIrst…the «Team Store»…wanted to buy a ballcap… and, while I realize crowds make it tough, they did not seem to have enough people to help out (this becomes a theme). It took quite a bit of time to get «checked out» when we were ready to pay. But… not too bad… it gets worse…
Second…getting two hot dogs and a bottle of water. This took FOREVER… and…one of the hot dogs was to be plain… well, they KEPT putting stuff on it… I had to reorder twice to get them to NOT put anything on it. And… we could not purchase the french fries to go with the hot dogs… please go wait in this other line for those! I waited in line for the hot dogs for about 15 minutes… two hot dogs!
Third…the fries… while I am waiting on our hot dogs, wifey goes over to get the Fries… she has to reorder them TWICE as well… because they kept putting salt on the fries to the point that they were inedible! Now, we like salty fries… but these were ridiculous… and…she had to wait about 10 minutes!
Finally…the straw that broke the back… I went back to get some ice cream… and after waiting in line for 2 full innings of baseball (and you KNOOOOOWWW how long that can take)…the lady at the cash register decides that «I have to go over to our other stand to get a tub of ice cream, please wait»…I FREAKED out!
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! THERE IS NO ONE ELSE IN THIS CONCESSION STAND WITH 10 PEOPLE IN IT THAT CAN WALK OVER THERE SO YOU CAN SERVE THE 12 CUSTOMERS IN LINE FOR ICE CREAM?
This may simply be one of the WORST customer service experiences ever.
Will I go back? Preferably not… but…given that there is no choice if I want to see the Gwinnett Braves play, I probably will. But… as I said in my tip… bring your own food!
Hopefully, somebody in the management of the stadium will pay heed to this… as this type of experience could kill the entire operation there. For a ball game, you want to be able to come out in a relaxed atmosphere… get a hot dog (within a reasonable amount of time) and then enjoy sitting, watching the game and the people.

This stadium deserves more than I rated it — great location, easy to get in and out of, great seats. You can sit just about anywhere for a great view of the game. What brought down this review is the food — both quality and price. Basically, overdone, dry burgers and fried everything. I really don’t understand why healthier food choices aren’t available. Yes, I would even be willing to wait for a burger to be assembled to order instead of being handed a pre-​wrapped burger, pulled out of a warmer that is dried out and tough as leather.

Cool Ray is a very nice minor league park. There is a lot of in-​game entertainment, it is easy to get to, and the sight lines are good. The parking is good. Best of all, the staff is very courteous and helpful. This would be a five star except the food is not as good as in previous years. You can’t judge a AAA experience by the team as the Atlanta Braves dictate a lot of what they do at Gwinnett. We enjoy the G-​Braves and go about 10 time per year.

Awesome little stadium, kinda like the «Mini-​Me» to it’s big brother in Atlanta — Turner Field. Great savings in the summer make this an ideal place to bring the kids!
Who doesn’t love a ballpark? especially one close to home! Today was our first visit and we went as part of a group with our children’s swim team. The Gwinnett Braves lost, but I don’t blame it on them. You see, ever since I’ve come to Georgia, I can’t seem to be lucky enough to attend a home game where one of our Atlanta teams wins! Every ATL Braves, Hawks and Thrashers game I’ve attended ends in a loss… so it must be me! Sorry G-​Braves, it’s not you :-(
Some examples of the summer deals:
*Kids eat free on Monday’s*
*2 for 1 Tuesday’s
*$ 3 Thursday’s
*Fireworks on Friday’s
*Giveaway’s on Saturday’s
I think next time we’ll forego the regular seats and sit on the lawn just above right field. Those folks knew how to have a good time during the game and were also part of the home run action. For some reason, there is nothing more fantastic when visiting a ballpark than watching a baseball sail the full distance of the field for a home run! I just love it and that glorious crack of the bat! Chopper, the Gwinnett Braves mascot, was awesome!!! Loved his energy :-)
As for the food, I didn’t care for the taste of my pretzel, but the hot dogs were good and the burgers smelled awesome. I’ll have to get one next time or maybe bring my grill like other guys I saw in the parking lot. Overall, how could you not enjoy a day watching baseball live with other cheering fans! So much better than watching it on TV.

Went here with wifey and step-​sonny for a 7:30pm game. Apparently the game from the day before had been cancelled due to the other team not arriving in time to play so they started a double-​header at 5pm and didn’t even tell anyone about it on their website.
So we get to the park around 6:15pm and find out «Oh crap, the game has already started!» and we’re pissed until a fan tells us it is the game from the day before and «our» game will still be played around 7:30 or so. So we got two games for the price of one — actually for free because a wonderful season ticket holder gave us three tickets to hang out in his awesome seats. We had a great time and stayed for the fireworks too.
Only one complaint. If you guys want to draw more fans, lower the ridiculous price of the food. You should not expect fans to fork over $ 35+ for three burgers, two beers, and a glass of wine. Make it reasonable so «regular» people can enjoy the game and a burger/​hotdog without having to plan for it in advance. People should be able to say, «Hey honey, want to have dinner at the stadium and catch a game tonight?» not «Ok, so if we save our money and don’t go out for two weeks, we can go catch a baseball game two Tuesdays from now».
Anyway, I give the stadium five stars for the experience and setting and minus two stars for beverage and food pricing. If you brought it down to reasonable amounts for semi-​pro local baseball, you’d have many more fans filling all those empty seats.

I must say for our first time we were very pleased! All of the seats seem to be pretty decent. They even have a little area you can bring a blanket and watch the game. We went with our sons swim team, they really enjoyed themselves as well. They have a different theme every night, and Monday was, «kids eat free», so every child got a voucher for a free hotdog, chips, and a small drink. Of course everyone wanted something in addition to their meal, so we had a soft pretzel, and dippin dots. They have a fair amount of options at comparable prices. The only thing I didn’t like was that you couldn’t bring in your own food and drinks, but the prices are so reasonable, I guess they have to make money somewhere. We are looking forward to going to another game soon, probably on a Sunday, because that’s family day, and they let the kids bring their gloves and ball and throw on the field.
These are the different things they have for the week, when they are playing in town.
Monday: kids eat free
Tuesday: 2 for 1 tickets
Wednesday: winning Wednesday
Thursday: $ 3 Thursdays
Friday: fireworks/​something else special (different weekly)
Saturday: usually some kind of give away
Sunday: pre-​game catch on the field /​kids run the bases

Coolray Field is my second favorite minor league ballpark. It’s newer, kept in excellent condition, and family friendly. The food selections range from basic to higher end, and the prices are definitely fair. The ballpark is easy to get to, and they have their own private parking lot. It does cost money to park, but at least you’re not parking in a public lot blocks away like you have to do at some ballparks. I look forward to attending more games at Coolray Field.

Great location, great stadium, and a great place to watch a game!
Not a good showing today with a loss, but still holding 1^st place.
I enjoy the Sunday afternoon games, next up Charlotte, until July then evening games come into play.
I have had a couple of corporate events here last year and will do about two this year. Yes, it is AAA but it is much better than the Lexus (when I held season tickets at Turner) when it comes to pricing! This is a great alternative to the NBL and a good time.
The best of all, if your in the Northern Atlanta burbs you can go to a great game, with great seats, with great commute time!
Keep your eye out for the family specials, veteran days, bark in the park, etc., again great times.

Quaint and clean stadium.