Braves welcome 3 millionth fan of season
Sep. 23—The Atlanta Braves welcomed their 3 millionth fan of the 2022 season into Truist Park on Wednesday during the final game of their series against the Washington Nationals.
Anita Outlaw, a fifth grade teacher at Sweetwater Elementary School in Lithia Springs, was told the news just inside the right field gate. She received a customized "THREE MILLION" No. 22 Braves jersey, gave the honorary "Play ball!" command ahead of the game and appeared on Bally Sports South's broadcast of the game.
Outlaw also won a personal visit with the 2021 World Series championship trophy, a pair of 2023 opening day tickets, a $500 shopping spree to the Braves Clubhouse Store, free Chick-fil-A for a year and a one-night stay at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort, with a dinner for two and free casino play.
Through 78 home games, the Braves have drawn a Truist Park-record 3,002,255 through the gates, for an average of 38,490 per game. Three home games remain against the New York Mets next weekend — all of them sold out.
The Braves topped 3 million fans for the first time at Truist Park, and the first time overall since the 2000 season at Turner Field. It was the sixth time overall that the Braves reached the mark, along with the 1992 and '93 seasons at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, and the 1997 and '98 seasons at Turner Field.
The 1993 season had the highest number of attendees for a Braves season with 3,884,720.
