Why Do Elite Groups Support The Growth Machine Hypothesis?

The growth machine hypothesis is very controversial, but it is also interesting to talk about. The majority of the elite groups as well as politicians make decisions based on the growth of their respective cities all the time. The elite groups have the majority of the say in regards to the growth of the cities in which they reside or work in. Politicians and these elite groups may be divided on political issues, but will usually agree that their cities need to be “growing” and when I say growing I mean urban development. (Logan&Harvey, 2007) I for one do not agree with the growth machine hypothesis, but I do understand how and why the elite groups do support the growth machine hypothesis. The elite groups are only out for their best interest,
The city of Atlanta is known for being a historically African American city and Cobb County is around 65 percent white. (Tomlinson, 2013) I think race plays a role in the move because a majority of the Braves fans live north of the city in the more white sections of Metro Atlanta. It seems like the Braves move is only going to benefit the white fans that live north of the city and will make transportation a lot more difficult for the black residents that make up a majority of the population south of Cobb County. (Brown, 2013) Transportation has been an issue for the Braves for years because the stadium does not have a rail line coming to it. (Brown, 2013) The elite groups have used transportation as an excuse but I think that they want to separate the black fans from white fans. It seems like that they want to move the stadium away from an urban environment to cater to the more rural white fans. Another major factor about why this change is not good to me is because ticket prices are most likely going to go up (Tomlinson, 2013.) The move has not gone over that well with some of the people I have talked to because of the cost of the stadium and that the old stadium is not that old. People I have talked are just surprised that the stadium inside the city limits is now going to be in the suburbs. Another factor in the growth machine with the move of the Braves is that the richer suburbs near 285 will now get more jobs and benefit greatly and the area around the old stadium will lose a lot of jobs and other places. The main argument in my opinion by the elite groups is that the new stadium will be nicer and won’t be in a rundown section of town and I think that gets people excited about something new. When this stadium is build I think that there will be more negatives than positives. I think that the people kept the area around the stadium down just to