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The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) designed and built the stadium in a way that it could be converted to a new baseball stadium, and ACOG paid for the conversion. This was considered a good agreement for both the Olympic Committee and the Braves, because there would be no use for a
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Georgia State University acquired Turner Field and its surrounding parking lots in January 2017 for a mixed-use expansion of the Georgia State campus, which includes private and student housing, academic, retail, and office space in addition to the redevelopment of the former ballpark into
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and the site became a parking lot for Turner Field. The Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority owned Turner Field, and the Atlanta Braves occupied the revised stadium until the expiration of their lease in 2016; the Braves moved to
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Stadium during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Seats in the background became the seating behind home plate for Turner Field and subsequently the south end zone for Center Parc Stadium.
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Interior of the stadium during the 1996 Paralympic Games with Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in the background
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winning both the 200 and 400 meters titles, breaking the 200 m world record in the process; and
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and seating; in the Olympic configuration of the stadium, the seats are not placed next to the
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Interactive diagram at Clem's Baseball site showing both Olympic and Braves configurations
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The southwest corner of the Olympic Stadium was built to accommodate the future baseball
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had been completed four years earlier by the state of Georgia and became the home of the
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After the Olympics and Paralympics, it was reconstructed into the baseball-specific
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During the week-long athletics program, the stadium bore witness to
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for 20 seasons (1997–2016). After the Braves departed for
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winning the 100 m in a world record time of 9.84 s;
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Index

Centennial Stadium
Centennial Park Stadium

Atlanta
Georgia
United States
Capacity
Grass
Turner Field
Center Parc Stadium
Heery International, Inc.
Rosser International, Inc.
Ellerbe Becket, Inc.
1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Paralympics
stadium
1996 Summer Olympics
Paralympics
Atlanta
Georgia
United States
opening ceremony
track and field events
closing ceremony
Turner Field
Atlanta Braves
Major League Baseball
Truist Park
Georgia State University
Center Parc Stadium

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