Georgia State Stadium
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| Georgia State Stadium before the Georgia State Panthers game against the Idaho Vandals on December 2, 2017 | |
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Centennial Olympic Stadium (1996) |
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| place | 755 Hank Aaron Drive SE Atlanta , Georgia 30315
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 44 '7 " N , 84 ° 23' 22" W |
| owner | Georgia State University |
| operator | Georgia State University |
| start of building | July 10, 1993 (Centennial Olympic Stadium) 1996 (Turner Field) February 27, 2017 (Georgia State Stadium) |
| opening | July 19, 1996 (Centennial Olympic Stadium) March 30, 1997 (Turner Field) August 18, 2017 (Georgia State Stadium) |
| Renovations | 1996–1997 (converted to Turner Field ) 2017–2018 (converted to Georgia State Stadium) |
| surface | Artificial turf ( FieldTurf ) |
| costs | 209 million US dollars (1996) |
| capacity | 25,000 seats (Georgia State Stadium) 49,586 seats (Turner Field) 85,000 seats (Centennial Olympic Stadium) |
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The Georgia State Stadium is a college football - stadium in the US city of Atlanta in the state of Georgia .
history
Originally built as the Centennial Olympic Stadium for the 1996 Summer Olympics , it was initially converted into a baseball stadium , Turner Field , after the end of the subsequent Summer Paralympics . This was used from 1997 to 2016 as the home ground of the MLB team of the Atlanta Braves . After the Braves moved to the newly established SunTrust Park , Georgia State University acquired the stadium and the surrounding areas to expand the campus . The stadium was converted into a football stadium with 25,000 seats from 2017.
It is mainly used by the NCAA college football team of the Georgia State Panthers ( Sun Belt Conference ), and the Atlanta Legends team, which is based in the Alliance of American Football (AAF), has been playing its home games here since 2019 .
Web links
- stadium.gsu.edu: The Stadium - Georgia State University (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ About the Georgia State Stadium. In: georgiastatesports.com. Retrieved March 17, 2019 .
- ^ The Stadium - Georgia State University. In: gsu.edu. Georgia State University , accessed March 17, 2019 .