Turner Field

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Turner Field
"The Ted"
The Turner Field in Atlanta (2013)
The Turner Field in Atlanta (2013)
Earlier names

Centennial Olympic Stadium

Data
place 755 Hank Aaron Drive Atlanta , Georgia 30315
United StatesUnited States
Coordinates 33 ° 44 '8 "  N , 84 ° 23' 22"  W Coordinates: 33 ° 44 '8 "  N , 84 ° 23' 22"  W
owner Atlanta-Fulton County Recreation Authority
operator Atlanta National League Baseball Club Inc.
opening July 19, 1996 ( Centennial Olympic Stadium )
March 30, 1997 (Turner Field)
Renovations February 27, 2017 (Work started on Georgia State Stadium )
surface Natural grass
costs 239 million US dollars
architect Heery International
Rosser International
Williams-Russell and Johnson
Ellerbe Becket
capacity 85,000 places ( 1996 )
49,831 places (1997)
50,091 places (2003)
playing area Left Field - 335 ft (102 m)
Left Center - 380 ft (116 m)
Center Field - 401 ft (122 m)
Right Center - 390 ft (119 m)
Right Field - 330 ft (100.5 m)
Backstop - 53 ft (16 m)
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The Turner Field was a baseball - Stadium in the American US city of Atlanta in the state of Georgia and the home ground was 2016 MLB -Mannschaft the Atlanta Braves . The stadium was originally built as an Olympic stadium for the 1996 Olympic Games with 85,000 seats and was named Centennial Olympic Stadium . In August 1996, the dismantling to around 50,000 places began.

In late 2013, the Atlanta Braves announced they wanted to leave Turner Field and move to a new ball park. On October 2, 2016, the Braves played against the Detroit Tigers (1-0) for the last MLB game at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves have been playing at SunTrust Park since the 2017 season .

After the Atlanta Braves moved , Georgia State University bought the stadium and then converted it into an American football stadium. The stadium now called Georgia State Stadium currently has a capacity of 25,000 and is mainly used by the NCAA college football team of the Georgia State Panthers .

Web links

Commons : Turner Field  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. foxsports.com: Braves give Turner Field a rousing send-off in final game article from October 2, 2016 (English)