Turner Field

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Turner Field is a former Major League Baseball stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, best known as the longtime home of the Atlanta Braves and originally built for the 1996 Summer Olympics.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball stadium
former Major League Baseball stadium
sports venue
architecturalStyle modern ballpark
category Baseball venues in Georgia
Defunct Major League Baseball venues
Olympic stadiums
Sports venues in Atlanta
Venues of the 1996 Summer Olympics
city Atlanta
convertedToBaseballStadium 1997
country United States
demolitionStatus partially reconfigured rather than demolished
firstSeasonAsBravesHome 1997
formerHomeTeam Atlanta Braves
hasFeature Braves Hall of Fame and Museum (during Braves tenure)
outfield stands built on former Olympic track site
hostedEvent 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Paralympics
1999 World Series
2000 MLB All-Star Game
lastSeasonAsBravesHome 2016
leagueServed Major League Baseball
location Atlanta, Georgia
namedAfter media company Turner Broadcasting System founder Ted Turner
neighborhood Summerhill
opened 1996
openedAsOlympicStadium 1996
originalPurpose 1996 Summer Olympics athletics stadium
ownerAfterBravesEra Georgia State University
postBravesConversion college football stadium
precededBy Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
primaryUse1997to2016 Major League Baseball games
renamedAs Georgia State Stadium
renovated 1997
2017
scoreboardType large video scoreboard
seatingCapacityBaseball approximately 49,000
state Georgia
succeededBy Truist Park
surface natural grass
tenants Atlanta Braves
Georgia State University Panthers football team
usedFor college football games
concerts
other sporting events


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