Centennial Olympic Stadium

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Olympic stadium multi-purpose stadium stadium

Centennial Olympic Stadium was a purpose-built, multi-purpose venue in Atlanta that hosted the athletics events and ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics before being converted into Turner Field for the Atlanta Braves.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Georgia State Stadium 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic stadium ⓘ
multi-purpose stadium ⓘ
stadium ⓘ
architect Heery International ⓘ
Rosser International ⓘ
associatedWithTeam Atlanta Braves ⓘ
brokeGround 1993 ⓘ
capacityDuringOlympics approximately 85000 ⓘ
city Atlanta ⓘ
constructedFor 1996 Summer Olympics ⓘ
conversionCostCurrency US dollar ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demolished partially demolished after 1996 Olympics ⓘ
eventYear 1996 ⓘ
formerName Centennial Olympic Stadium self-link ⓘ
hasOlympicLegacy converted to Major League Baseball park ⓘ
hasSeatingType bowl ⓘ
hostedEvent 1996 Summer Olympics athletics stadium ⓘ
surface form: 1996 Summer Olympics athletics competitions

1996 Summer Olympics closing ceremony ⓘ
1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony ⓘ
laterConvertedTo Turner Field ⓘ
locatedIn Atlanta ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInNeighborhood Summerhill ⓘ
namedFor Centennial of the modern Olympic Games ⓘ
opened 1996 ⓘ
ownerDuringOlympics Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games ⓘ
partOf 1996 Summer Olympics venues ⓘ
postOlympicConversionCompleted 1997 ⓘ
postOlympicName Turner Field ⓘ
postOlympicTenant Atlanta Braves ⓘ
primaryPostOlympicUse baseball stadium ⓘ
surface grass ⓘ
usedFor Olympic ceremonies ⓘ
athletics ⓘ
track and field ⓘ
yearCompleted 1996 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1996 Summer Olympics → closingCeremonyVenue → Centennial Olympic Stadium ⓘ
Centennial Olympic Stadium → formerName → Centennial Olympic Stadium self-link ⓘ
1996 Summer Olympics → mainStadium → Centennial Olympic Stadium ⓘ
Games of the XXVI Olympiad → mainStadium → Centennial Olympic Stadium ⓘ
1996 Summer Olympics → openingCeremonyVenue → Centennial Olympic Stadium ⓘ
Turner Field → renamedAs → Centennial Olympic Stadium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgia State Stadium