Centennial Olympic stadium - wikipedia Centennial Olympic stadium Centennial Olympic Stadium Interior of the stadium during the 1996 Paralympic Games Location Atlanta, Georgia, United States Owner Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority Operator Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games Capacity 85,000 Surface Grass Construction Broke ground July 10, 1993 Opened May 18, 1996 Renovated 1997 ( reconstructed as Turner Field ) 2017 ( reconstructed as Georgia State Stadium ) Closed August 25, 1996 Construction cost $209 million ( $326 million in 2017 dollars ) Architect Atlanta Stadium Design Team ( a joint venture of Heery International, Inc., Rosser International, Inc., Williams - Russell and Johnson, Inc. and Ellerbe Becket, Inc. ) Tenants 1996 Summer Olympics 1996 Summer Paralympics Centennial Olympic Stadium was the 85,000 - seat main stadium of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games and the 1996 Summer Paralympic Games in Atlanta. Construction of the stadium began in 1993, and it was complete and ready for the Opening Ceremony in July 1996, where it hosted track and field events and the closing ceremony. After the Olympics and Paralympics, it was reconstructed into the baseball - specific Turner Field, used by the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball for 20 seasons ( 1997 -- 2016 ). After the Braves departed for SunTrust Park, the facility was purchased by Georgia State University, which rebuilt the stadium a second time as Georgia State Stadium, designed for American football. History 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 Georgia State Stadium. During the week - long athletics program, the stadium bore witness to Donovan Bailey of Canada winning the 100 m in a world record time of 9.84 s ; Michael Johnson winning both the 200 and 400 metres titles, breaking the 200 m world record in the process ; and France 's Marie - José Pérec also winning the 200 / 400 double. Meanwhile, Carl Lewis won his fourth consecutive Olympic title in the long jump, becoming only the second person, after Al Oerter, to win the same athletics event at four consecutive Games. After the closing ceremony of the 1996 Paralympics, the stadium was officially leased by the Atlanta Braves. Private entities, including NBC and other Olympic sponsors, agreed to pay a large sum of the cost to build Centennial Olympic Stadium ( approximately $170 million of the $209 million bill ). The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games ( ACOG ) sought to build 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 permanent 85,000 seat track and field stadium in Downtown Atlanta since the 71,000 seat Georgia Dome had been completed 4 years earlier by the state of Georgia and became the home of the National Football League 's Atlanta Falcons. The Braves had already been exploring opportunities for a new venue to replace Atlanta -- Fulton County Stadium. The southwest corner of the Olympic Stadium was built to accommodate the future baseball infield and seating. This is easily seen in aerial views and diagrams of the stadium in its Olympic configuration, where the seats are not placed next to the oval running track. The southwest part of the stadium also had four tiers of seats, luxury boxes, a facade facing the street, and a roof, whereas the north half of the stadium used a simpler two - tiered seating configuration. During reconstruction, the athletics track was removed and relocated to the field hockey stadium located at Clark Atlanta University, which uses it for athletics and football, and the north half of the stadium was demolished, reducing the capacity to 49,000. Because of the need to fit a track within the stadium in its earlier incarnation, the field of play, particularly foul territory, while not large by historical standards, was nonetheless larger than that of most MLB stadiums built since 1990. Reconstruction was complete in 1997, and the facility was renamed Turner Field. Afterward, Atlanta -- Fulton County Stadium, the Braves ' previous home and the venue for the Olympics baseball events, was imploded 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 SunTrust Park in Cobb County in the following year. 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 Georgia State Stadium. The Atlanta Track Club 's annual Father 's Day four - mile ( 6.4 km ) road race ends inside the stadium near the warning track where the finish line was located for the Olympics. References Jump up ^ Sandomir, Richard ( July 30, 1996 ). `` At Close of Games, Braves Will Move Into Olympic Stadium ''. The New York Times. Retrieved July 24, 2008. Jump up ^ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. `` Consumer Price Index ( estimate ) 1800 -- ''. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved January 2, 2018. Jump up ^ Turner Field Archived 2009 - 06 - 18 at the Wayback Machine. architect : Ellerbe Becket official site Jump up ^ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 542. Jump up ^ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. p. 449. Jump up ^ Sandomir, Richard ( 1996 - 07 - 30 ). `` At Close of Games, Braves Will Move Into Olympic Stadium ''. The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 2008 - 06 - 28. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 24. Jump up ^ Kendrick, Scott. `` Turner Field ''. About.com. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 24. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Centennial Olympic Stadium. 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Planned Atlanta Multi-Modal Passenger Terminal Atlanta Symphony Center Summer Olympic stadiums Panathenaic Stadium ( Athens 1896 ) Vélodrome de Vincennes ( Paris 1900 ) Francis Field ( St Louis 1904 ) White City Stadium ( London 1908 ) Stockholm Olympic Stadium ( Stockholm 1912 ) Olympisch Stadion ( Antwerp 1920 ) Stade Olympique Yves - du - Manoir ( Paris 1924 ) Olympic Stadium ( Amsterdam 1928 ) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ( Los Angeles 1932 ) Olympiastadion ( Berlin 1936 ) Wembley Stadium ( London 1948 ) Helsinki Olympic Stadium ( Helsinki 1952 ) Melbourne Cricket Ground ( Melbourne 1956 ) Stadio Olimpico ( Rome 1960 ) National Stadium ( Tokyo 1964 ) Estadio Olímpico Universitario ( Mexico City 1968 ) Olympiastadion ( Munich 1972 ) Olympic Stadium ( Montreal 1976 ) Grand Arena, Lenin Stadium ( Moscow 1980 ) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ( Los Angeles 1984 ) Seoul Olympic Stadium ( Seoul 1988 ) Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys ( Barcelona 1992 ) Centennial Olympic Stadium ( Atlanta 1996 ) Sydney Olympic Stadium ( Sydney 2000 ) Olympic Stadium ( Athens 2004 ) Beijing National Stadium ( Beijing 2008 ) Olympic Stadium ( London 2012 ) Maracanã Stadium ( Rio de Janeiro 2016 ) New National Olympic Stadium ( Tokyo 2020 ) Stade de France ( Paris 2024 ) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / Los Angeles Stadium ( Los Angeles 2028 ) Venues of the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic Ring Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta -- Fulton County Stadium Clark Atlanta University Stadium Cycling road course Georgia Dome Georgia State University Gymnasium Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Georgia World Congress Center Marathon course Morehouse College Gymnasium Morris Brown College Stadium Centennial Olympic Stadium Omni Coliseum Walking course Metro Atlanta Atlanta Beach Georgia International Horse Park Lake Lanier Stone Mountain Park Archery Center and Velodrome Stone Mountain Tennis Center Wolf Creek Shooting Complex Other venues Florida Citrus Bowl ( Orlando, Florida ) Golden Park ( Columbus, Georgia ) Legion Field ( Birmingham, Alabama ) Ocoee Whitewater Center ( Polk County, Tennessee ) Orange Bowl ( Miami, Florida ) RFK Memorial Stadium ( Washington, D.C. ) Sanford Stadium ( Athens, Georgia ) University of Georgia Coliseum ( Athens, Georgia ) Wassaw Sound ( Savannah, Georgia ) Olympic venues in athletics 1896 : Marathon ( city ), Panathenaic Stadium 1900 : Croix - Catelan Stadium 1904 : Francis Field 1908 : White City Stadium 1912 : Stockholm Olympic Stadium 1920 : Olympisch Stadion 1924 : Stade de Colombes 1928 : Olympic Stadium 1932 : Olympic Stadium, Riverside Drive at Griffith Park 1936 : Avus Motor Road, Olympic Stadium 1948 : Empire Stadium 1952 : Olympic Stadium 1956 : Melbourne Cricket Ground 1960 : Arch of Constantine, Raccordo Anulare, Stadio Olimpico, Via Appia Antica, Via Cristoforo Colombo 1964 : Fuchu City, Karasuyama - machi, National Stadium, Sasazuka - machi, Shinjuku 1968 : Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Zócalo 1972 : Olympiastadion 1976 : Montreal Botanical Garden, Olympic Stadium, Streets of Montreal 1980 : Grand Arena, Streets of Moscow 1984 : Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Santa Monica College, Streets of Los Angeles, Streets of Santa Monica 1988 : Seoul Olympic Stadium, Streets of Seoul 1992 : Estadi Olímpic de Monjuïc, Marathon course, Mataró, Walking course 1996 : Marathon course, Olympic Stadium, Walking course 2000 : Marathon course, North Sydney, Olympic Stadium 2004 : Marathon ( city ), Olympic Stadium, Panathenaic Stadium, Stadium at Olympia 2008 : Beijing National Stadium, Olympic Green Promenade Walking course, Streets of Beijing Marathon course 2012 : Marathon Course, Olympic Stadium 2016 : Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Pontal, Sambódromo 2020 : New National Stadium 2024 : Stade de France, Champs - Élysées 2028 : Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Banc of California Stadium, Grand Park Coordinates : 33 ° 44 ′ 08 '' N 84 ° 23 ′ 22 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 33.73556 ° N 84.38944 ° W ﻿ / 33.73556 ; - 84.38944 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Centennial_Olympic_Stadium&oldid=833292004 '' Categories : Olympic stadiums Athletics ( track and field ) venues in Georgia ( U.S. state ) 1996 Summer Olympic venues Olympic athletics venues Defunct athletics ( track and field ) venues in the United States Sports venues in Atlanta 1996 establishments in Georgia ( U.S. state ) 1997 disestablishments in Georgia ( U.S. state ) Defunct sports venues in Georgia ( U.S. state ) Sports venues completed in 1996 Sports venues demolished in 1997 Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from January 2016 Coordinates on Wikidata Talk About Wikipedia Asturianu Català Čeština Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano עברית Latina मराठी 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Српски / srpski Svenska ไทย 中文 12 more Edit links This page was last edited on 30 March 2018, at 18 : 05. 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Question: where did the braves play during the olympics
Answer: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium