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 Center Parc Stadium in December 2017 | |
  Center Parc Stadium Location in Atlanta  Center Parc Stadium Location in Georgia  Center Parc Stadium Location in the United States | |
| Former names | Centennial Olympic Stadium (1996) Turner Field (1997–2016) Georgia State Stadium (2017–2020) |
|---|---|
| Address | 755 Hank Aaron Drive SE[1] |
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33°44′7″N 84°23′22″W / 33.73528°N 84.38944°W |
| Owner | Georgia State University |
| Capacity | 24,333[2] |
| Surface | FieldTurf[3] |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | July 10, 1993 (as Centennial Olympic Stadium) |
| Opened | August 18, 2017 |
| Renovated | 1996–97 (rebuilt as Turner Field) 2017 (rebuilt as Center Parc Stadium) |
| Construction cost | $209 million (as Centennial Olympic Stadium)[4] ($406 million in 2023 dollars[5]) |
| Architect | Atlanta Stadium Design Team (a joint venture of Heery International, Inc., Rosser International, Inc., Williams-Russell and Johnson, Inc. and Ellerbe Becket, Inc.)[6] |
| Tenants | |
| Georgia State Panthers (NCAA) (2017–present) Atlanta Legends (AAF) (2019)[7] MEAC/SWAC Challenge (NCAA) (2019-present) | |
Center Parc Stadium (also commonly referred to as Georgia State University or GSU Stadium) is an outdoor stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is the home of the Georgia State University Panthers football team as of the 2017 season, replacing the Georgia Dome which had served as their home stadium from the program's inception in 2010 until 2016.[8]
It was originally built for the 1996 Summer Olympics as Centennial Olympic Stadium. Following the 1996 Summer Paralympics, the Olympic Stadium was reconfigured as designed into the baseball-specific Turner Field, serving as the home of the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball from 1997 until 2016. After the Braves' departure for Truist Park in Cobb County, Georgia State University acquired the stadium and its surrounding parking lots for a large scale expansion of the university's campus, including new private and student housing, academic, and retail space, in addition to the stadium redevelopment.
Center Parc Stadium is the second former Braves ballpark to be converted to a college football stadium, the first being Boston's Nickerson Field.[9]
- ^ "About Georgia State Stadium". Georgia State Athletics. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ "The Stadium - Georgia State University". Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Georgia State Stadium Set for FieldTurf Surface". Georgia State Athletics. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (July 30, 1996). "At Close of Games, Braves Will Move Into Olympic Stadium". The New York Times. Retrieved July 24, 2008.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ Turner Field Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine architect: Ellerbe Becket official site
- ^ Culpepper, JuliaKate E. (April 25, 2018). "Michael Vick will lead offense of new pro football league team in Atlanta". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ Tim Tucker. "How Turner Field turned into Georgia State's football stadium". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ "Turner Field Follows in Footsteps of Braves Field | Ballpark Digest". 8 September 2016.