Georgia State Stadium
Architectural rendering of the stadium.
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| Former names |
Centennial Olympic Stadium (1996) Turner Field (1997–2016) |
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| Location | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33°44′7″N 84°23′22″W / 33.73528°N 84.38944°WCoordinates: 33°44′7″N 84°23′22″W / 33.73528°N 84.38944°W |
| Owner | Georgia State University |
| Operator | Georgia State University |
| Capacity | 23,000 |
| Surface | Artificial turf |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | July 10, 1993 (as Centennial Olympic Stadium) |
| Renovated | 1996-97 (reconfigured as Turner Field) |
| Construction cost | $209 million (as Centennial Olympic Stadium) ($319 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 | |
| Georgia State Panthers (NCAA) (2017–) planned | |
Georgia State Stadium is a stadium currently under construction in Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium will serve as the home of the Georgia State University Panthers football team starting in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season, replacing the Georgia Dome which served as their home stadium from the program's inception in 2010 until 2016.
Georgia State Stadium 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 from Turner Field for SunTrust Park in Cobb County, Georgia State University acquired the former ballpark and its surrounding parking lots for a large scale expansion of the Georgia State campus, which includes new private and student housing, academic, and retail space in addition to the stadium redevelopment.
In November 2013, the Atlanta Braves announced that they would vacate Turner Field upon the expiration of their lease in 2016 after negotiations between the team and the city of Atlanta to extend the lease broke down. According to Braves vice chairman John Schuerholz, Turner Field required $350 million in renovations—$150 million for structural upkeep and $200 million to improve the fan experience. Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed stated that the city could not afford the cost of the renovations desired by the Braves while also paritally funding the construction of Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons and the renovation of Philips Arena for the National Basketball Association's Atlanta Hawks.
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