This plan has been in the works since 2016, and now it’s finally coming to fruition, as Georgia State University is moving forward with a new college ballpark on the footprint of the former Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. (more…)
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Turner Field area rebounds after move of Braves
Despite the loss of the Atlanta Braves, the Turner Field site is turning out to be exactly what Atlanta leaders expected: a successful mixed-use community anchored by Georgia State University. (more…)
Redevelopment Around Former Turner Field Continues
An effort to redevelop the area around Atlanta’s former Turner Field continues, with developers breaking ground this week on apartments on a site formerly used for parking. (more…)
Ballparks That Live On: Turner Field
The former Turner Field has lived several lives in the past 22 years. After opening as Centennial Olympic Stadium for the 1996 summer games, it was converted into a ballpark for the Atlanta Braves. (more…)
Turner Field Sale Finalized
Turner Field‘s next chapter is about to take shape, as Georgia State University and its development partners have finalized a purchase of the facility. (more…)
Georgia State Votes on Turner Field Cost
Georgia State University‘s board of regents has authorized a nearly $53 million project that will include the conversion of Turner Field to a football stadium. (more…)
Georgia State, Partners to Buy Turner Field for $30 Million
Turner Field, once an 1996 Summer Olympics venue and since then home to the Atlanta Braves, is being sold to Georgia State University and its development partners for $30 million, in a deal expected to close by the end of the year. (more…)
Turner Field to remain open — as football stadium
Call it Act Three in the storied history of Turner Field: Today the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority announced it would negotiate the sale of the Atlanta Braves home to a developer and Georgia State University, who will convert the facility to a football stadium. (more…)
Three groups bid for post-Braves Turner Field
Three groups, including a development group that includes Georgia State University, have submitted bids to take over Turner Field once the Atlanta Braves move to suburban Cobb County in 2017. (more…)
Georgia State: We want Turner Field as football stadium
Georgia State University is pitching Atlanta officials on a redevelopment of the Turner Field area, with the ballpark converted to a football stadium and construction of a new ballpark on the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium footprint. The new 2,500-seat ballpark would use the layout of the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium field and incorporate the “Henry […]