Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

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The Atlanta- Fulton County Stadium was 1965 to 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It hosted a variety of sports activities, especially for baseball, football, soccer and rock concerts and other major events. The construction of the Olympic Stadium (now Turner Field) immediately adjacent to the Atlanta- Fulton County Stadium for the 1996 Olympic Games, it was no longer required and demolished in 1997.

First as Atlanta Stadium referred to it was completed in 1965, to stand by baseball for the relocation of the newly established Atlanta Braves from Milwaukee as a team in the National League in Major League; this move has been delayed due to complaints from Milwaukee for one year, so that the stadium was initially not used adequately. In addition to the Braves still with the Atlanta Falcons (1966 ) was an NFL team and the Atlanta Chiefs (1967 ) located a football (soccer) team based in Atlanta, which fought out their home games in this stadium.

In 1976 the stadium was renamed to commemorate the funding provided by the Fulton County. The last major events in the stadium were the baseball competitions at the Olympic Games in 1996 and three games of the World Series in 1996, the final of the U.S. baseball leagues. The capacity was 1996 52.000 spectators.