Turner Field is a ball park in Atlanta Georgia, home to Major Leagues Baseball's Atlanta Braves. Turner Field was first built as Centennial Olympic Stadium. After the Olympics, the stadium was turned into a baseball park to serve as the new home to the Atlanta Braves. The ball park was built across the street from the former home of the braves, Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
NOTABLE EVENTS
1996 Olympic Games
April 4, 1997 First Baseball game Braves defeat Cubs, 5-4.
1997 hosted NLCS games vs Florida Marlins.
1998 hosted NLCS vs San Diego Padres.
1999 hosted New York Yankess in World Series.
2001 hosted nlcs vs Arizona Diamondbacks.
STATISTICS
Location 755 Hank Aaron Drive, Atlanta, GA 30315
Opened July 19, 1996
Owner Atlanta Braves (Liberty Media)
Surface Grass
Construction cost $209 Million
Architect Heery International; Rosser International; Williams-Russell and Johnson; Ellerbe Becket
Capacity 50,096
Field dimensions:
Left Field - 335 ft
Left-Center - 380 ft
Center Field - 401 ft
Right-Center - 390 ft
Right Field - 330 ft
Backstop - 43 ft
