Centennial Olympic Stadium

Centennial Olympic Stadium

Interior of the stadium during the 1996 Paralympic Games. Atlanta-Fulton County stadium in the background
Location	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Owner	Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority
Operator	Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games
Capacity	85,000
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	July 10, 1993
Opened	May 18, 1996
Renovated	1996–97 (reconstructed as Turner Field) 2017 (reconstructed as Center Parc Stadium)
Closed	August 27, 1996
Construction cost	$209 million[1] ($406 million dollars in 2023)
Architect	Atlanta Stadium Design Team (a joint venture of Heery International, Inc., Rosser International, Inc., Williams-Russell and Johnson, Inc. and Ellerbe Becket, Inc.)[2]
Tenants
1996 Summer Olympics 1996 Summer Paralympics

Centennial Olympic Stadium was the 85,000-seat main stadium of the 1996 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Construction of the stadium began in 1993, and it was complete and ready for the opening ceremony in July 1996, where it hosted track and field events and the closing ceremony.^[3][4] After the Olympics and Paralympics, it was reconstructed into the baseball-specific Turner Field, used by the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball for 20 seasons (1997–2016). After the Braves departed for Truist Park, the facility was purchased by Georgia State University, which rebuilt the stadium a second time as Center Parc Stadium, designed for American football.