History of Turner Field

Hometown fans and Atlanta visitors enjoy take a match of baseball of Braves at Turner Field, in downtown Atlanta. But the National League ball club is not the only draw. The home of the brave is an attraction in itself. The history of Atlanta has the appearance of an older ball park, but it is equipped with amenities and advanced technology.

The Braves had previously played at Atlanta - Fulton County Stadium since 1966. The mid-1990s the team wanted a more recent stage and more modern and Atlanta needed a stadium that would be appropriate as an Olympic venue for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. The team and the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games have combined their efforts to build a new facility across from the former Stadium. The new Olympic Stadium of the Centennial, built with a private financing for the Olympic Games, has been designed to host the opening and closing ceremonies and the Olympic track and field events. He had a few temporary stands at one end have been taken down after the Olympic Games. The new stadium was then completed for the Braves. Turner Field opened on March 29, 1997. The old Atlanta-Fulton County stadium was demolished and the site is now the parking lot for Turner Field.

Guided tours of the Stadium are offered throughout the year and begin the Braves Museum. Visits have approximately an hour and feature of visits for the broadcast booth, club-house, shelters, the press box and the Braves Hall of Fame. Turner Field seat 49,000 fans on three levels. The upper level seats have a view on the Atlanta skyline. Great great des statues called Monument Grove, external, plaza contains of des de externe Grove external Grove Grove Grove, contains and Ty Cobb. The Chop House Restaurant is located on the place of the main entrance. Coke Skyfield, on the upper level overlooking left field, games for children and an area of mister for fans to cool off hot day at the ballpark. The Club House store has a wide variety of employee than Braves in Atlanta of merchandise.

Fans can keep track of the action of television more 500 screens through Turner Field. The brave Vision giant video board is located in the Center field, and the Council of the Vision of the Plaza is Fan Plaza. In addition to showing the brave action, these videos maps also show the latest scores of the League autour.

Turner Field was named Ted Turner, who was the Braves owner at the time, that the stadium was built. Street before the stadium was renamed Hank Aaron Drive to honour the great home run Braves hitter. The street of the stage number is # 755, which was the number of home runs that hit the Aaron in his career. Turner Field was the site of the 2000 MLB All Star Game. During the visit to Atlanta, take in a baseball ball brave game at Turner Field. Even though the Braves are not in the city, visitors can still enjoy a tour of one of the best ballparks in baseball.