Turner Field

Turner Field is a baseball park located in Atlanta, Georgia. Since 1997, it has served as the home ballpark to the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Originally built as Centennial Olympic Stadium in 1996 to serve as the centerpiece of the 1996 Summer Olympics, the stadium was converted into a baseball park to serve as the new home of the team. The Braves moved less than one block from Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, which served as their home ballpark from 1966 to 1996 (31 years).

Opening during the Braves' "division dominance" years, Turner Field has hosted the National League Division Series a total of 11 times (1997–2005, 2010, 2013); it has also hosted the National League Championship Series four times (1997–1999, 2001), as well as one World Series (1999), one NL Wild Card Game (2012, the first in baseball history), and the 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

On November 11, 2013, the Braves announced that they would leave Turner Field for SunTrust Park. The new ballpark is located in Cobb County, in the northwest suburbs outside of Atlanta. This was prompted by the expiration of the lease (in 2016) allowing the Braves to play in Turner Field. They will play their final regular season game there against the Detroit Tigers on October 2, 2016. The new stadium is being constructed in a public/private partnership. On November 11, 2013 Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed announced that the Turner Field site would be redeveloped once the Braves vacate the stadium. On December 21, 2015, Georgia State University submitted the winning bid for the Turner Field property.