Tag: Turner Field
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The spirit of Atlanta
So we paid the IOC’s bounty for the ’96 Olympics to get a park downtown where one day the Zac Brown Band would perform? Thanks for the memories, Billy Payne. “I never measured the success of the Olympics by the venues left behind,” said the man who conceived the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The stadium that served as […]
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Vine City, meet Summerhill
Billionaire Arthur Blank wants to use taxpayer dollars to fund a new stadium. He says it could help lure an MLS franchise to Atlanta but, in case he hasn’t noticed, no one gives a damn about professional soccer. And no one should believe his claim that a new home for the Falcons will improve the […]
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New Braves stadium could revitalize Fanplex
You know, the soon-to-be defunct Georgia Dome is only four years older than Turner Field … Fanplex, as you may recall, is the ivory standard of white elephants. Built by the Fulton County Recreational Authority for $2.5 million, Fanplex opened in 2002 and shut down two years later after losing half-a-million dollars. It was developed […]
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