<P> The southwest corner of the Olympic Stadium was built to accommodate the future baseball infield and seating . This is easily seen in aerial views and diagrams of the stadium in its Olympic configuration , where the seats are not placed next to the oval running track . The southwest part of the stadium also had four tiers of seats , luxury boxes , a facade facing the street , and a roof , whereas the north half of the stadium used a simpler two - tiered seating configuration . During reconstruction , the athletics track was removed and relocated to the field hockey stadium located at Clark Atlanta University , which uses it for athletics and football , and the north half of the stadium was demolished , reducing the capacity to 49,000 . Because of the need to fit a track within the stadium in its earlier incarnation , the field of play , particularly foul territory , while not large by historical standards , was nonetheless larger than that of most MLB stadiums built since 1990 . Reconstruction was complete in 1997 , and the facility was renamed Turner Field . Afterward , Atlanta -- Fulton County Stadium , the Braves ' previous home and the venue for the Olympics baseball events , was imploded and the site became a parking lot for Turner Field . The Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority owned Turner Field , and the Atlanta Braves occupied the revised stadium until the expiration of their lease in 2016 ; the Braves moved to SunTrust Park in Cobb County in the following year . Georgia State University acquired Turner Field and its surrounding parking lots in January 2017 for a mixed use expansion of the Georgia State campus , which includes private and student housing , academic , retail , and office space in addition to the redevelopment of the former ballpark into Georgia State Stadium . </P>
<P> The southwest corner of the Olympic Stadium was built to accommodate the future baseball infield and seating . This is easily seen in aerial views and diagrams of the stadium in its Olympic configuration , where the seats are not placed next to the oval running track . The southwest part of the stadium also had four tiers of seats , luxury boxes , a facade facing the street , and a roof , whereas the north half of the stadium used a simpler two - tiered seating configuration . During reconstruction , the athletics track was removed and relocated to the field hockey stadium located at Clark Atlanta University , which uses it for athletics and football , and the north half of the stadium was demolished , reducing the capacity to 49,000 . Because of the need to fit a track within the stadium in its earlier incarnation , the field of play , particularly foul territory , while not large by historical standards , was nonetheless larger than that of most MLB stadiums built since 1990 . Reconstruction was complete in 1997 , and the facility was renamed Turner Field . Afterward , Atlanta -- Fulton County Stadium , the Braves ' previous home and the venue for the Olympics baseball events , was imploded and the site became a parking lot for Turner Field . The Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority owned Turner Field , and the Atlanta Braves occupied the revised stadium until the expiration of their lease in 2016 ; the Braves moved to SunTrust Park in Cobb County in the following year . Georgia State University acquired Turner Field and its surrounding parking lots in January 2017 for a mixed use expansion of the Georgia State campus , which includes private and student housing , academic , retail , and office space in addition to the redevelopment of the former ballpark into Georgia State Stadium . </P>
where did the braves play during the olympics
where did the braves play during the olympics
Atlanta -- Fulton County Stadium
Atlanta -- Fulton County Stadium