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[QUOTE="CusefanATL, post: 2049184, member: 853"]
well - it was built in 1996 for the Olympics. They just polished it off after the olympics ended for 1997 season. But there are soooo many issues with it - Its way too big @ 55,000, its nothing but surface lots, and as long island said - the location is horrific. a Huge chunk of the fan base lives 30 minutes + away. And not to be too demographic here, but 99% of the stuff Bruce Levenson said was correct - Atl is very segregated. North - white, South - black. And the city is actually very very small population wise (ranks somewhere in the 40's - metro is 8th or 9th) meaning more than 90% of metro population lives outside of the city limits. Turner is just on the southern side of the middle of the city. Stereotypically, not the best place to put a baseball stadium.

Turner, though, was actually some of the best money olympics ever spent. Got a crap ton more usage than most other ghost stadiums being built now. But the Braves didnt own it and didnt have control over the area. It is now being sold to GA State for their athletic complex, dorms, and other stuff continuing the excellent job Atl did with getting extended use out of the olympics. By far the most under appreciated aspect of a Games that had a lot of scandal (bombing, bribes, over commercialized, back room good ole boy deals)
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