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. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed. SunTrust Park Opening Day 2017

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (2897768910)

;Peters Park :Home of: Atlanta , Southern League (1885–mid-1886) (1888–1889 part season) :Location: West Peachtree Street Northwest; North Avenue Northeast ;Brisbane Park :Home of: Atlanta Crackers, Southern League (1892–1893, 1896–1898); some sources say Southeastern League for (1896-1897) :Location: Crumley Street Southwest (north); Glenn Street Southwest (south); Ira Street Southwest :Currently: part of or adjacent to Phoenix Park public park ;Athletic Grounds :Home of: Atlanta Crackers, Southern League (1894–1895) :Location: Jackson Street Northeast; Irwin Street (similar to 1896 ballpark) ;Show Grounds :Home of: Atlanta Crackers - Southern League (1896 some games) :Location: Jackson Street Northeast (west); Irwin Street Northeast; Boulevard Northeast (east) :Currently: On or near

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Piedmont Park Piedmont Park is an urban park in Atlanta, Georgia, located about northeast of Downtown, between the Midtown and Virginia Highland neighborhoods. Originally the land was owned by Dr. Benjamin Walker, who used it as his out-of-town gentlema ...

:Home of:

Atlanta Crackers The Atlanta Crackers were Minor League Baseball teams based in Atlanta, Georgia, between 1901 and 1965. The Crackers were Atlanta's home team until the Atlanta Braves moved from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1966. History Atlanta played its first ...

Southern Association The Southern Association was a higher-level minor league in American organized baseball from 1901 through 1961. For most of its existence, the Southern Association was two steps below the Major Leagues; it was graded Class A (1902–1935), Cla ...

(1902–1906) :Location: Piedmont Avenue Northeast (west/north); 10th Street Northeast (south); Monroe Drive Northeast (east) :Previously: site of 1895

Cotton States and International Exposition The Cotton States and International Exposition was a world's fair held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States in 1895. The exposition was designed "to foster trade between southern states and South American nations as well as to show the products a ...

:Currently: Near the 12th Street entryway ;

Ponce de Leon Park Ponce de Leon Park ( ; also known as Spiller Park or Spiller Field from 1924 to 1932, and "Poncey" to locals, was the primary home field for the minor league baseball team called the Atlanta Crackers for nearly six decades. The Crackers played ...

a.k.a. Spiller Park / Spiller Field (1924–1932) :Home of: ::

(1907–1961) ::Atlanta Black Crackers,

Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...

(1920s) ::Atlanta Black Crackers,

Negro American League The Negro American League was one of the several Negro league baseball, Negro leagues created during the time organized American baseball was segregated. The league was established in 1937 in baseball, 1937, and disbanded after its 1962 in basebal ...

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International League The International League (IL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the United States. Along with the Pacific Coast League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Baseball ( ...

(1962–1964) :Location: 650 Ponce de Leon Avenue Northeast (south, first base); Lakeview Avenue Northeast (west, third base); Southern Railroad (east/northeast, right/center field) :Currently: Midtown Place shopping center ;

Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, often referred to as Fulton County Stadium and originally named Atlanta Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in the southeastern United States, located in Atlanta. The stadium was home of the Atlanta Braves of th ...

a.k.a. Fulton County Stadium a.k.a. Atlanta Stadium :Home of: ::Atlanta Crackers, IL (1965 only) ::

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. The Braves were founded in ...

, NL (1966–1996) :Location: 521 Capitol Avenue Southeast (right/center field); Fulton Street Southwest (north, left field); Clarke Street Southwest / Pollard Boulevard Southwest (west, third base / home plate); Georgia Avenue Southwest (south, first base) :Currently: parking lot for Turner Field / Center Parc Stadium :Future: to be site of

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baseball park ; Turner Field reconfigured from

Centennial Olympic Stadium Centennial Olympic Stadium was the 85,000-seat main stadium of the 1996 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Construction of the stadium began in 1993, and it was complete and ready for the opening ceremony in Jul ...

:Home of: Atlanta Braves, NL (1997–2016) :Location: 755 Hank Aaron Drive Southeast (a.k.a. Capitol Avenue Southeast - right field); Georgia Avenue Southwest (north, left field); Pollard Boulevard Southwest / Washington Street Southwest (west, third base); Bill Lucas Drive Southwest (south, first base); across Georgia Avenue to the south from Atlanta Stadium :Previously: parking lot for Atlanta Stadium :Currently: reconfigured as a football venue now known as

Center Parc Stadium Center Parc Stadium (formerly Georgia State Stadium) is an outdoor stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is the home of the Georgia State University Panthers football team as of the 2017 season, replacing the Georgia Dome which had served ...

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Truist Park Truist Park (originally SunTrust Park) is a baseball stadium in the Atlanta metropolitan area, approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta in the unincorporated community of Cumberland, in Cobb County, Georgia. Opened in 2 ...

:Home of: Atlanta Braves, NL (2017–present) :Location:

Cumberland, Georgia Cumberland is an edge city in Cobb County located in an unincorporated area of the northwest Atlanta metropolitan area, Georgia, United States. It is situated northwest of downtown Atlanta. With approximately 122,000 workers and 103,000 resident ...

, a suburb northwest of Atlanta. Ballpark is west of the interchange of I-75 and I-285. Local streets are Circle 75 Parkway (southeast and northeast, outfield and third base); Windy Ridge Parkway (northwest and southwest, home plate and first base); and Heritage Court (southwest - right field). Changed names on January 14, 2020. Formerly titled SunTrust Park prior to the merger title sponsor

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References

* Peter Filichia, ''Professional Baseball Franchises'', Facts on File, 1993. * * {{cite book, last=Lowry, first=Philip J., title=Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All 271 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present, year=1992, publisher=Addison-Wesley, location=Reading, Mass., isbn=0-201-56777-6, url-access=registration, url=https://archive.org/details/greencathedralsu0000lowr *

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 ...

Sports venues in Atlanta

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