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Mayor: Turner Field deal will remake Atlanta's south side (The Associated Press)

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ATLANTA (AP) -- Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed plans to make an announcement amid reports that Turner Field, the stadium built for the 1996 Olympic Games and later converted into a baseball stadium for the Atlanta Braves, will be renovated for use by Georgia State University.

Reed's office said in a statement that the news conference is planned for 10 a.m. Thursday at the stadium just south of downtown Atlanta.

Reed tells WSB-TV (http://2wsb.tv/2b6sDat ) that Georgia State plans to convert Turner Field into a football stadium for the school in a project that will also involve building a new baseball field, student housing, shops and restaurants nearby.