This plan has been in the works since 2016, and now it’s finally coming to fruition, as Georgia State University is moving forward with a new college ballpark on the footprint of the former Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Atlanta Stadium propelled Atlanta as a major-league city, serving as home to the Atlanta Braves and the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons both beginning in 1966. (It became Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in 1975.) It was a classic circular cookie-cutter stadium, with seating reconfigurations depending on the sport. It hosted International League baseball in the form of the Atlanta Crackers in 1965 before the Braves received court permission to move from Milwaukee, and it also hosted North American Soccer League action in the form of the Atlanta Chiefs in various years between 1967 and 1981.