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in dollars) |architect = Heery & Heery FABRAP〔 |structural engineer = Prybyloski & Gravino |services engineer = Lazenby & Borum〔 |general_contractor = Thompson-Street Co.〔 |former_names = Atlanta Stadium (1965–1976) |tenants = Atlanta Braves (MLB) (1966–1996) Atlanta Falcons (NFL) (1966–1991) Atlanta Chiefs (NASL) (1967–1969, 1971–1972, 1979–1981) Atlanta Crackers (IL) (1965) Peach Bowl (NCAA) (1971–1991) |seating_capacity = Baseball: 52,007 Football: 60,606 |dimensions = ''1966–68 & 1974–96'' Left field – 330 ft. Left-Center – 385 ft. Center Field – 402 ft. Right-Center – 385 ft. Right Field – 330 ft. ''1969–1972'' Left field – 330 ft. Left-Center – 375 ft. Center Field – 402 ft. Right-Center – 375 ft. Right Field – 330 ft. ''1973'' Left field – 330 ft. Left-Center – 375 ft. Center Field – 402 ft. Right-Center – 385 ft. Right Field – 330 ft. }} Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, often referred to as Fulton County Stadium and originally named Atlanta Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium was built to attract a Major League Baseball team and in 1966 succeeded when the Milwaukee Braves relocated from Wisconsin. The Braves and Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League shared the venue from 1966 until 1991, when the Falcons moved into the newly completed Georgia Dome. The Braves continued to play at Fulton County Stadium until the end of the 1996 season, when they moved into Turner Field, the converted Centennial Olympic Stadium originally built for the 1996 Summer Olympics. ==History== During his 1961 campaign for mayor of Atlanta, Ivan Allen, Jr. promised to build a sports facility to attract a Major League Baseball team. After winning office, Allen chose a 47-acre plot in the Washington–Rawson neighborhood for the building site, citing its proximity to the Georgia State Capitol, downtown businesses and major highways. Allen, along with ''Atlanta Journal'' sports editor Furman Bisher, attempted to persuade Charlie Finley, owner of the Kansas City Athletics, to move his team to Atlanta. Finley was receptive and began discussing stadium design plans with Allen. The deal, however, ended in July 1963 when the American League did not approve the move.〔 In 1964, Mayor Allen announced that an unidentified team had given him a verbal commitment to move to Atlanta, provided a stadium was in place by 1966. Soon afterward, the prospective team was revealed to be the Milwaukee Braves, who announced in October that they intended to move to Atlanta for the 1965 season. However, court battles kept the Braves in Milwaukee for one last season. The new stadium was built on the site of the cleared Washington–Rawson neighborhood, which 50 years previously was a wealthy neighborhood home to Georgia's governor, among others, but which by the 1960s had fallen on hard times. 47 dignitaries took part in a groundbreaking ceremony on April 15, 1964. Almost a year later, construction was completed on April 9, 1965 for $18 million, and on the same night the Milwaukee Braves and Detroit Tigers played an exhibition game in the stadium.〔 During that year the International League's Atlanta Crackers, whose previous home had been Ponce de Leon Park, played their final season in Atlanta Stadium. In 1966, both the NL's transplanted Braves and the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, an expansion team, began to use the facilities. In 1967, the Atlanta Chiefs of the National Professional Soccer League (re-formed as the North American Soccer League in 1968) began the first of five seasons played at the stadium.〔(Atlanta Chiefs )〕 After Ted Turner purchased the Braves in 1976, the stadium's name was changed to the compound Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/atl/ballpark/history.jsp )〕 The Falcons moved to the Georgia Dome in 1992, while the Braves had to wait until the Olympic Stadium from the 1996 Summer Olympics was transformed into Turner Field to move out at the beginning of the 1997 season. The stadium sat 60,606 for football and 52,007 for baseball. The baseball competition for the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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