Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

About Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium was an MLB and NFL stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. It opened in 1965 and closed in 1997. It was designed by Heery International. Its last recorded capacity was 52,007 in its baseball layout. Tenants included Atlanta Braves (MLB, 1966–1996) and Atlanta Falcons (NFL, 1966–1991). On our ranked lists it ranks 115th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years. It has also been known as Atlanta Stadium (1965–1973).

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• 115th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
• 42nd shortest-lived of 139 football stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 15th shortest-lived of 55 NFL stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 35th longest single tenancy (25 years) of the 101 longest on record in NFL stadiums
• 47th shortest-lived of 82 MLB stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 36th longest single tenancy (30 years) of the 100 longest on record in MLB stadiums

Venue Information

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Capacity by layout

Seating capacity depends on how the building is laid out for each event. Figures are the best sourced claim per layout.

The site today

• The site is now home to 565 Hank, a residential development.

From OpenStreetMap data near the venue's recorded coordinates, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Maps show what is there now, not the old footprint.

Teams

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Frequently Asked Questions

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

• Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
• OpenStreetMap (ODbL): What stands on the site today.
• OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
• VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
• Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, general layout, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 64 m of this point), Architect and operator.
• Wikimedia Commons (Public domain): Photograph.
• Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): Capacity, Capacity, football layout.