About Ponce de Leon Park
Ponce de Leon Park was a College Football stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. It opened in 1907, closed in 1965 and was demolished in 1966. Its last recorded capacity was 6,800. Its only tenant was Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (College Football, 1907–1911). On our ranked lists it ranks 193rd shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years. It has also been known as Spiller Field (1924–1933).
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Venue Information
Year Opened
Year Closed
Location
Elevation
270 m above sea level
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.
Teams
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
|
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets While based here: 5 seasons · 28-14-1 regular season
College Football · 1907–1911
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1907–1911 · Major College
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College Football | 1907–1911 |
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
What is the capacity of Ponce de Leon Park?
The capacity of Ponce de Leon Park is 6,800.
When was Ponce de Leon Park built?
Ponce de Leon Park opened in 1907.
Sources
Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.
- Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
- OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
- VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
- Wikidata (CC0): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point).
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): Capacity.
Historical Names
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Piedmont Park | 1895– | 0.9 mi |
| Bobby Dodd Stadium | 1913– | 1.6 mi |
| McCamish Pavilion | 1956– | 1.6 mi |
| State Farm Arena | 1999– | 2.2 mi |
| Omni Coliseum | 1972–1997 | 2.2 mi |
| Georgia Dome | 1992–2017 | 2.4 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.