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The Latest: Mayor says stadium deal will help neighborhoods (The Associated Press)

ATLANTA (AP) -- The Latest on plans to redevelop Atlanta's Turner Field for use by Georgia State University (all times local):

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Atlanta's mayor says the multi-million-dollar deal to redevelop Turner Field into a football stadium for Georgia State University represents ''a new beginning'' for several neighborhoods on the city's south side.

The Atlanta Braves plan to leave Turner Field after this season for a new stadium being constructed about 15 miles away in the suburb of Smyrna.

Mayor Kasim Reed said at a news conference Thursday that there's now a signed purchase and sale agreement between Georgia State and the real estate firms Carter U.