Turner Field may have played host to its final Major League Baseball game, but the stadium lives on as a functional sports facility.
In a testament to sustainability, the 20-year-old stadium, originally built for the 1996 Summer Olympics before it was converted to a ballpark for the Atlanta Braves, will now be turned into a college football venue for Georgia State University.
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It's a refreshing concept, plus an honorable commitment by civic leaders to keep the building operational compared with other sports venues of a simliar age that have been torn down instead of being re-purposed for other sports activities.