However, court battles kept the Braves in Milwaukee for one last season. 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. 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. However, the deal ended in July 1963 when the American League did not approve the move. Finley was receptive and began discussing stadium design plans with Allen. Allen and The Atlanta Journal sports editor Furman Bisher attempted to persuade Charlie Finley, owner of the Kansas City Athletics, to move his team to Atlanta. After winning office, Allen chose a 47-acre (19 ha) plot in the Washington–Rawson neighborhood for the building site, citing its proximity to the state capitol, downtown businesses, and major highways. promised to build a sports facility to attract a Major League Baseball team. Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium was demolished on August 2, 1997.Ītlanta–Fulton County Stadium during demolition, December 31, 1996ĭuring his 1961 campaign for mayor of Atlanta, Ivan Allen Jr. The Braves continued to play at the stadium for another five years, then moved into Turner Field in 1997, the converted Centennial Olympic Stadium built for the previous year's Summer Olympics, which hosted baseball events. The Braves and expansion Falcons shared the venue for 26 years, until the Falcons moved into the newly completed Georgia Dome in 1992.
It was built to attract an MLB team and in 1966 succeeded when the Milwaukee Braves relocated from Wisconsin.
The stadium was home of the Atlanta Braves of the Major League Baseball and the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.
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