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Alonzo Herndon Stadium, named for Alonzo Herndon, is an abandoned 15,011-seat stadium on the campus of Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is the only two-sided stadium in the Atlanta University Center.
Herndon Stadium is the largest and only double-sided stadium at Atlanta University Center institutions. Built in 1948, it was the home of many sporting events and concerts in the years before the Olympic Games, including a live Ray Charles album.
Feb 8, 2024 · Herndon Stadium was one of HBCU football's most storied venues, even hosting Olympic events, before Morris Brown College was forced to sell it. Now it might be demolished.
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- CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC STADIUM. 755 Hank Aaron Drive SE. The referenced media source is missing and needs to be re-embedded. Designed by Atlanta-based firms including Rosser International and Heery International, the Olympic Stadium staged Opening and Closing Ceremonies, track and field events, and played host to several iconic moments, including Muhammad Ali’s torch-lighting and Michael Johnson’s two gold-medal sprints.
- CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK. 285 Andrew Young International Boulevard NW. The referenced media source is missing and needs to be re-embedded. The social nucleus of the 1996 Games remains that for downtown Atlanta today.
- GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER (GWCC) 285 Andrew Young International Boulevard NW. The referenced media source is missing and needs to be re-embedded. Atlanta’s sprawling downtown convention center played host to a range of indoor sporting events during the Olympics, including wrestling, fencing, handball, judo, pentathlon shooting, table tennis, and weightlifting.
- MCAULEY AQUATIC CENTER. 750 Ferst Drive. The referenced media source is missing and needs to be re-embedded. Specially built for the Olympics, this Midtown aquatics facility on the campus of Georgia Tech hosted all swimming and diving events.
Jun 1, 2023 · The Herndon Stadium was given a huge financial revamp ahead of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Field hockey was held at the venue during the Games, before being handed back to the university for to stage college football and events into the early 21st century.
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Jan 29, 2024 · The Alonzo Herndon Stadium opened in 1948 on the campus of Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia. The 15,011-seat stadium is the largest at an institution in the Atlanta University Center and the only one with stands on two sides.
Here's Herndon Stadium, on the campus of Morris Brown College, as seen on a postcard. The stadium, named after Alonzo Herndon, was completed in 1948 at a cost of $400,000. Herndon was born into slavery in 1858, and went on to found the wildly successful Atlanta Life Insurance Company .
