Turner field how many seats

What was right field It serves as a football stadium. New permanent grandstands cover what used to be right field. While the stadium now is dedicated to football, parts of Turner Field remain. But there have been major changes, too. What used to be home plate is now an end-zone corner. The first seven rows of seats have been removed in places to facilitate football sight lines.

Four new light towers have been installed behind the new grandstand along the east sideline. Baseball has a flatter-slope sight line was than football does. Down the first base line, we took out the first five rows for that same reason. We also took out five sections in the lower level, and that allowed us to put this connection of stands that we connect the stadium from north to south, and really give us the east sideline.

There were some seats removed from the lower left field to make the football field fit, too. Underground, they built new locker rooms for GSU and the visitors. All wrapped up and ready to go for GeorgiaStateFB! Inside this area included entertainment and concession areas of food and game filled pavilions, Scouts Alley and Tooner Field. Upon entering the ballpark fans were on the field level. Ramps, stairs, and escalators throughout Turner Field took fans to the terrace level, the Lexus level and the upper deck.

The field level seating section extended from the left field foul pole around to home plate and to the right field foul pole. Additional seating was located in left field and in parts of right field. Fans could walk the entire lower concourse and never loose site of the action on the field and could watch pitchers warm up in the bullpen. The next level up, the Lexus level, extended from right field to the right field foul pole around to home plate, and down and around the left field foul pole to the restaurant.

Not only was this a suite area, but also an area where fans could purchase individual tickets for games. Perhaps the best part of this level was the air conditioned concourse. The upper deck extended from right field to the foul pole and around to home plate and down the third base line. From the concourse fans could see the surrounding neighborhood and the Atlanta skyline. The upper level concourse extended from behind the upper deck down the third base side into left field where the Coca-Cola Sky Field was located.

From the fans' perspective, there are fewer luxury skyboxes than in most of the newer stadiums are found only in the left field second level, in back of the bleachers. The press boxes are in two levels that replace the mezzanine deck behind home plate; most newer stadiums have a similar press box configuration. Since Atlanta is the world headquarters for Coca Cola, there are large "Coke bottles" mounted like artillery guns in the kids play area on the narrow roof area overlooking the left field corner.

There is also a large "Coke bottle" in that area that shoots huge Roman candle displays whenever the Braves hit a home run. The entrance plaza behind center field is full of statues and memorabilia, and soon you are confronted by a wide array of amusements, shops, pubs, and eateries, mostly catering to the non-budget conscious. The "Braves Chophouse" overlooked right field, and the upscale " Club" restaurant overlooked left field.

There are evidently few if any restaurants or watering holes in the surrounding neighborhood. Those new fan amenities are typical of most new baseball stadiums. Fans with slim wallets could take advantage of the cheap "Skyline" section at the far ends of the upper deck, on both the third base and right field sides. Turner Field was one of the most successful neoclassical stadiums in terms of generating fan enthusiasm and attendance, though that slacked off a bit in the latter years.

Like most other early-phase neoclassical stadiums, the capacity was a few thousand too high relative to the city's population. It was reduced slightly from the original 50, to 49, Prior to the season a newer, much bigger video board was installed.

In , a new section of seats the "SunTrust Club" was installed between the dugouts, reducing the backstop distance to an absurdly close 43 feet. Behind the new seats is an exclusive new lounge full of posh amenities for fat cats in Atlanta. The Braves continued their winning ways in the new stadium: They were champions of the National League Eastern Division in every year from through They had a hard time making it any farther in the playoffs, however. The departure or retirement of their phenomenal pitching trio Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and John Smoltz left the team without its formerly-dominant competitive edge.

Even though aging slugger Chipper Jones retired after the season, the Braves surpised everyone by taking the NL Eastern Division by a wide margin in