The Georgia State Baseball Complex is a
baseball
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venue in
Decatur, Georgia, United States. It is home to the
Georgia State Panthers baseball team of the
NCAA
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Division I Sun Belt Conference. The venue, which has a capacity of 1,092 spectators, opened in 1986.
Features and renovations
The field's outfield fence, which was installed prior to the 1998 season, was taken from
Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, often referred to as Fulton County Stadium and originally named Atlanta Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in the southeastern United States, located in Atlanta. The stadium was home of the Atlanta Braves of th ...
, the former home of
Major League Baseball
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's
Atlanta Braves
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of nearby
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
. The fieldhouse located near the baseball field was dedicated to Bill and Susan Reeves in March 2003.
2010 renovations saw a new scoreboard installed and the playing surface redone. In 2011, the
dugouts and locker rooms were renovated.
Future
Georgia State plans to move from the Baseball Complex to a new park it plans to build within the footprint of the former Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, the current
Center Parc Stadium
Center Parc Stadium (formerly Georgia State Stadium) is an outdoor stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is the home of the Georgia State University Panthers football team as of the 2017 season, replacing the Georgia Dome which had served a ...
in downtown Atlanta. In 2016, after the Braves vacated
Turner Field
Turner Field was a baseball stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia. From 1997 to 2016, it served as the home ballpark to the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Originally built as Centennial Olympic Stadium in 1996 to serve as the c ...
for
SunTrust Park
Truist Park (originally SunTrust Park) is a baseball stadium in the Atlanta metropolitan area, approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta in the unincorporated community of Cumberland, in Cobb County, Georgia. Opened in ...
(later renamed Truist Park), the school bought Turner Field, including the former Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium site, which is currently a parking lot. No date has been set for construction of the new park.
See also
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List of NCAA Division I baseball venues
References
{{Georgia NCAA Division I college baseball venue navbox
College baseball venues in the United States
Baseball venues in Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia State Panthers baseball