Panther Stadium is a 5,000-seat stadium located on the campus of
Clark Atlanta University
Clark Atlanta University (CAU or Clark Atlanta) is a private, Methodist, historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark Atlanta is the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the Southern United States. Found ...
in
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 ...
,
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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, United States. It was the secondary venue for
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
events during the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in Atlanta. It is currently home to the
Clark Atlanta Panthers
The Clark Atlanta Panthers are the athletic teams that represent Clark Atlanta University, located in Atlanta, Georgia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Panthers compete as members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Confere ...
,
NCAA Division II
NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...
member.
The athletics track surrounding the field was moved there from
Centennial Olympic Stadium
Centennial Olympic Stadium was the 85,000-seat main stadium of the 1996 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Construction of the stadium began in 1993, and it was complete and ready for the opening ceremony in Ju ...
after the Olympic events concluded and the stadium was converted into
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 ...
.
References
1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 539.
1996 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 3. p. 458.
Sports venues in Atlanta
Venues of the 1996 Summer Olympics
American football venues in Atlanta
College football venues
Clark Atlanta Panthers football
Olympic field hockey venues
College track and field venues in the United States
Athletics (track and field) venues in Georgia (U.S. state)
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