Alonzo Herndon Stadium, named for

Alonzo Herndon Alonzo Franklin Herndon (June 26, 1858 Walton County, Georgia – July 21, 1927) was an African-American entrepreneur and businessman in Atlanta, Georgia. Born into slavery, he became one of the first African American millionaires in the Unit ...

, is an abandoned 15,011-seat stadium on the campus of Morris Brown College in

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. It is the only two-sided stadium in the

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. It is one block over from the locally known Herndon Home, and sits above the MARTA East-West rail line. The stadium opened in 1948. It is the largest stadium at an institution in the

, and the only with stands on both sides. In addition to sports, the stadium hosted concerts. Ray Charles recorded a live album at the stadium. 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, ...

, Herndon Stadium hosted

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. It was expanded and renovated ahead of the games. It was also used as the stand-in for the demolished

Fairfield Stadium Fairfield Stadium was a stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. It was primarily used for football, and was the home field of the Marshall University football team between 1928 and 1990, prior to the opening of Joan C. Edwards Stadium. Hist ...

in Huntington, West Virginia during filming of the 2006 movie '' We Are Marshall''. The stadium was the home to the former Georgia Mustangs and the former Atlanta Beat women's soccer club of the WUSA league, the latter of whom played there from 2001 until 2003. Due to the college's financial hardships, the stadium was abandoned and is in a state of disrepair, gutted by vandals and covered in graffiti and trash. The stadium was sold by Morris Brown College, and was abandoned in 2014. Its sale created controversy due to a land-use agreement with other members of the Atlanta University Center and historic property deeds. The stadium is now own by Clark Atlanta University. The school is planning to restore the stadium.

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Abandoned Football Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia (Alonzo Herndon)

References

1996 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. p. 542.
1996 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 3. p. 458.

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