I loved Fulton County Stadium. Got to see Deion play in '91 and was at Game 1 of the '95 Series. My pops was also at the game when Hank broke the record. Loved that place.
This was a great stadium. It had originality and character. Today's new parks are like going to a mall and not a game. I wish the MLB would keep our old parks in tact.
originality??? It was cookie cutter, that’s literally the name for multipurpose stadiums of the 1960s. I think they’re beautiful, but far from original
Loved this Stadium, Braves and Falcons Great thing about watching the Braves many years there, you could sit anywhere, watching the greatest Baseball player Henry Aaron.....and watching those Falcons Great tailgaiting!!!
I was at that July 4th marathon game where Rick Camp hit the homerun. They shot the fireworks off at 4am! Lots of great memories of Falcons and Braves games at old AFCS!
And like most other Major League stadiums, Atlanta's Fulton County stadium also hosted firework shows after the Braves baseball games especially in the late 1970s. And for all of you who seen the big fireworks exploded on May 10, 1974 - about 50 pyrotechnic salutes - to mark probably one of the biggest historic moments in that stadium - Henry Aaron blasting home run no. 715 to go past Babe Ruth's career 714 homers, those fireworks were just peanuts at the stadium compared to what happened 4 years later.... The greatest of the post-game firework shows at Atlanta stadium happened probably in 1978. On September 9, the stadium hosted a sky-concert after the game sponsored by BC (which in the slogan, was "The Powder With Pow!"), and on August 4, 1978, perhaps a much biggest display of fireworks in another nickname for that show--"Atlanta's Biggest Blast", with its sub-nickname, "The End of The World."
Here's the thing. Many of those multipurpose stadiums were primarily configured for baseball seating. Milwaukee County Stadium was the perfect example of forcing and jamming a football field in a baseball venue. Some of them were spacious enough for both sports, but perfect all-around football seating wasn't a priority.
I'm sure the Braves players were so elated that their stadium was no longer being commandeered by those motocross hooligans that it propelled them to the NL pennant! Uh-huh.
@@rmartin7558 The issue was that the groundskeepers had no time to re-turf the field and get all the lumps out between mid February and opening day. The Braves got a lot better defensively in 1991. So, no coincidence.
Hahaha! Built for a bargain price. Atlanta Fulton was a dump. I didn’t know what a real baseball stadium was until I went to a game at Comiskey in the late 80’s. Didn’t help those mid 80’s to 1990 braves teams were just as good as the field conditions there. Woof.
They should have supported their team. Hell, they only had the second greatest home run hitter of all time to attract fans. I guess they were all drunk on Miller High Life.
Might want to study baseball history a bit better to see how William Bartholomay litterally from when he took over the team was trying to move the team to a larger market.
I cannot believe they tore down this beautiful stadium. This should still be the Braves stadium as it was not a good football stadium. The Falcons should still be in the dome. Turner Field sucked and still does. The Falcons new stadium sucks. Suntrust Park sucks.
