Metro Atlanta Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Professional sports teams=== {{see also|Sports in Atlanta}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Club !Sport !League !Venue !City !Since !Titles |- |[[Atlanta Braves]] |[[Baseball]] |[[Major League Baseball]] |[[Truist Park]] |[[Cumberland, Georgia|Cumberland]] | 1966 |2 ([[1995 World Series|1995]], [[2021 World Series|2021]]) |- |[[Gwinnett Stripers]] |[[Baseball]] | [[International League]] [[Triple-A (baseball)|(AAA)]] |[[Coolray Field]] | Lawrenceville | 2009 | |- |[[Atlanta Falcons]] |[[American football]] |[[National Football League]] |[[Mercedes-Benz Stadium]] | Atlanta | 1966 | |- |[[Atlanta Gladiators]] |[[Ice hockey]] |[[ECHL]] |[[Gas South Arena]] | Duluth | 2003 | |- |[[Atlanta Hawks]] |[[Basketball]] |[[National Basketball Association]] |[[State Farm Arena (Atlanta)|State Farm Arena]] | Atlanta | 1968 | |- |[[Atlanta Dream]] |[[Basketball]] |[[Women's National Basketball Association]] |[[Gateway Center Arena]] | College Park | 2008 | |- |[[College Park Skyhawks]] |[[Basketball]] |[[NBA G League]] |[[Gateway Center Arena]] |[[College Park, Georgia|College Park]] | 2019 | |- |[[Atlanta United FC]] |[[Association football|Soccer]] |[[Major League Soccer]] |[[Mercedes-Benz Stadium]] | Atlanta | 2017 |1 ([[MLS Cup 2018|2018]]) |- |- |[[Atlanta United 2]] |[[Association football|Soccer]] |[[MLS Next Pro]] |[[Fifth Third Bank Stadium]] | Kennesaw | 2017 | |- |} Former teams include the [[Atlanta Flames]] (now [[Calgary Flames]]) and [[Atlanta Thrashers]] (now [[Winnipeg Jets]]), both of the [[National Hockey League]]. Atlanta also plays host to one [[NASCAR Cup Series]] race each year at [[Atlanta Motor Speedway]]. The Atlanta metropolitan area is also home to three [[Division I (NCAA)|NCAA Division I]] programs, with the [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets]] and [[Georgia State Panthers]] in Atlanta proper and the [[Kennesaw State Owls]] in [[Kennesaw, Georgia|Kennesaw]]. Both Georgia Tech and Georgia State are members of the [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|Football Bowl Subdivision]] in the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] and [[Sun Belt Conference]], respectively, while Kennesaw State is a member of the [[ASUN Conference]] in the [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|Football Championship Subdivision]]; however, Kennesaw State accepted an invitation to move up to the FBS level from [[Conference USA]] starting in 2024. {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page