Georgia State University 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! ===1996 Summer Olympic Games=== [[File:JO Atlanta 1996 - Drapeau.jpg|thumb|left|The Olympic flag waves at the [[1996 Olympic Games|1996 games]]]] Georgia State University was used during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, with the GSU Sports Arena hosting the badminton matches. Georgia State's prominent position in downtown Atlanta allowed the city to build some of its venues with [[adaptive reuse]] in mind to be used by the university.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nickisch|first1=Curt|title=Nearly 20 Years Later, The Legacy Of Atlanta's Olympic Venues Is Still Being Written|url=http://www.wbur.org/news/2015/06/05/atlanta-olympic-venue-lessons-for-boston |publisher=WBUR|access-date=July 13, 2016}}</ref> The first on-campus [[dormitories]] at the university, the Village, was constructed as part of the [[Olympic Village]] to house athletes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Georgia State University Village|url=http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwcra/lodging/GSUDorms.htm|website=GSU.edu|publisher=Georgia State University|access-date=July 13, 2016|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090506/http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwcra/lodging/GSUDorms.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> This began the metamorphosis of GSU from a [[commuter college]] to a massive urban research institute, as well as one of the largest universities in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Eloy|first1=Michelle |title=Atlanta Olympics Helped GSU Shake Off Commuter School Image|url=http://news.wabe.org/post/atlanta-olympics-helped-gsu-shake-commuter-school-image |publisher=WABE|access-date=July 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714155225/http://news.wabe.org/post/atlanta-olympics-helped-gsu-shake-commuter-school-image|archive-date=July 14, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Centennial Olympic Stadium]], host of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics, was after the games converted to Turner Field, home of MLB's Atlanta Braves. After the Braves moved to [[SunTrust Park]] in suburban Cobb County, [[Turner Field]] and the surrounding grounds were purchased by Georgia State in January 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Leslie|first1=Katie|title=Turner Field to be sold to Georgia State and developer Carter|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/turner-field-to-be-sold-to-georgia-state-and-devel/nppZC/|website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|publisher=Cox Communications|access-date=July 13, 2016|archive-date=May 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506145234/http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/turner-field-to-be-sold-to-georgia-state-and-devel/nppZC/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The university converted the stadium to a football field for the school's [[Georgia State Panthers football|football]] team, now called [[Center Parc Stadium]] (named Georgia State Stadium until 2020), and is building a new campus baseball stadium on the site of the former [[Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium]], and new classrooms and housing on the lot.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Davis|first1=Janel|title=Turner Field holds future for Georgia State, neighborhoods|url=http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/turner-field-holds-future-for-georgia-state-neighb/npq89/|website=AJC.com|publisher=Cox Communications|access-date=July 13, 2016}}</ref> 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