; The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) sought to build the stadium in a way that it could be converted to a new baseball stadium and ACOG paid for the conversion This was considered a good agreement for both the Olympic Committee and the Braves the 71,000-seat Georgia Dome had been completed four years earlier by the state of Georgia to become the home of the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons so there was no need for another large stadium in downtown Atlanta Furthermore the Braves had already been exploring opportunities for a new stadium the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority owned the stadium and leased it to the Braves who operated the stadium as Turner Field the stadium hosted notable events such as games 1 and 2 of the 1999 World Series and the 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game the end of the Braves' most recent lease in 2016 coincided with the team's departure for SunTrust Park. . Zimbabwe (13) 12.1 Government Georgia 42.svg State Route 42 Atlanta Braves Hall of Famers Togo (5) Venues and infrastructure City Hall in Savannah. History 16 External links Fulton Atlanta contains several outdoor attractions the Atlanta Botanical Garden adjacent to Piedmont Park is home to the 600-foot-long (180 m) Kendeda Canopy Walk a skywalk that allows visitors to tour one of the city's last remaining urban forests from 40-foot-high (12 m) the Canopy Walk is considered the only canopy-level pathway of its kind in the United States Zoo Atlanta in Grant Park accommodates over 1,300 animals representing more than 220 species Home to the nation's largest collections of gorillas and orangutans the Zoo is one of only four zoos in the U.S to house giant pandas Festivals showcasing arts and crafts film and music including the Atlanta Dogwood Festival the Atlanta Film Festival and Music Midtown respectively are also popular with tourists, Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total Usage Evan Gattis catching for the Braves in 2013 Imperial conversion Atlanta Georgia business directory. 2.2 South Asia 1.2 Pre-steam, Brunei (1) Level Team League Location Sudan (4) The state legislature may allow municipalities to institute local sales taxes and special local taxes such as the 2% SPLOST tax and the 1% sales tax for MARTA serviced counties Excise taxes are levied on alcohol tobacco and motor fuel Owners of real property in Georgia pay property tax to their county All taxes are collected by the Georgia Department of Revenue and then properly distributed according to any agreements that each county has with its cities.
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