Alonzo Herndon Stadium

Herndon Stadium

Full name| Alonzo Herndon Stadium
Capacity| 15,011
Field size| 68 yds wide × 110 yds long
Construction
Built| 1948
Opened| unknown
Tenants
Atlanta Beat (WUSA) (2002–2003)
MBC Wolverines

Alonzo Herndon Stadium, named for Alonzo Herndon, is an abandoned 15,011-seat stadium on the campus of Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is the only two-sided stadium in the Atlanta University Center. It is one block over from the locally known Herndon Home, and sits above the MARTA East-West rail line.

During the 1996 Summer Olympics, Herndon Stadium hosted field hockey. It was also used as the stand-in for the demolished Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia during filming of the 2006 movie We Are Marshall.[1]

The stadium was the home to the former Georgia Mustangs and the former Atlanta Beat women's soccer club of the WUSA league.

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.[1]

## External links[edit]

* Abandoned Football Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia (Alonzo Herndon)

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Atlanta's Olympic venues meet varying fates since 1996". USA Today. July 29, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2019.

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

## Further reading[edit]

* Gaither, Steven J. (October 6, 2014). "A Shell of A Stadium: Morris Brown's Herndon Stadium Is An HBCU Football Graveyard". hbcugameday.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
* "Abandoned: Morris Brown's Herndon Stadium". hbcugameday.com. May 18, 2016. Archived from the original on May 15, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2017.

Coordinates: 33°45′22″N 84°24′32″W / 33.756021°N 84.408807°W / 33.756021; -84.408807

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Atlanta metropolitan area sports venues

Current|

* Atlanta Motor Speedway (Hampton)
* Atlanta Silverbacks Park (Atlanta)
* Bobby Dodd Stadium (Atlanta)
* Center Parc Stadium (Atlanta)
* Coolray Field (Lawrenceville)
* Eddie S Henderson Stadium (Atlanta)
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium (Kennesaw)
* Forbes Arena (Atlanta)
* Gas South Arena (Duluth)
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* Panther Stadium (Atlanta)
* Road Atlanta (Braselton)
* Russ Chandler Stadium (Atlanta)
* State Farm Arena (Atlanta)
* Truist Park (Cumberland)

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* Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, demolished)
* Centennial Olympic Stadium† (Atlanta, rebuilt)
* Georgia Dome (Atlanta, demolished)
* Herndon Stadium (Atlanta, abandoned)
* Omni Coliseum (Atlanta, demolished)
* Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, demolished)
* Stone Mountain Tennis Center (Stone Mountain, demolished)
* Turner Field† (Atlanta, rebuilt)

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* Georgia State Convocation Center (Atlanta)

† – Centennial Olympic Stadium was rebuilt in 1997 as Turner Field. Turner Field was subsequently rebuilt in 2017 as Center Parc Stadium.
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Venues of the 1996 Summer Olympics (Atlanta)

Olympic Ring|

* Alexander Memorial Coliseum
* Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
* Clark Atlanta University Stadium
* Cycling road course
* Georgia Dome
* Georgia State University Gymnasium
* Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
* Georgia World Congress Center
* Marathon course
* Morehouse College Gymnasium
* Morris Brown College Stadium
* Centennial Olympic Stadium
* Omni Coliseum
* Walking course

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* Atlanta Beach
* Georgia International Horse Park
* Lake Lanier
* Stone Mountain Park Archery Center and Velodrome
* Stone Mountain Tennis Center
* Wolf Creek Shooting Complex

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* Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, Florida)
* Golden Park (Columbus, Georgia)
* Legion Field (Birmingham, Alabama)
* Ocoee Whitewater Center (Polk County, Tennessee)
* Orange Bowl (Miami, Florida)
* RFK Memorial Stadium (Washington, D.C.)
* Sanford Stadium (Athens, Georgia)
* University of Georgia Coliseum (Athens, Georgia)
* Wassaw Sound (Savannah, Georgia)

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* 1908: White City Stadium
* 1920: Olympisch Stadion
* 1928: Old Stadion
* 1932: Olympic Stadium
* 1936: Hockey Stadion (final), Hockey Stadion #2
* 1948: Empire Stadium (medal matches), Guinness Sports Club, Lyons' Sports Club, Polytechnic Sports Ground
* 1952: Velodrome
* 1956: Eastern Sportsground, Melbourne Cricket Ground (final)
* 1960: Campo Tre Fontane, Olympic Velodrome (final), Stadio dei Marmi
* 1964: Komazawa Hockey Field
* 1968: Municipal Stadium
* 1972: Hockeyanlage
* 1976: Molson Stadium, McGill University
* 1980: Dynamo Central Stadium, Minor Arena; Young Pioneers Stadium (final)
* 1984: Weingart Stadium
* 1988: Seongnam Stadium
* 1992: Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa
* 1996: Clark Atlanta University Stadium, Morris Brown College Stadium (final)

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* 2000: State Hockey Centre
* 2004: Olympic Hockey Centre
* 2008: Olympic Green Hockey Field
* 2012: Riverbank Arena
* 2016: Olympic Hockey Centre
* 2020: Oi Hockey Stadium
* 2024: Stade Yves-du-Manoir
* 2028: Dignity Health Sports Park

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