Atlanta Braves and Turner Field ? The Atlanta Braves' regular season takes place April through September at Turner Field in South Atlanta. Check out the Ivan Allen Jr. Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame at Turner Field, both open year-round. The remains of the former Fulton County Stadium where Hank Aaron hit his historic 715th home run can also be seen in the north parking lot.
Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome ? The 1998 NFC Champions, the Atlanta Falcons, gear up each September to kick off the official season in Downtown. The Georgia Dome has hosted numberous events including parts of the 1996 Summer Olympics, Super Bowls XXVIII and XXXIV, the 2006 Sugar Bowl, the NCAA Final Four in 2002 and 2007, and the annual Chick-fil-A Bowl.
Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Dream at Philips Arena ? Covering 4.4 acres, Philips Arena is Atlanta's state-of-the-art multi purpose sports and entertainment complex located in Downtown. The arena is home to the NBA's Hawks and the WNBA's Dream.
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets ? The city's most famous university features a popular and highly competitive sports program that competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference. All of the major venues, the best-known of which are Bobby Dodd Stadium for football, Alexander Memorial Coliseum for basketball, and Russ Chandler Stadium for baseball, are on the Tech campus in Midtown.
Atlanta Beat ? The second incarnation of the city's women's soccer team joined Women's Professional Soccer in 2010. The Beat play their home games at a brand-new stadium, shared with Kennesaw State University, in the northern suburb of Kennesaw.
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