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Alonzo Herndon Stadium Herndon Stadium 
Full name Alonzo Herndon Stadium Built 1948 Opened unknown Capacity 15,011 Field dimensions 68 yds wide x 110 yds long Tenants Atlanta Beat (WUSA) (since 2001)
MBC WolverinesAlonzo Herndon Stadium, named for Alonzo Herndon, is a 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.
The stadium was the home to the former Atlanta Beat women's soccer club of the defunct WUSA league.
References
- 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 542.
- 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. p. 458.
- Map of Morris Brown College including Herndon Stadium.
Coordinates: 33°45′22″N 84°24′32″W / 33.756021°N 84.408807°W
Venues of the 1996 Summer Olympics 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 · Olympic Stadium · Omni Coliseum · Walking courseMetro Atlanta Other venues 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)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: Hockey Field, 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) • 2000: State Hockey Centre • 2004: Olympic Hockey Centre • 2008: Olympic Green Hockey Field • 2012: Olympic Hockey Centre • 2016: Olympic Hockey Center
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