Here’s a brick building that may or may not have been in South Carolina news in recent days. What and where is it? Bonus: Why might we use this as a photo this week? Send your guess to feedback@statehousereport.com — and remember to include your name, home city and contact information.
Last week’s mystery, “Close-up mystery,” is what we think of the House of Aaron — Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium where slugger Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record in 1974.
While several readers incorrectly guessed Columbia’s Williams Brice Stadium, let’s hand out hearty kazoos to those who correctly identified the close-up: Kevin Mertens of Greenville; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Ross Lenhart of Stone Mountain; Ga.; Frank Bouknight of Summerville; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; Elizabeth Jones and Jay Altman, both of Columbia; Randy Herald of Lexington; and Bill Segars of Hartsville.
Peel provided some additional information about the old stadium: “the original Fulton County Stadium was the primary venue for hosting the various baseball games during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Then, after the Olympics and the 1996 World Series ended, the Olympic Stadium was converted to a baseball park, renamed to Turner Field, and re-opened in 1997. Plans were in place to demolish the Fulton County Stadium and convert it to a parking lot for the new Turner Field.
“In an attempt to save the Fulton County Stadium from demolition, some attempts were made to get the authorities to consider recommissioning the stadium to be a professional soccer arena. Sadly, this proposal failed and the inside of the Fulton County Stadium was demolished between 1996 and 1997. The exterior of the stadium was then imploded on August 2, 1997, and converted to a parking lot for Turner Field.”
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