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3 unusual facts about Turner Field


31st Fighter Wing

From there the unit transferred without personnel of equipment to Langley Field, Virginia in June 1947 and then to Turner Field, Georgia, in September of that same year.

6th Avenue Heartache

Although New York City is the setting for 6th Avenue Heartache, the song is also notable as the song played following an Atlanta Braves home loss, first at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium during the 1996 World Series against the New York Yankees and presently at Turner Field.

North Druid Hills, Georgia

After World War II and continuing into the 1950s, many Jews moved out of the southside (primarily around the area that as of 2013 consisted of Turner Field, the surrounding parking lots and the Downtown Connector) and the Old Fourth Ward and into North Druid Hills and the adjacent Morningside/Lenox Park neighborhood of Atlanta.


Philip I. Kent

Mr. Kent has overall responsibility for all news and entertainment advertising and distribution, as well as for all corporate administrative functions, Turner Sports, the Atlanta Braves and Turner Field.


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