Herndon Stadium, Abandoned stadium in Atlanta, Georgia
Alonzo Herndon Stadium is a college sports venue in Atlanta with seating on two sides and capacity for about 15,000 spectators on Morris Brown College's campus. The facility hosts sporting events and other gatherings on its grounds.
Alonzo Herndon Stadium opened in 1948 and is the largest stadium in the Atlanta University Center. It was expanded and renovated ahead of the 1996 Summer Olympics, when it hosted the field hockey tournaments alongside nearby Panther Stadium. The stadium later served as home to the Atlanta Beat of the WUSA from 2001 to 2003. Sold to the City of Atlanta in 2014, ownership passed by court order to Clark Atlanta University, which plans to restore it.
Ray Charles recorded his live album here in 1959, making it an important location in Atlanta's African American music history. The performance remains part of the venue's cultural identity today.
The stadium is abandoned and in disrepair, gutted by vandals and covered in graffiti and litter, so it is not open for visits. It stands near the Morris Brown College campus in the Atlanta University Center, one block from the Herndon Home and above the MARTA East-West rail line.
The stadium served as a filming location for the 2006 movie 'We Are Marshall', standing in for a West Virginia college setting. This film connection often surprises visitors.
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