This post is an excerpt from a past study on mapping and researching sports facilities. It is a look at the two major football stadiums in Atlanta, Georgia: the Georgia Dome (host of the two Super Bowls, multiple Olympic competitions, and numerous NCAA and NFL football games) and Bobby Dodd stadium (the oldest on campus college football stadium in America). The idea of the quick diagram and mapping study was to compare how two relatively large stadiums with such close proximate developed and currently maintain their coexistence.
These are the first and last slides in a set of nine for each stadium:
Bobby Dodd Stadium and surround area.
Georgia Dome and surrounding area
Bobby Dodd Stadium color diagram.
Georgia Dome color diagram.
color diagram legend:
grey complex/campus
red stadium
lt. red other stadiums
blue parking lot (stadium owned)
lt. blue parking lot (public owned)
green green open space
lt. green residential
(M) MARTA stop
red circle .25 mile radius
Other than getting a better idea of where to park when I attend my next Yellow Jacket or Falcons game, this study also helped to visually quantify how the immediate surrounding areas of stadiums are affected. For athletic facilities in America to progress in a positive direction, a clear and critical emphasis needs to be placed on the impact a stadium will have in the changing landscape of an urban environment. These two stadiums have maintained a relationship that, whether good or bad, can be used as reference for future designs.
Maps Resources:
Google Inc. (2010). Google Earth (Version 5.1.3533.1731) [Software]. Available from <http://www.google.com/earth/index.html.>
“Google Maps.” Atlanta. 2010. Google Inc. – imagery. 2010. Terrametrics – map data. 5 December 2010.
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