It was previously known as Grant Field, and in fact the playing surface itself, as opposed to the stadium, is still styled as such. It is the oldest continuously-used site for college football in the U.S.. The current, modern grandstands cover the old ones, which are still intact underneath them. Grant Field was occassionally used as a site for Atlanta Falcons games during the team's early years when it was sharing Fulton County Stadium with the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball and there were scheduling conflicts. It was also used for some events in the 1996 Summer Olympics requiring a large outdoor venue which were not considered likely to draw sufficient crowds to be staged in the main Olympic Stadium (now Turner Field). The current configuration can seat approximately 60,000 spectators.
