Photos: Atlanta Sports City complex coming to DeKalb County

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Atlanta Sports City complex coming to DeKalb’s Stonecrest Mall

The massive Atlanta Sports City recreation complex is slated to be built near Stonecrest Mall in DeKalb County.

February 22, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia - Harley Chapman holds his new soccer ball up high in the sky after sitting through the long ordeal of unveiling the Atlanta Sports City sports complex site in Stonecrest, Georgia, on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. (HENRY TAYLOR / HENRY.TAYLOR@AJC.COM)

February 22, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia - Jason Larry, the President of Stonecrest Cityhood Alliance and a mayoral candidate gives fast high fives and palm slaps to the front row as he takes his place at the podium at the unveiling of the Atlanta Sports City sports complex site in Stonecrest, Georgia, on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. (HENRY TAYLOR / HENRY.TAYLOR@AJC.COM)

February 22, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia - Jamie Dukes, an analyst for NFL Network, speaks to the crowd at the unveiling of the Atlanta Sports City sports complex site in Stonecrest, Georgia, on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. Duke's personal passion of helping treat and advocate for concussions takes a part in the new complex, where a facility will be built to practice drip fusion therapy. (HENRY TAYLOR / HENRY.TAYLOR@AJC.COM)

February 22, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia - Devon Thompson holds his son, Ajani, up on his shoulders where Ajani waves about one of the maps passed out during the presentation at the unveiling of the Atlanta Sports City sports complex site in Stonecrest, Georgia, on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. (HENRY TAYLOR / HENRY.TAYLOR@AJC.COM)

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