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GSU to buy Turner Field, students and alumni rejoice

Turner Field is going to be sold to Atlanta-based real estate firm Carter and Georgia State University.
Turner Field is going to be sold to Atlanta-based real estate firm Carter and Georgia State University.
By Erica Hernandez
Dec 21, 2015

Turner Field is going to be sold to Atlanta-based real estate firm Carter and Georgia State University.

The Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority board announced Monday that the Carter and Georgia State team has been chosen as the winning bidder for Turner Field.

The announcement comes just a little more than two months after the agency put the ballpark up for sale through a competitive bid process, and about two years after the Atlanta Braves announced their plans to move to a new ballpark in Cobb County. 

Immediately, current GSU students, alumni and supporters took to social media to share their excitement over the news

Scroll through their reactions below. 
 

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