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On November 11, 2005, Centennial Park became Nashville's first wireless internet park by offering free Wi-Fi internet access to park patrons. [17] The park's bandshell was the site of the annual "Shakespeare in the Park" presented by the Nashville Shakespeare Festival for thirty years until its move to Nashville's oneC1TY in 2019. [citation needed]
Centennial Olympic Park is a 22-acre (89,000 m 2) public park located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, owned and operated by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority. It was built by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) as part of the infrastructure improvements for the 1996 Summer Olympics .
Centennial Olympic Park, located in downtown Atlanta, was created to memorialize the games and, according to Georgia Trend, is "the centerpiece of the Olympics legacy" in the city. [1] In 1996, the year the park opened, the monument was erected to honor Pierre de Coubertin , [ 2 ] who had founded the modern Olympic Games with the 1896 Summer ...
The Centennial Park District, formerly the Luckie-Marietta District, is a district of Downtown Atlanta named after the walkable neighborhood and entertainment district that surround Centennial Olympic Park. The district was originally created in 2007 by Legacy Properties, in support of their redevelopment projects in the district.
Atlanta, Georgia: Centennial Olympic Park: Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: Chipper Jones: Alabama Crimson Tide September 12, 2009 3 USC Trojans: 18: 8 Ohio State Buckeyes 15 Columbus, Ohio: Outside St. John Arena [56] Santonio Holmes. USC Trojans September 19, 2009 Texas Tech Red Raiders 24 2 Texas Longhorns: 34: Austin, Texas: South Side of UT Tower ...
The park is the location of the iconic Phoenix Memorial, which memorializes Atlanta's rise from the ashes of the Civil War. [37] Built as a legacy of the 1996 Olympic Games, Centennial Olympic Park, located on 21-acre (85,000 m 2) area of Downtown, is the largest downtown park in the United States developed in the last 25 years. [38]
Nashville Oktoberfest A free event held in the historic Germantown neighborhood since 1980 celebrating the culture and customs of Germany. [211] Oktoberfest is Nashville's oldest annual festival and is one of the largest in the South. [212] In 2015, over 143,000 people attended the three-day event which raised $60,000 for Nashville non-profits ...
Centennial Olympic Stadium was the 85,000-seat main stadium of the 1996 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Construction of the stadium began in 1993, and it was complete and ready for the opening ceremony in July 1996, where it hosted athletics events and the closing ceremony .