.NTE0Ng.NTE0Ng

_._7 r,·. ,,,.,,:iea.·-.J.ii'!it!/2/E'<;.C,..... I I~ ·1

~

i i~ ,I

~

}~ ti!~ ~ I~:::: ""-·-- ~--IUillllll.:!11116.t..l<.i..l'--l...........~.;wif.t.l- ))( / Ij Staff Photo- B i ll W il son A MAN STANDS ALONE AND GAZES JNTO FUTURE Eddie Mathews Gets a Look at New Atlanta Stadium tt1. ·. f f ~j. !NAME GAME ENDS:! b . t ~i1ATLANTA STADIUMti. 1,; M ter several months intensive screening of names "good, bad and ridiculous," the Atlanta Stadium Authority {! has arrived at the title for the new $18 million dollar arena. q ~)

·

It's to be called, sim ply ATLANTA STADIUM. Stadi um Authority Cha irma n Arthur Montgomery r e-vealed the name before an overflow crowd at the annual Atlanta Touchdown Club banquet Saturday night. Citing the reasons for arriving at the name, Montgomery said, "We appointed Opie Shelton to head the committee and to find a name that would be short, noncontroversial, pertain to no particular sport and pr omote the city. "The name could be no other than Atlanta Stadium." r}

i \ ] "The shortness in the name is obvious. It will be used :·· throughout the nation on radio, televiqion, in the newspapers, and other media. Simplicity, then, is necessary here. '·It's with these things in mind that we arrived at the new name through months of pouring through hundreds of suggestions," said Montgomery. Montgomery announced that the inspection team had made a recent risit through the t dium and found it to be "right on schedule." '·We have every reason to believe that the stadium will be ready for occupancy by April 9-the date of lhe Detroit Tigers-Milwaukee Braves exhibition game." -BLODGETT ...... �