A purpose-built indoor track and field complex on the 1996 Olympic warmup site.
The proposed facility includes a new 200m indoor track with shared community space, health care offerings, STEM Center, the Track Club's corporate offices, and an overlook of the existing outdoor 400m track — keeping the resurfaced 2017 oval at the heart of the site.
The site, as the neighborhood knows it.
The resurfaced outdoor 400m track at Cheney has been programmed by Atlanta Track Club under APS permit since 2017. Local residents, APS and other middle and high school student athletes, and Olympic hopefuls will continue to be welcomed here.
The new building sits north of the existing outdoor track.
Site plan — community space, overlook, and shared programming.
The Cheney parcel and the neighbors next door.
- Phoenix II Park (NW)
- Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
- Cheney Stadium (existing)
- Center Parc Stadium / GSU
- Connally St SE residences
- Little Street residences
The site is designed around the streets that border it — not against them.
All primary vehicular access, drop-off, and rideshare are anchored on Georgia Ave SE, the same three-lane corridor already used for Center Parc Stadium events.
Connally St SE, Little St SE, and Martin St SE remain passive residential edges. No event-day vehicular access. No parking-structure access. No service routing.
Community and staff parking to sit behind building frontage and tree buffers — held away from the street and residents. Georgia State purple lot used for special events and scaled parking needs.
The northwest edge is shaped to support Phoenix II Park, with Bass St SE as a pedestrian connector rather than a vehicular cut-through.
Most new programming to remain inside the new center to limit to limit outdoor lighting hours and reduce amplified noise.
A defined cap on practice and event-night exterior lighting will be defined with community input informing final plans.
A facility Georgia doesn't have…
There are no indoor track and field facilities in Georgia. This center will attract youth grass roots practices and competitions, high school invitations, collegiate conference and NCAA Championships events with its state-of-the-art hydraulic 200m oval while also maintaining its access commitment to the neighborhood.
Modeled on The Armory in New York.
The Armory Track in Washington Heights is the national reference point for what an urban indoor track facility can be — a year-round home for student-athletes, youth programs, and elite competition in the heart of a dense neighborhood. Cheney would bring that model to the South.
Indoor programming means year-round access for APS students during school hours and after — and continuity for the existing infield uses (youth soccer, after-school programs) that already happen on this site today.
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