Coca-Cola Olympic City Coca-Cola Olympic City Coca-Cola Olympic City was an plaza in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, adjacent to the city's Centennial Olympic Park. It was built in concurrence with the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta. Managed by Orlando-based Baker Leisure Group, the featured three key areas that displayed Olympic based virtual reality sports attractions. The first area allowed patrons to play a h-o-r-s-e style game called "HOOPS" against Grant Hill. The area also allowed patrons to test their baseball skills by striking out Cecil Fielder in a pitching simulator or hitting a home run against Tom Glavine in a batting simulator. The
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