Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta: Hours, Address, Centennial Olympic Park Reviews: 4/5
Centennial Olympic Park
Centennial Olympic Park
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7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Monday
7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Tuesday
7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Wednesday
7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Thursday
7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Friday
7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Saturday
7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Sunday
7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
About
Built for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, this public park offers weekly free concerts, a dancing water fountain for the kids and a memorial quilt in remembrance of the victims of the 1996 Olympic bombing.
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1-2 hours
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Neighborhood: Downtown
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4,321 reviews
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Ben F
Bloomington, IN1,065 contributions
Sep 2020
Back when I visited Centennial Olympic Park, I feel I should’ve given it more praise than I did initially—this green space is sprawling, inviting, and utterly convenient to any sort of main attraction or restaurant you may want to enter. While it was uncomfortably busy the time I visited, the purpose of this place is extremely meaningful and pleasant. The aquarium and Coca-Cola Museum are right across the street, and a delicious pizza restaurant called Max’s is a few minutes away on foot…just to name a few ideas. But in the park, see the rings left over from Atlanta’s Olympics jaunt back in the day; admire the fountains and gardens; and people-watch until you drop. Hehe. You get the picture.
I highly recommend Centennial Olympic Park to anyone visiting Atlanta or anyone in the community!
I highly recommend Centennial Olympic Park to anyone visiting Atlanta or anyone in the community!
Written August 31, 2021
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ajdiaz1
Woodstock, IL57 contributions
Feb 2020
Centennial Olympic Park is as historical as it is beautiful. Here you'll catch a beautiful view of the Atlanta skyline, Skyview Atlanta Ferris Wheel, and the greenery that surrounds the busy downtown district. There is no fee to enter and being that it is a public park, you can obviously stay as long or as little as you'd like. Many of the attractions, such as museums and the aquarium, are located right on these grounds so you'll be able to knock several places off of your list.
Written February 5, 2020
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Polaroids & Drinkin Stories
United States1,379 contributions
Apr 2021 • Solo
The entire park as of right now is fenced off but there are a few spots that allow you to enter. But they close it all off around 5 or 6pm which is too bad. Nice park. Well maintained. Some random statues and such relating to the Olympics spread out. Lotsa green grass. Cross the street to the aquarium, Coke museum and Civil Rights center or on other side the ferris wheel. pleasant place to relax, people watch, etc.
Written April 23, 2021
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Rolltide18x
Houston, TX1,670 contributions
Sep 2021 • Family
This park is very nice and is a hub to many attractions. It has very weird hours, opens late and closes early. It’s very, very obvious they are trying to keep the homeless from sleeping in the park, so the limit the number of open gates and make sure the entire park is closed well before dark and open late morning. It’s really a wasted effort since all of the surrounding areas are consumed with people sleeping on the streets.
Written September 8, 2021
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JKL V
Fair Lawn, NJ107 contributions
Mar 2022
Coco Cola Museum and the Civil and Human Rights Center is located at Centennial Park. Great place to have a picnic if it is allowed. Children’s playground is a major attraction for families with young kids.
Written March 21, 2022
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Salgal8
Charleston, SC57 contributions
Sep 2021 • Couples
We were disappointed that we could not get into the park to walk around. We had one full day in Atlanta, a Monday, thought we’d head over before we went to the aquarium only to find all gates around park locked at 9:30 am. After almost 5 hours in the aquarium, we headed back to Centennial Park….it was probably about 2-3pm, gates still locked!
Don’t know what the reasoning for this was. A passerby mentioned that they may have locked the gates because there was a game the previous night and they were afraid of the park getting trashed. We did manage to get pictures of the Olympic rings that are outside of the park.
Don’t know what the reasoning for this was. A passerby mentioned that they may have locked the gates because there was a game the previous night and they were afraid of the park getting trashed. We did manage to get pictures of the Olympic rings that are outside of the park.
Written October 3, 2021
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MommaPreacher
33 contributions
Jan 2020
This was the location of the Atlanta Chinese Lantern Festival in January. It was the perfect size for their set up.The Amphitheater was covered just enough to keep up dry from the gentle sprinkles of rain while we watched the special show. The lights were fantastic.
Written January 7, 2020
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666Suzi666
Welwyn Garden City, UK224 contributions
Feb 2020
We'd bought a picnic in the food court at the CNN tower and wanted somewhere outside to eat the food on a sunny day and headed for the park. We'd been told about the dancing fountains, but they are so much better than expected - water moving to music, just lovely. The park is big with plenty of seating and toilets - a perfect place to relax in central Atlanta
Written February 28, 2020
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HollyWNY
Buffalo, NY27 contributions
Feb 2022
A very nice park. Be sure to walk the perimeter to view all the monuments located within the park. We visited just as the winter Olympics were wrapping up so timing was nice as well.
A pic in front of the rings is a must! Also be sure to sit at the fountain and look down the length of park - relaxing.
The weather was in the 60s for us during our February visit which made for a couple of nice afternoons to explore the park.
They have built many other attractions around it (all close walking distance), so lots to do including the Civil Rights Center, Aquarium, College Football Hall of Fame, SkyView, and World of Coca Cola.
A pic in front of the rings is a must! Also be sure to sit at the fountain and look down the length of park - relaxing.
The weather was in the 60s for us during our February visit which made for a couple of nice afternoons to explore the park.
They have built many other attractions around it (all close walking distance), so lots to do including the Civil Rights Center, Aquarium, College Football Hall of Fame, SkyView, and World of Coca Cola.
Written February 27, 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
Briana Hernandez
San Antonio, TX41 contributions
Dec 2019
Huge Park in the middle of downtown ATL. Just walking around the park you see a lot of tourist hot spots like the CNN center, coca cola world and the ferris wheel. The park itself is super clean, a lot of diversity and is very safe. Plenty of grassy areas for a picnic, walking the dogs and much more. Plenty of good restaurants nearby as well. Parking is a bit tricky but any major city has the same problem. The Lantern festival was going on when we went but they do not allow dogs (we had our small 10 lbs pup with us so that was a no go) A ton of great photo spots.
Written January 7, 2020
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How do I find my brick
Team McLemore
Philadelphia, PA172 contributions
They should've sent you a map with the location upon your purchase
Navigator68452159060
Austin, TX
Hi! Can you walk through the Centennial Olympic Park or it is close?
marshacartertravels
Florence, AL8 contributions
I’m not sure if Covid has shut that area down. You May want to check with the Atlanta Visitors Center.
Where do people park when going here?
Bill Grieb
Fort Lauderdale, FL43 contributions
Several large multi-story garages and a number of lots are in the area. You can't escape paying, street parking is rare and metered.
How do i find my brick.
Fred F
Jasper, TN390 contributions
Yes, there IS a directory. But it can be difficult to get oriented. It will give you the section to look in. There was construction there when we attended. Take a picture of the directory map and use that to find your section.
SammyFarkas
Cleveland, OH30 contributions
Do you have to pay for the Ferris Wheel?
MirryLem
Houston, TX15 contributions
yes
Kiwilover5000
6 contributions
How much is the parking fee?
iraSmurA
Surabaya, Indonesia150 contributions
Not sure... I took UBER to get around.
Benjamin K
Soest, Germany3 contributions
Hi
Wo kann ich mit meinem Auto parken?
Sind dort kostenlose Parkplätze in der nähe?
11michael1111
Wiesbaden, Germany205 contributions
Soweit ich mich erinnere, gab es keine kostenfreien Parkplatz in der Nähe. jedoch eine Vielzahl von Parkhäusern.
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- Centennial Olympic Park is open:
- Sun - Sat 7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
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- (0.07 mi) Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Downtown
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- Restaurants near Centennial Olympic Park:
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- (0.03 mi) Subway
- (0.10 mi) Twin Smokers BBQ
- (0.10 mi) Max's Coal Oven Pizzeria
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