Media Roundup: Latest Stadium News
Monday, the Georgia World Congress Center Authority got a look at the latest design of the new Falcons’ football stadium. Channel 2 Action News first showed released the new schematics last week....
View ArticleFalcons Stadium Plan Moving Ahead
Officials have approved the design and a preliminary $1.2 billion budget for a new Atlanta Falcons stadium. The Georgia World Congress Center Authority board of governors on Tuesday unanimously...
View ArticleA tour of the planned Falcons stadium
As work progressed on the design of their new stadium, the Atlanta Falcons faced a choice: Pour a lot more money into the building, or scale back on its costly features. The team chose to spend more,...
View ArticleChoices around new Falcons stadium — parking lots or people places
So what is it going to be Atlanta — are we building a central city for cars or for people? The looming test for our town is the way we develop around the new Atlanta Falcons stadium. Several proposals...
View ArticleVIDEO: Blank Committed to Lasting Change in Downtown Atlanta
Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation President Penny McPhee explains how the new Atlanta stadium project is part of a much larger and longer-term investment in the downtown Atlanta neighborhoods...
View ArticleComparing Braves, Falcons stadium deals
With two Atlanta sports teams planning to open new stadiums in 2017, both paid for partly with taxpayer dollars, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Tim Tucker has a comparison of the deals hashed out...
View ArticleFalcons release new images from planned downtown Atlanta stadium
The Atlanta Falcons have released new images from the planned downtown stadium. The images include external views of the new stadium project, views of the planned picture window, as well as rendered...
View ArticleMeetings over Falcons Stadium Community Benefits Erupt Over Surprise Legislation
Residents who have spent months participating in talks with Atlanta officials over how to divvy up millions for communities impacted by the future Atlanta Falcons stadium were stunned Wednesday to...
View ArticlePersonal Seat Licenses to Help Pay for New Falcons Stadium
The Atlanta Falcons have said that the public’s contributions towards the cost of the new stadium will only come from the city’s hotel-motel tax, but that doesn’t mean local fans won’t be chipping in...
View ArticleAtlanta a top example of shorter stadium lifespans
If the Georgia Dome and Turner Field are discarded as planned in 2017, the doubleheader of demolition will bring to an end two of the shortest-lived major stadiums in modern sports history. The Georgia...
View ArticlePlan for benefits to Falcons stadium communities moves ahead
After months of raucous negotiations between residents and city officials, a plan for spending millions pledged to communities impacted by the future Atlanta Falcons stadium has taken another step...
View ArticleMedia Roundup: Atlanta council passes community benefits plan, clears path...
The Atlanta City Council unanimously passed a controversial plan for spending millions on neighborhoods near the future Atlanta Falcons stadium, clearing the way for the city to issue $200 million in...
View ArticleGWCCA approves more land purchases for Falcons stadium
A state agency on Tuesday approved using public money to purchase two additional pieces of land for the new Atlanta Falcons stadium. The Georgia World Congress Center Authority board signed off on...
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Atlanta Falcons Stadium Design – Q&A With Erleen Hatfield
Atlanta Falcons Vice President of Football Communications Reggie Roberts will spotlight various people who will make significant contributions to the design and construction of the club’s new stadium...
View ArticleFalcons stadium architect has Super Bowl connection
Sports architect Bill Johnson will take a break from designing the new Falcons stadium to enjoy the Super Bowl at one of his previous creations. Johnson, a senior principal at Kansas City-based 360...
View ArticleAtlanta Falcons defend plans to realign MLK; AU presidents disagree
A stand-off is intensifying between the west side communities and the Atlanta Falcons over the future alignment of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive around the new football stadium. The presidents of the...
View ArticleStadium News: The Future of MLK Drive
Progress on the new Falcons stadium has hit a new high gear. A demolition crew worked Wednesday to rip out a portion of the viaduct of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. A Fulton County Superior Court judge...
View ArticleNew design concept images unveiled
The New Atlanta Stadium Committee released 17 new images representing the latest progress in the stadium’s design process. Included in the images are the first detailed renderings of the large plaza...
View ArticleAtlanta Falcons Hire Scott Jenkins as General Manager of New Atlanta Stadium
Flowery Branch, Ga. – The Atlanta Falcons today announced the appointment of Scott Jenkins to the newly-created position of general manager of the new Atlanta stadium, which will be operated by a...
View ArticleMedia Roundup: New GM on board, latest stadium developments
The Atlanta Falcons added a new position to their corporate roster Tuesday, hiring a general manager of the team’s planned new stadium. Scott Jenkins joins the Falcons from Major League Baseball’s...
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