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But Atlanta stadium is better, just look at it we'rw going to have an indoor/outdoor stadium they're not. It's many ways how the falcons stadium is better you wanna know how just say "how".
I voted for the Vikings Stadium. I think its better. I understand why they are building a new stadium, but I have no idea why the Georgia Dome is being deemed as too old and a new stadium being constructed for it. Seems like a waste.
I really like the looks of both stadiums! Vikings stadium gets the edge in my opinion though. I say this as a Packer fan, so it doesn't have anything to do with what team I dislike less. You can appreciate a stadium regardless of what team plays there.
I was at the very first Falcons game played in the Georgia Dome -- in 1992. I covered the fan angle for a Metro ATL newspaper. The highlight was crawling out, on my hands and knees, with our photographer onto the catwalk over the center of the field, to take a birds-eye, fish-angle lens view of the packed stadium. I will never forget that day. I was in awe. IMO, the a Georgia Dome remains the finest indoor sports facility ever built -- most certainly for the sport of football. It has hosted two Super Bowls, the Olympics, more than two dozen CFBS bowl games (including the Sugar Bowl and CFA Peach Bowl) and countless SEC and ACC games, as well as the NCAA Men's Final Four (three times), the NCAA Women's Final Four (once), the Georgia High School Football Championships, and innumerable major concerts, religious crusades, marching band competitions, conventions, and movie shoots. Quite frankly, the Georgia Dome is one of the best economic investments the state of Georgia ever made. I will cry on the day its walls are imploded.
The GA dome is terrible and ugly.
Should it be torn down? Heck no, Arthur Blank is an idiot.
Can't wait to sweep them in their new tent.
Its the falcons new stadium is just not for football, it's for big events and a new MLS team.To add on to that we trying to host bigger events such as possibly olympics,world cups,superbowls and etc.
If you guys really know things about the georgia dome the cost of the repairs is about the same as the new stadium, so why not an new stadium in 10 years we are probably going to have an new stadium anyways for competition.
But Vikings is really just a stadium nothing new basically.But the falcons new stadium is basically more than a stadium, our stadium will be used 24 hours+ next door the convention center will get a renovation adding to the space of the current stadium (Georgia Dome) will be demolished toward the finishing touches of the stadium and will building a 800 room hotel and will be one of the top in the nation.
Also, the new stadium is giving millions of dollars to the surrounding neighborhood "Vine City- Known as "THE BLUFF" the largest herion market in the SOUTH And maybe the biggest in the UNITED STATES!!! And redeveloping the whole neighborhood because is really run down and it's just too much crime just for it to be right outside downtown.
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How is the Vikings new stadium nothing compared to yours? They are building a modern stadium with all of the expected amenities. And it won't be sharing space with a baseball team either. They are planning to build a hotel next to it and it will be skyway connected so indoor access to all of the existing hotels in downtown is figured out as well. Also its on the light rail line. You are going way too far to say its nothing compared to yours.
Looking at the design the Vikings have the better stadium. I don't see
your point as the features you are highlighting really don't seem to outdo anything about the stadium being built in Minneapolis.
Please don't accuse me of being in the Atlanta haters club. I spend 1-2 weeks there each year visiting my wife's family so I am familiar enough with Georgia to know what I am talking about. Also, it is surprising that the Georgia dome is being replaced already. The Metrodome was a dump and arguably obsolete even before construction was finished.
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Reason: Please just discuss the stadiums.
Approximately 1.6 million square feet.
65,000 seats, including some of the closest in the NFL; expandable to 73,000 for a Super Bowl.
Up to 125 suites and 7,500 club seats, including suites and clubs at the field level, some of which will put fans closer to the sideline than in any other NFL stadium.
Seven levels, including two general admission concourses with 360-degree circulation and various views into the bowl.
Highest quality HD video boards in the NFL located in both the east and west end zones and video ribbon boards throughout the interior of the seating bowl.
Over 1,200 HD flat screen televisions throughout the concourse for all fans in attendance to view the game.
Capability to host more events than any other large stadium in the world, including NFL football and a Super Bowl, MLS soccer, NCAA basketball and baseball, high school sporting events, motocross, concerts, conventions, marching band competitions.
Access points to the city and stadium site from all four sides of the stadium.
Large west plaza (over two acres in size) for game day, non-game day and seasonal public gatherings as a connection to the downtown corridor.
Lightest and most efficient roof structure in the nation for a major new stadium, which will include a single large steel super truss providing primary support for the main long span roof.
Largest clear ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) roof in the world and the first on a stadium in the nation, allowing connection to the outdoors from a climate-controlled environment.
Largest glass pivoting doors in the world that will open to the west plaza.
Application for LEED-certified status.
Parking ramps with skyways from the north and south sides of the stadium and connections from the facility to the downtown skyway system.
So, it may not be open air but there is basically a giant door you can open up. I wouldn't diss the stadium being built in Atlanta but I sure wouldn't pretend its entering some uncharted territory in the world of NFL stadiums.
...Also, the new stadium is giving millions of dollars to the surrounding neighborhood "Vine City- Known as "THE BLUFF" the largest herion market in the SOUTH And maybe the biggest in the UNITED STATES!!! And redeveloping the whole neighborhood because is really run down and it's just too much crime just for it to be right outside downtown.
sounds really nice
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