The Atlanta Falcons may not be in the Georgia Dome for much longer. A developer is looking at building a new stadium just outside of Atlanta in Doraville.
Falcons President Rich McKay said, "Sembler (Company) and a number of developers contacted us many months back when GM put the site up for sale. I guess one of the concepts being floated by Sembler was a stadium development. We have had preliminary discussions with them."The Georgia Dome is 16 years old and is in a prime tourist section of Atlanta. However, it has been continuously passed over as a site for a Super Bowl in favor of newer stadiums. The Falcons lease at the Dome is done in 2020 or when they pay off on all the bonds used to build the stadium. That could happen as early as 2015.
The Doraville site is where a closed General Motors plant currently sits and it could take a while for anything to happen. There still isn't a final agreement in the sale of the site by GM, demolition of the site could take 18-22 months and finding funding for any of this will be difficult in our current economic times.
Not to mention that the Falcons and current Georgia Dome owners, the Georgia World Congress Center, about renovating or even rebuilding the dome.
Still, there is time for all options to be explored and the idea of a newer, state-of-the-art retractable roof stadium is very attractive.
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12-25-2008 @ 12:26PM
Michael said...
believe me the falcons needs to move out of the city far enough to where it has easy access to the interstates ive been a die hard falcon fan many years when they were in their old stadium .it was a nightmare getting out of there then when they moved in the dome it became worst i would park at their training camp and catch the shuttle to the dome .then when they left suwanee i haven't been to game since for i lived in SC .i was put on the falcons radio station once as being their biggest fan driving so far to see all their home games .i live in TN now and im still one of their biggest fans i was given a helmet with all the players autographs on christmas one year. my big dream is to see them win a super bowl.. GO FALCONS!!!
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12-25-2008 @ 10:57PM
E.V.Morton said...
That would be great to get the Falcons away from that part of town. I can understand why there haven't been more major events(Super Bowls) held there than there have. People don't want to subject themselves to all the Riff-Raff that inhibits that ZOO down there.
We have Falcon season tickets and every week on Marta trains you have to put up with beggers and overall TRASH that frequent the area. I will always support The Falcons but not the garbage which comes along with trying to enjoy ourselves in a sane manner. GET THEM OUT OF THE "HOOD"!!!!!!!!
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