Georgia Dome
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| Georgia Dome | |
| Facility statistics | |
|---|---|
| Location | 1 Georgia Dome Drive, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30313 |
| Broke ground | |
| Opened | 1992 |
| Closed | Open |
| Demolished | N/A |
| Owner | Georgia World Congress Center Authority |
| Operator | Georgia World Congress Center Authority |
| Surface | FieldTurf |
| Construction cost | $214 million USD |
| Architect | Heery International |
| Former names | |
| N/A | |
| Tenants | |
| Atlanta Falcons (NFL) (1992-Present) Atlanta Hawks (NBA) (1997-1998) | |
| Seating capacity | |
| 71,228 | |
The Georgia Dome is a domed stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is home to the NFL's Atlanta Falcons. It was also home to the NBA's Atlanta Hawks during the construction of Philips Arena from 1997 to 1999, as well as hosting basketball and gymnastics during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Since 1994, the Dome has annually hosted the SEC football championship game. Less often, it has hosted the SEC and ACC basketball championship tournements. It also hosted Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000, as well as the NCAA Final Four in 2002 and NCAA Women's Final Four in 2003. A return engagement for the Men's Final Four will be in 2007. Because of damage that was done to the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana due to Hurricane Katrina, the Sugar Bowl game will be played there on January 2, 2006.
The stadium was completed in 1992 at a cost of $214 million. It seats 71,228 for football, up to 75,000 for concerts, and up to 40,000 for basketball and gymnastics. The dome is cable-supported, the largest of that type in the world. The roof itself consists of teflon-coated fabric, and weighs just 68 pounds or 31 kilograms. From its opening until the Dec. 31, 1999 opening of the 20-acre Millennium Dome in London, it was the largest domed structure of any type in the world.
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