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Georgia Dome
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| Georgia Dome | |
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| Location | One Georgia Dome Drive, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30313 |
| 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 |
| Architect | Heery International; Rosser FABRAP International; and Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates (TVS) |
| Former names | |
| N/A | |
| Tenants | |
| Atlanta Falcons (NFL) (1992-present) Atlanta Hawks (NBA) (1997-1998) |
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| Capacity | |
| 71,228 | |
The Georgia Dome is a domed stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia that is owned and operated by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority who operates The Dome, The Georgia World Congress Center, and Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park. The Dome is home to the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and the annual host to the Southeastern Conference Football Championship Game and The Chick-fil-a Bowl (formerly known as The Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl and The Peach Bowl) post-season college football games. 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 Hosted two Super Bowls and has also been host to both the Men's and Women's NCAA Final Four Basketball National Championships and several SEC and ACC Basketball Championships.
It also hosted Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000, as well as the prestigious NCAA Final Four Men's Basketball National Championship in 2002 along with regional semi-finals and finals in 2001 and 2006 and NCAA Women's Final Four in 2003. The Georgia Dome is also set to host the 2007 NCAA Final Four. The Dome has been host to many WCW Monday Nitro and WWE RAW live events, including the now-infamous "Fingerpoke of Doom" in 1999. Since 2004, the Georgia Dome has annually hosted the FIRST Robotics Championship Event. Also, Drum Corps International held its' first event at the Georgia Dome in July 2006 when the Dome hosted DCI Atlanta - The Southeastern Championship. As a result of damage done to the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana by Hurricane Katrina, the Sugar Bowl game was played at the Georgia Dome on January 2, 2006 which was the first time "the South's Biggest Bowl Game" was ever played outside the state of Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl finished a string of three football games in four days that started with the Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl between LSU and Miami (Florida) and an NFL game between the Falcons and the Carolina Panthers two days later. While playing at the Georgia Dome the Atlanta Hawks broke the NBA single-game attendance record with 62,046 fans. The Georgia Dome also hosts the Georgia High School Association football state playoff semifinals and once held the state championship games until the GHSA decided to move the finals back to the top seed of the respective game, due to the travel involved with teams from the south/coastal section of the state for two weeks in a row.
The Georgia Dome was completed in 1992 at a cost of $214 million (US) which came from the Georgia General Assembly making it one of the largest state funded construction projects in state history. It seats 71,228 for football, and can hold approximately: 75,000 for concerts, 73,000 for basketball when the dome is fully open and 40,000 for basketball and gymnastics when the dome is sectioned off(one half closed off by a large curtain). The structure is located on 9.19 acres (37,200 m²) of land; the dome has a height of 270.67 feet (82.5 meters), a structure length of 744.75 feet (227 meters), a structure width of 606.96 feet (185 meters), and a total floor area of 102,149.51 ft² (9,490 m²). The dome is the largest cable-supported dome in the world. Its roof is made of teflon-coated fiberglass fabric (which is strong and lightweight) and has an area of 374,584.08 ft² (34,800 m²). From its completion until the December 31, 1999 opening of the 20-acre Millennium Dome in London, it was the largest domed structure of any type in the world, but still remains the largest indoor sporting facility in the United States.
The Georgia Dome originally had AstroTurf artificial surface for its football events. In 2003 Arthur Blank, the new owner of the Atlanta Falcons, personally paid for the new state-of-the-art FieldTurf artificial surface system, which was installed just weeks before the opening of the 2003 pre-season.
| Preceded by Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 1966–1991 |
Home of the Atlanta Falcons 1992–current |
Succeeded by current |
| Preceded by Omni Coliseum 1972–1997 |
Home of the Atlanta Hawks 1997–1999 |
Succeeded by Philips Arena 1999–present |
Categories: Landmarks in Atlanta | 1992 architecture | 1996 Summer Olympic venues | ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Venues | Covered stadiums | Current NCAA bowl game venues | National Football League venues | SEC Men's Basketball Tournament Venues | Sports venues in Atlanta | Super Bowl venues | Tensile architecture