Georgia Dome. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. The Georgia Dome in downtown Atlanta was best known as the home of the Atlanta Falcons football franchise, but the facility, which opened in and was demolished…. The Georgia Dome in Atlanta was the home of the Atlanta Falcons football franchise for twenty-five years. Completed in and demolished in , the dome held more than 71, seats and hosted a range of events, including basketball games, concerts, and religious conventions.
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Facebook Twitter Email. Share this Snippet. Star Featured Content. Hank Aaron Baseball. Trending Trending. In the Atlanta tornado outbreak on March 14, , during the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, a tornado ripped two holes in the dome during the Alabama—Mississippi State quarterfinal game, which delayed the game for one hour and three minutes. The quarterfinal game to follow between the Kentucky Wildcats and Georgia Bulldogs was postponed to the following day.
It was announced in that the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, the stadium's operator, is pursuing a new stadium with a retractable roof. In , ground was broken for the new stadium, which was named Mercedes-Benz Stadium in The stadium's final public event took place on March 4 and 5, with back-to-back Monster Jam shows. After the Dome's demolition, the GWCCA plans to use the Georgia Dome site as parking and tailgating space for Mercedes-Benz Stadium; a high rise convention center hotel is also planned for the northern portion of the site.
The Georgia Dome was demolished by implosion on November 20, Over 4, pounds 2, kg of explosives were used to bring the Georgia Dome down in less than 15 seconds. While the majority of the superstructure was successfully felled, the eastern wall and northwest gate were left standing following the implosion, both of which were felled by a follow-up implosion a month later.
Clean up of the former Georgia Dome site was completed in late February and construction of the Home Depot Backyard began shortly thereafter; the new greenspace opened in September , and a historical marker commemorating the Georgia Dome's legacy was erected in the park.
The Georgia Dome also annually hosted the Georgia High School Association football semi-finals until and hosted the GHSA state championship games for all classifications from to The Georgia Dome was the alternative site for the Sugar Bowl in future cases where the Superdome cannot host due to weather or other reasons. It was also one of two homes, along with Alexander Memorial Coliseum, for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks during the construction of Philips Arena from to , as well as hosting basketball.
For the Summer Olympics, one-half of the arena hosted the basketball competitions including final while the other half hosted the artistic gymnastics events as well as team handball men's final. The dome has held a number of international soccer matches. On June 24, , the dome hosted its first ever soccer match between Mexico and Venezuela in front of 51, fans, with grass laid over the FieldTurf.
Cuba and Mexico vs. The dome has also hosted a number of exhibition matches between club teams. On July 22, , the Dome hosted a match between A. The stadium will hold an international women's friendly between United States and Russia on February 12, Over teams from around the world qualify annually to compete in the championship held in mid-April. Louis, Missouri for the competition season. Passion previously held conferences simultaneously in Philips Arena and the Georgia World Congress Center in and In , the Georgia Dome started showing safety videos before games, presented by Deltalina, flight attendant "mascot" of Delta Air Lines.
The videos were a takeoff on Delta's massively popular "Deltalina" inflight safety videos. The videos' theme was "Delta Safety First". American Football Wiki Explore. Games by year. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Georgia Dome.
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