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Link: Bye-bye Georgia Dome?

Just a reminder...Turner Field was the Olympic Stadium originally in 1996 for the Summer Olympics and they converted it for baseball afterwards. The Ga Dome was part of that plan way back then also if memory serves me correctly.
 
Gee..........I wonder what is going to happen to the price of tickets...????? I didn't see any mention of that in the article......
 
The reason that most of these are publicly funded stadiums is because an NFL team only uses it part of the time. The rest of the time it's used to host other events, concerts, sports, etc.

Also, and here's the real reason, a new bigger/better stadium can attract big time sports events: THE SUPER BOWL. That's the whole reason they're wanting to build a new stadium is to try to win a bid for the big game. The SB is usually an economic boom for the local area and I think the last time Atlanta had one was when the Titans lost to the Rams in '99.

Yeah the city may spend several hundred million dollars on the thing, but it's estimated that the SB brings in hundreds of millions of dollars, "The economic impact from the Super Bowl itself is estimated to be about $430 million." http://www.wytv.com/content/news/lo...act-for-Host-City/eDZ7XWq81U6L0e9fUccPzQ.cspx

With that much money coming in from that one weekend, there's ample reason why cities are willing to shell out the money for a new super state of the art stadium to try and host the gig.
 
Bama Bird said:
I just don't understand this. The Georgia Dome is a fine venue.
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Blank wants a new stadium so he can get new terms and charge PSL's

BTW all you out of towners are going to pay for this since it is coming from the hotel tax. It's pretty upsetting. Atlanta can't even keep the damn roads paved. They need to spend that $200 million on infrastructure to make the city more user friendly for people. A $250 million facelift would do just fine vs spending a billion. Just ask New Oreleans.
 
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Does this give the Georgia Dome one of the shortest lifespans for an NFL stadium?

No way Turner Field should go, I think it is still a great place to watch a baseball game. When the place is packed it can really rock, the problem is that it is packed that often. You can't compare it to stadiums like Wrigley or Fenway; they are 100 years old, can't compete with that kind of history.
 
Johnnyb said:
The reason that most of these are publicly funded stadiums is because an NFL team only uses it part of the time. The rest of the time it's used to host other events, concerts, sports, etc.

Also, and here's the real reason, a new bigger/better stadium can attract big time sports events: THE SUPER BOWL. That's the whole reason they're wanting to build a new stadium is to try to win a bid for the big game. The SB is usually an economic boom for the local area and I think the last time Atlanta had one was when the Titans lost to the Rams in '99.

Yeah the city may spend several hundred million dollars on the thing, but it's estimated that the SB brings in hundreds of millions of dollars, "The economic impact from the Super Bowl itself is estimated to be about $430 million." http://www.wytv.com/content/news/lo...act-for-Host-City/eDZ7XWq81U6L0e9fUccPzQ.cspx

With that much money coming in from that one weekend, there's ample reason why cities are willing to shell out the money for a new super state of the art stadium to try and host the gig.
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I'd disagree with that whole-heartedly. The reason that they are publicly funded is the teams hold their respective cities hostage and threaten to leave unless they get financing. Generally speaking, the teams don't own the stadiums. The cities, or some " XX City Sports Authority" own the stadiums, and that is why other events are held there.

Raymond James Stadium, as I begrudgingly call it, was sweetheart financed just like the rest of them. For the longest, many locals referred to it as "The CITS," or Community Investment Tax Stadium. Same thing happening with the Rays right now in St Pete.
 
rizolltizide said:
I'd disagree with that whole-heartedly. The reason that they are publicly funded is the teams hold their respective cities hostage and threaten to leave unless they get financing. Generally speaking, the teams don't own the stadiums. The cities, or some " XX City Sports Authority" own the stadiums, and that is why other events are held there.

Raymond James Stadium, as I begrudgingly call it, was sweetheart financed just like the rest of them. For the longest, many locals referred to it as "The CITS," or Community Investment Tax Stadium. Same thing happening with the Rays right now in St Pete.
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I think some of them are bad deals (see the Miami Marlins and what just happened there), but if a city wants to keep it's NFL team there, then yeah they do have to either upgrade the stadium or build a new one from time to time. It comes with the territory of having an NFL team there. And the cities definitely want to keep the teams there because they are a great selling point for bringing business to the area. It's just a win for everyone (aside from the tax-payers if you don't like football... but there's a lot of things I don't approve of that my taxes go to, what can ya do about it?)

But again, there are other reasons that a city would want a nice new venue. It Atlanta's case it would be to help win bids for new and current bowl games, possibly the Olympics again, Super Bowl, etc. These huge events only help the local economy so it can be in the cities best interest to build a stadium like that.
 
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JPT4Bama said:
This just in:
A spokesman for the currently incarcerated (former) Mayor/Entrepreneur Larry Langford says that Langford is working on a deal that would bring the GA Dome to Birmingham in time for UAB's 2019 Football season or at least maybe the 2020 SWAC Women's Lacrosse Championships.

Langfords plans call for the Dome to be disassembled and then rebuilt using 50% known criminal contractors, and cronys all of which are either kinfolk or currently suing Langford for millions of dollars squandered on previous harebrained ideas.

He is currently accepting financing inquiries and states "no applications will be turned down"!

Langford says the people of Birmingham deserve a dome for their beloved Blazers and cost should not be an option!
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I haven't thought of the old 'Huckster' in a while. Put a smile on my face.

Think of Larry as a political Eddie Haskell.
 
I live in Atlanta and I like the Ga Dome, I really do, but the problem with it for most people seems to be the location and not the facility itself. It is tedious to get to repetitively for a Falcons game.... Showing up only once or twice a year, not so much. I used to have Falcons season tickets and after the first year I would always show up to the games late just because I didn't want to deal with traffic again on Sundays. The tailgating locations sucked too, at least mine did for the parking pass I was assigned (under a bridge and next to rail road tracks). As for the train, you just hoped it was not passing when you were trying to get there or leave the game.......
Again, I like the Dome itself, but a writer commented after the Super Bowl in 2000 that "Having a Super Bowl at the Ga Dome was like hosting a wedding reception in a sewer"....Putting a new stadium in the same location will not change this statement.
 
Atl Joe said:
I live in Atlanta and I like the Ga Dome, I really do, but the problem with it for most people seems to be the location and not the facility itself. It is tedious to get to repetitively for a Falcons game.... Showing up only once or twice a year, not so much. I used to have Falcons season tickets and after the first year I would always show up to the games late just because I didn't want to deal with traffic again on Sundays. The tailgating locations sucked too, at least mine did for the parking pass I was assigned (under a bridge and next to rail road tracks). As for the train, you just hoped it was not passing when you were trying to get there or leave the game.......
Again, I like the Dome itself, but a writer commented after the Super Bowl in 2000 that "Having a Super Bowl at the Ga Dome was like hosting a wedding reception in a sewer"....Putting a new stadium in the same location will not change this statement.
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Could be worse, it could be located next to Turner Field. ;)

But I do tend to agree. Arthur Blank would be well served to live up to his threats and build the stadium in Gwinnet County.

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I think the Dome is fine. However, Arthur Blank is one or the best owners in the NFL, He has made the Falcons a winning organization. He has made the Falcons relevant, and making Atlanta a real NFL city. He is putting up $800 mil of the Billion, and letting the city maintain ownership. The public tax money is coming from a hotel tax, so Atlantans will foot very little of the price. I say go for it, it will keep the SECCG in Atlanta for a long, long time.

Arthur never seriously shopped the falcons to other cities. That was all fabricated by the Drama queens that are also know as radio and TV news directors. He explored options but moving really wasn't one of them.
On a related note, how much closer to Downtown do you want Turner Field. It is not like it is Rockdale county or something, heck you can walk to downtown if you are Brave enough.
 
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