Posted on 11/20/2017 8:39:25 AM PST by BenLurkin
The dome that opened in 1992 was flattened in 15 seconds at 7:30 am. The Georgia World Congress Center Authority said prior to the blast that it should take 12 seconds for the explosives to go off plus another 3 seconds for sections of grandstands to be on the ground.
The 71,250-seat dome -- which was the site of high school football state championships, Peach Bowls, SEC championship games, two Super Bowls, 1996 Olympic basketball, three Final Four NCAA basketball tournaments, concerts, pro wrestling and other events -- has been replaced by the $1.6 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium next door.
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That was a very nice football stadium in almost mint condition. What a waste of money.
Disposable stadiums.
What is with this nonsense of destroying perfectly fine 25yo stadiums just to replace them with these multi-billion dollar abstract monstrosities?
Who’s making all the money from these deals?
the falcons imploded that place years ago.
Must have been something toxic inside.
25 years. My washer and dryer have a longer life expectancy than that.
I guess they needed a bigger venue to hold the diminishing number of fans.
It was in excellent condition.
What a waste, especially now that we have these ingrates dissing the anthem and flag.
>>What a waste of money.
Ask Colorado Governor Chickenlooper and his stadium/train/low-income housing financing Jesuit-bankster cronies how that bread and circus gravy train runs.
Updating a phrase: “If they build it, we won’t come.”
Check and see if it was paid for by tax payers like the new Santa Clara stadium for the 49’s. That may answer your question.
That was a very nice football stadium in almost mint condition. What a waste of money.
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I wonder how much taxpayers footed the bill.
bump!
Typical of Blacklanta
Other than the Atlanta Falcons? Certainly not the Atlanta taxpayers.
That makes two for them now. The Mercedes-Benz Superdome is where the Saints play, that I do not watch anymore.
Banksters who send their employees mass emails telling their slaves to vote for The Company; where telling the cube dwellers to vote for the train isn't political... but asking who's going to pay for it, is - and "we don't tolerate political comments on the intranet".
And of course the politician cronies in bed with them.
That who?
Crazy isn’t it?
The original Atlanta stadium opened in ‘65 I believe? Braves moved to Atlanta in ‘66. That stadium lasted only 30 years, to he replaced by the Georgia Dome and Turner Field in the mid 90s, I believe? Then after barely 20 years for both Braves and Falcons in those stadiums, it was decided that both needed new stadiums.
The Kingdome in Seattle lasted only about 20 years also.
Stadium life expectancy is getting shorter and shorter.
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