Georgia Dome
The Georgia Dome was a domed stadium in the Southeastern United States. Located in Atlanta between downtown to the east and Vine City to the west, it was owned and operated by the State of Georgia as part of the Georgia World Congress Center Authority. Its successor, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, was built adjacent to the south and opened on August 26, 2017. The Georgia Dome was demolished on November 20, 2017.
The Georgia Dome during the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
| Address | 1 Georgia Dome Drive Northwest Atlanta, Georgia United States |
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| Coordinates | 33.758°N 84.401°W |
| Public transit | Dome / GWCC / Philips Arena / CNN Center (MARTA station) Vine City (MARTA station) |
| Owner | Georgia World Congress Center Authority |
| Operator | Georgia World Congress Center Authority |
| Capacity | Football: 71,228 Georgia State football: 28,155 Basketball: 71,000 Total Capacity: 80,000 |
| Surface | FieldTurf (2003–2017) AstroTurf (1992–2002) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | November 22, 1989 |
| Opened | September 6, 1992 |
| Closed | June 9, 2017 |
| Demolished | November 20, 2017 |
| Construction cost | $214 million ($465 million in 2023 dollars) |
| Architect | Heery International; Rosser FABRAP International; and tvsdesign |
| Project manager | Barton-Malow |
| Structural engineer | Weidlinger Associates |
| General contractor | Beers/Georgia Dome Team |
| Tenants | |
Peach Bowl (NCAA) (1993–2016)
Atlanta Falcons (NFL) (1992–2016)
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The Georgia Dome was the home stadium for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) and the Georgia State University Panthers football team. It hosted two Super Bowls (XXVIII and XXXIV), 25 editions of the Peach Bowl (January 1993–December 2016) and 23 SEC Championship Games (1994−2016). In addition, the Georgia Dome also hosted several soccer matches since 2009 with attendances over 50,000. In its 25 years of operation, the Georgia Dome hosted over 1,400 events attended by over 37 million people. The Georgia Dome was the only stadium in the United States to host the Olympics, Super Bowl and Final Four.
At its debut in 1992, the Georgia Dome was the second-largest covered stadium in the world by capacity, behind the Pontiac Silverdome; it has since been surpassed by many others including AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales and Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain.