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Georgia Dome

The Georgia Dome is a domed stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is home to the NFL's Atlanta Falcons. It has also been home to the NBA's Atlanta Hawks in the past, and also hosted basketball and gymnastics during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Since 1994, the Dome has annually hosted the SEC football championship game. Less often, it has hosted the SEC and ACC basketball championship tournements. It has also hosted Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000, as well as the NCAA Final Four in 2002 and NCAA Women's Final Four in 2003. A return engagement for the Men's Final Four will be in 2007.

The stadium was completed in 1992 at a cost of $214 million. It seats 71,228 for football, up to 75,000 for concerts, and up to 40,000 for basketball and gymnastics. The dome is cable-supported, the largest in the world. The roof itself consists of teflon-coated fabric, and weighs just 68 pounds or 31 kilograms.

The south face of the Georgia Dome.

 

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Former: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | Loew's Grand Theatre | Omni Coliseum | SciTrek








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