Atlanta's new stadium makes Jerryworld look like hammered dogshit

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VERY impressive, imaginative and original, the Atlanta Falcons' new stadium pretty much ends stadium discussion. Check out the roof opening:

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And the videoboard, which doesn't idiotically hang on cables over the field:

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Hey jerry - you're outdone, s0n. By miles.

More reading here. The thing includes a "100 yard bar."
The roof design included eight triangular translucent panels, that when open would create the illusion of a birds wings extended. Surrounding the opening of the roof would be a halo video board that will enclose the playing surface, stretching from one of the 10 yard lines to the other and then curving around the end zones to complete the oval.[37]
Artist's rendering showing the ring of LCD screen in action

In January 2015, the Falcons announced the hiring of Daktronics, a South Dakota-based firm, to build the stadium's electronics display. The announced features include a circular 58-foot-by-1,100-foot circular LED board that would ring the opening of the stadium's roof, and would be "three times as large as the current largest single display board in the NFL" installed at EverBank Field in Jacksonville (also built by Daktronics). In addition, the company plans to install more than 20,000 square feet of other LED boards, including field-level advertising boards for soccer games.[38]

The venue will include a 100-yard bar that will stretch the length of the football field in the upper concourse, along with a fantasy football lounge and premium club seating at field level, behind the teams benches.[39]
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$1.2 Billion.
 
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Looks like they've pretty much copied Jerry World and put a different lid on it.

That said, it's ridiculous that a marginal team like the Falcoons can get a new stadium when the Georgia Dome isn't even 25 years old.
 
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Sheik stole my thunder. But whatever. I'll post my joke anyways...

Yeah but did Gene pick out the art?



FU Sheik.
 
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Irving Cowboy said:
Looks like they've pretty much copied Jerry World and put a different lid on it.

That said, it's ridiculous that a marginal team like the Falcoons can get a new stadium when the Georgia Dome isn't even 25 years old.
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This is exactly how most level headed people here in Georgia feel
 
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How are these stadiums paying off, other than maybe converting from an outdoor stadium to a dome that can hold a Superbowl, concerts, etc? Are there that many suckers who will pay a fortune for PSLs and suites? Hasn't Jerryworld proved that beyond the initial wow factor, fans don't care how great your palace is if your team isn't any good?

We might need a new thread on it, but the different Ticket guys have been talking about how ridiculous Jerry's new "Star" training place in Frisco is going to be. They're selling things like VIP tours where you get to watch practice and all kinds of things. I just can't see why people would pay so much for stuff like that.

And that's not even mentioning how the show is once again more important than the actual football team.
 
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$1,000,000,000+ stadiums erected to host a game that appears to cause physical disability and long term brain damage to many of its participants. Seems curious when you think about it.

... contemporary versions of the Colosseum of Ancient Rome, only with a much shorter shelf life.
 
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