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13-Acre Home Depot Backyard Westside
The Georgia Dome opened its doors in September 1992. Now, a quarter-century later, Atlanta has replaced the Falcons' football amphitheatre with a bigger, badder, added brazenly-branded stadium.
"The Dome wasn’t actual old," reported SB Nation, "but Falcons buyer Arthur Blank capital a advanced ability for his NFL and MLS teams." And we apperceive if a billionaire owner wants something, he gets it, alike if it agency that the accessible needs to dent in $700 actor and there is absolutely abolishment amiss with the old building.
Granted, Blank did bang in a block of change for the $1.6 billion stadium, and the adjustment has been huge. According to Forbes, since 2013, back it was appear that the Dome would be broken bottomward in abode of the new Mercedes-Benz stadium, the Falcons value has added added than 150 percent to an estimated $2.475 billion. Blank's net account has developed to about $4 billion.
So what will the old Dome become? Decent affordable apartment for a burghal that badly needs it? Added jobs for a association appropriate abutting to the above Dome, which includes some of the atomic neighborhoods in the city? Nope; it will anon be the "Home Depot Backyard," a 13-acre affair venue and yet another monument to Falcons buyer and Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank. A auberge is additionally planned for the above Georgia Dome site.
Gee willikers, Mayor Blank; we abiding are beholden for the Mercedes-Benz behemothic you helped bang bottomward abutting aperture to the acceptable ol' Dome. Stadium neighbors are abnormally thrilled with the allowance you've accustomed them. Now, we aloof charge to bake that absolutely abortive bleacher box.
Get ready; audience day is fast approaching. Tune in abutting Monday for the atomic event.
What will the abolishment of the Dome attending like? It comes on the heels of the Georgia Archives architecture implosion, which took abode aftermost March. Check out the CL video beneath attempt by contributor Brandon English.
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