What Would A New Stadium Do For The Franchise?

That would be awesome, even though we’ve been spoiled at the Dome since 92 I think having a open air stadium is great. I’ve attended Falcons games since 1967 and absolutely loved Fulton County Stadium.

The reception for this post is so much warmer than the other post about funding being approved for a new piece of land for the stadium

Dome with retractable roof and natural grass. Nicest stadium ive been too. Quest is nice but arizonas blows it away.

The Dome has history but old bad history lolol, i agree with one of the comments up there about retractable roof and open it when saints come lol. But I think a new stadium will be the official mark of a new falcons era, maybe some new jerseys too or we could wear the all black jerseys which i dont know why we dont they are awesome

Just bring back the grass and fresh air and Im good..

Long time season ticket holder and thought it was a bad idea when we moved to Dome. But after being inside for all these years I will give up my season tickets and watch from home, or a bar in Macon as we would be blacked out for a while, before I fry at the start of season and freeze at the end. It would be nice to have a retractable roof so the the 3-4 games a year could be opened. Also open air would alow us the one reward Superbowl but little chance of any after that.

As an English Falcons fan, the idea of American cities paying part or all of the cost of building stadiums for teams which are profitable businesses has always struck me as odd. And I know if I lived in Atlanta I wouldn’t like the idea of my tax dollars being spent on a new stadium when there’s a perfectly serviceable one already there.

English football (soccer) league grounds were almost all paid for by the clubs that built them. The only real exceptions are grounds that were built for other purposes and then later taken over by football clubs – eg what is now the Etihad Stadium where Manchester City play, which was originally built for the Commonwealth Games in 2002; the club has a long term lease on this.

That said, I’ve always thought that (American) football, like soccer, is an outdoor sport. Playing it indoors always seemed kind of wrong. Soccer stadiums here are all outdoors – as long as the stands have a roof to keep the rain off (and the sound in), that’s fine. If it’s cold, you just wrap up warm. As a Manchester United fan, I’ve sat/stood at Old Trafford plenty of times on cold winter nights. Sometimes the game’s so good you don’t care. Other times, you’re counting down the minutes until the final whistle so you can go home and warm up… but that’s all part of the matchday experience.

I would absolutely love to be back out in the open air, it seems the different elements bring on a totally more exciting atmosphere. Even when we played in Fulton County Stadium a lot of times there was barely any fans in the stands back in the day, but we rocked that stadium.To again be able to experience that IMO I feel would be just AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! Many times in the Ga. Dome I’ve noticed fans on their phones not even knowing what is happening as far as the game is concerned. We really need to get back to what football is really about and that is imo outside in the elements. RISE UP!!!!!!!!!!

If you don’t put a roof on it (Or have a retractable roof), it will cost Atlanta Superbowls. This is a strong selling point when trying to get support for a new stadium. Open air may bring one, but with the unpredictable weather in Atlanta, it may only bring one. I would favor a retractable roof, and believe it would bring more than just one Superbowl (Maybe several). Also, the roof would allow for multiple events.

…and my solution helps everybody. We have a lot of prisoners in Georgia who really don’t do much. Fine, we excavate the granite interior of Stone mountain to create an “underground” (actually under granite) “dome”. Hand excavated by prison labor for $0.15/day + cigarettes. Our new motto would be “defend the rock.” the exterior of the mountain would be preserved – how is THAT for tailgating ambience?

We can extend MARTA to Stone Mountain – make it the end terminal.

As for the Sints? Meh – just make the turf really spongy. And we can breed a subterranean albino giant Falcon (think condor sized) to periodically swoop down, and be trained to pick up opposing teams’ fans and carry them into its roost at the top of the cavern – I mean dome. We’ll have lots of time for this bioengineering due to excavation time.

Oh, yeah, and have a subterranean river flowing with Chic Fil A – can’t forget the yummy fried chickenny goodness.

We can’t lose. Even Jerry Glannville likes this idea – I asked him. He already wants to buy tickets for Elvis.

Even as a Falcons fan I think the support of a new stadium is short-sighted and I would be more selective as to which games I attend.

1. Saddling taxpayers with the cost of a new stadium for a team in an industry that generates billions of dollars a year is irresponsible and unethical with the current state of the economy.
2. The Falcons don’t even fill up the stadium in which they currently play. Why do they deserve a new stadium? (btw I know the answer to that question is money and luxury boxes)
3. The so-called “elements of the game” are the burden of the teams, not the fans. Building an outdoor stadium is a sure-fire way to drive people away from the games excepting the 3-5 games in the middle of the season when Atlanta weather is great. Sure, it hardly ever snows, but that doesn’t mean I want to sit outside bundled up in 35 degree weather with 10-15 MPH winds, which are common here in winter. It’s relaxing being able to take my jacket off when I enter the Dome. Quite frankly I think it takes a degree of stupidity to attend games in northern, snowy climates. If you want a fan base to grow, at least make it hospitable!
   

   Football was invented in Ohio and meant to be played in 40 degree weather.

   
   I’ll keep this in mind when I decide to become a pro football player. The players are getting paid and have an obligation to deal with climates, not me.
   Unfortunately, the people who write the checks will be sitting in luxury boxes and so could therefore not care less about the people in the stands. A new stadium is unnecessary and a selfish waste of taxpayer money, but if the governor has put money aside for one (thanks Deal), it should be a climate-controlled retractable roof stadium.