Bigger events ahead, but Mercedes-Benz Stadium gets its start Saturday
Compared with many of the events already booked for Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the first one is pretty tame: an NFL exhibition game Saturday night.
The Atlanta Falcons will open the $1.5 billion downtown stadium – in the works for about a decade and under construction for 3 ½ years – with what is essentially a practice against the Arizona Cardinals.
The game isn’t the main attraction this time. The stadium is.
“We think we have built the finest sports-and-entertainment complex in the United States today,” Falcons owner Arthur Blank said.
Much bigger events are headed there soon.
Read more on myajc.com on the upcoming big events at Mercedes-Benz stadium.
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Tim Tucker, a long-time AJC sports reporter, often writes about the business side of the games. He also had stints as the AJC's Braves beat writer, UGA beat writer, sports notes columnist and executive sports editor. He was deputy managing editor of America's first all-sports newspaper, The National Sports Daily.
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