Photos: Inside the new Falcons Stadium

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Photos: Inside the new Falcons Stadium

Atlanta Falcons officials offer a tour inside of the construction of the new stadium in downtown Atlanta.

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

A flag is down to half staff in honor of the recent Marine killings in Tennessee. The flagpole sits at the 50-yard line in the stadium and is used as a rallying point during the construction. Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

A flag is down to half staff in honor of the recent Marine killings in Tennessee. The flagpole sits at the 50-yard line in the stadium and is used as a rallying point during the construction. Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans (left) and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank (right) talks with construction worker Charles Ross, with Precision Concrete, as he other Falcons' execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

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Falcons owner Arthur Blank, general superintendent Bob Evans and other Falcons execs and construction supervisors give a media tour of the new Falcons Stadium Thursday, July 23, 2015. The $1.4 billion structure is about a year underway and will open in 2017. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

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