Fans react: Georgia Dome imploded

With more than 5,000 pounds of explosives, the Georgia Dome was reduced to a pile of rubble and dust Monday morning.

People from all over the city of Atlanta watched in person, from surrounding buildings and on television as one of Atlanta’s defining structures fell to to the ground.

Here’s what fans had to say on social media following the implosion of the Georgia Dome:

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Falcons’ Drake London still not recovered enough to practice

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