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Fans react: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Chick-fil-A to be open for one Falcons game

<p>True to form for the restaurant chain, the new Chick-Fil-A location inside the new stadium will not be open on Sundays.</p>

Credit: � 2017 Cox Media Group.

Credit: � 2017 Cox Media Group.

<p>True to form for the restaurant chain, the new Chick-Fil-A location inside the new stadium will not be open on Sundays.</p>
By Juliakate E Culpepper
Aug 17, 2017

It shouldn’t be a surprise, but the realization caused a stir this week.

Like all other Chick-fil-A restaurants, the Chick-fil-A inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be closed on Sundays when the stadium opens.

Since the Falcons play seven out of eight home games on Sundays, the Chick-fil-A inside the stadium will be open for the Falcons’ Dec. 7 game against the New Orleans Saints.

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The stadium’s Chick-fil-A will be open for all non-Sunday events like Atlanta United games, the SEC Championship, Chick-fil-A Kickoff Games and the Chick-fil-A Bowl.

Here’s what fans, the Falcons Twitter account and other teams had to say about the this week’s revelation:

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