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Falcons to make Sunday "Fan Appreciation Day"

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Dec 24, 2009

The Falcons have made Sunday's meeting with the Buffalo Bills a Fan Appreciation Game.

The team will award some major prizes, including two round-trip AirTran plane tickets and a $500 hhgregg gift card, as well as more than 100,000 other items to fans in attendance.

Some of the items that will be awarded to fans include: Ford Defend the Dome John Abraham posters, Publix rotisserie chickens, Chick-fil-A sandwiches, Comcast on-demand movies, Geico sling sacks and T-shirts from Russell and the Georgia Lottery. Select rows may win gift cards from the Varsity, Home Depot, Hibbett Sports, Taco Mac, O-Reily Auto Parts and hh gregg. Verizon Wireless will also be giving away visors to a select row.

D.ORLANDO LEDBETTER

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