Fans pack Atlantic Station for Falcons’ send-off

Falcons fans lined the streets around Atlanta Station to help send off the Atlanta Falcons before they left to play in the Super Bowl in Houston on Sunday.

Buses carrying the Atlanta Falcons were greeted by cheering fans during a send-off pep rally as they made their way to the airport for a flight to Houston and Super Bowl LI, which is set for Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in NRG Stadium.

The Falcons plane landed in Houston shortly after 4 p.m.

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