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Fans pack Atlantic Station for Falcons’ send-off

Atlanta Falcons

By D. Orlando Ledbetter , The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Jan 29, 2017

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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D. Orlando Ledbetter

D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq is the award-winning Atlanta Falcons beat writer for the newspaper, has been on the staff since 2003. Every day D. Orlando strives to provide inside in the Falcons and the NFL. He finds the most joy in providing insight into the team, the coaching moves, the offseason business moves, the draft and the games.

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