Really? No. 5?
The travel website Thrillest ranked all 31 NFL stadiums and were not ultimately impressed with the $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The site ranked the NFL’s newest stadium at fifth behind (from first to fourth): Dallas’ AT&T Stadium, Seattle’s CenturyLink Field, Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field and Green Bay’s Lambeau Field.
You can add Thrillest to the growing list that do not fully recognize that the stadium will host NFL games on days other than Sunday, that it is the home of an MLS team and that it will host college football games and concerts. Here is what the rankings had to say about MBS:
“Mercedes-Benz is home to the first Chick-fil-A in an NFL Stadium, a spot famous for never being open on Sundays.
“The sheer southern logic of opening a Chick-fil-A in an NFL stadium aside, the Mercedes-Benz dome is among the most impressive stadiums in football. The home of the almost-champion Falcons is designed with fans in mind, with huge open spaces in each end zone where they can ditch their seats for a social experience. With a comically-huge circular video board over the field, that’s a perfect place to watch the game if the beer in the end zones is more your speed.
“There are deals to be had here too: two hot dogs and a beer will only run you about $12, or roughly the cost of a plate of garlic fries in Santa Clara, California. If you’re down to spend a little more, the selection of craft beers at the concession stands is as good as most beer bars in Atlanta. Add in a team that’s going to be a Super Bowl contender for a while, and hopefully the notoriously-apathetic fans of the ATL will start filling the place up.”
The ranking even takes a shot at the stadium's complex retractable roof. Listed as it's Coolest Feature, "The rose-petaled hole in the roof (topped with the Mercedes logo) that slides open to allow sunshine in on nice days. Deadspin has dubbed it 'Megatron's Butthole.'"
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