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Georgia Dome through the years

The Georgia Dome will be imploded Monday, Nov. 20. Here's a look back at Atlanta's stadium: CONSTRUCTION Aerial view of workers stretching the large fiber-glass roofing over the Georgia Dome in September 1991. Seats go into the Georgia Dome in January 1992. Georgia Dome was completed in 1992 at a cost of $214 million. In March 2008, the Georgia Dome was damaged after a tornado touched down in downtown Atlanta. In 2008, the Georgia Dome underwent a $20 million renovation that included repainting the exte
By AJC Sports
Nov 13, 2017

Amazing photos of the Georgia Dome implosion

The Georgia Dome is slated to be imploded at 7:30 a.m., Monday, Nov. 20. There will not be a public viewing area, and many of the roads surrounding the blast zone will be closed for hours before and after the event.

For more than two decades, the stadium played host to dozens of sporting and entertainment events -- from Super Bowls to the 1996 Olympics to U2 to Michael Jordan’s final game as a Bull in Atlanta.

25 years of Georgia Dome moments

The original plan was for the Dome to be imploded in July, but that plan was scrapped in April to keep the building in place as an insurance policy against further construction delays of the new stadium, Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

The Dome’s successor, built just feet away, opened in August as the home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and MLS’ Atlanta United FC.

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