Mercedes-Benz Stadium’s first year by the numbers
Mercedes-Benz Stadium turns one year old Sunday. The $1.5 billion stadium in downtown Atlanta opened Aug. 26, 2017, with a Falcons exhibition game. Highlights of the first year of operation included hosting the college football national championship game and the MLS All-Star game. Here’s a tally of the stadium’s first year:
60: Public ticketed events
3.3 million: Cumulative attendance for the public events
239: Private events, drawing 73,000-plus attendees
160 million: TV viewers who have watched events broadcast from the stadium
108,000: People who have taken tours of the stadium
3: Games played with the retractable roof open, one by the Falcons and two by Atlanta United
5-3: Falcons' record in the stadium (exhibition games not included)
13-4-6: Atlanta United's record in the stadium
2-0: University of Alabama football team's record in the stadium (wins in last season's Chick-fil-A Kickoff and national championship game)
161: Days remaining until Super Bowl LIII will be played in Mercedes-Benz Stadium
About the Author
Tim Tucker, a long-time AJC sports reporter, often writes about the business side of the games. He also had stints as the AJC's Braves beat writer, UGA beat writer, sports notes columnist and executive sports editor. He was deputy managing editor of America's first all-sports newspaper, The National Sports Daily.
