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