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The Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United will play in the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta. The project’s completion was pushed back months. One of the trouble spots: the complex retractable roof, which officials now say won’t be fully automated until later this season. MATT KEMPNER / AJC
The Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United will play in the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta. The project’s completion was pushed back months. One of the trouble spots: the complex retractable roof, which officials now say won’t be fully automated until later this season. MATT KEMPNER / AJC
By Juliakate E Culpepper
Aug 15, 2017

It’s almost time.

After several delays and over three years of construction, Mercedes-Benz Stadium is almost ready for action.

The Atlanta Falcons will open Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Aug. 26 when they take on the Arizona Cardinals in their third exhibition game. The game kicks off at 7 p.m.

Atlanta United will play their first game inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sept. 10 against FC Dallas.

Before Atlanta United has a chance to play inside the new stadium, Merdedes-Benz Stadium will hold the Chick-fil-A Kickoff games between Alabama and Florida State on Sept. 2 and Georgia Tech and Tennessee on Sept. 4.

Here’s a time lapse of the 39 months of construction it took to build Mercedes-Benz Stadium:

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