The Falcons’ home stadium opened in 1992, and played host to Summer Olympic events like Basketball and Gymnastics. The Georgia Dome was the site of two Super Bowls and three NCAA Final Four men’s basketball championships.
By 2010, the Georgia World Congress Center Authority formally unveiled plans that would ultimately lead to the construction of a new retractable-roof stadium and the implosion of the Georgia Dome.
The event made national headlines, largely because a MARTA bus infamously pulled in front of a Weather Channel camera and stopped just as the building started to come down.
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