Atlanta Spared Repeat Of Ice That Froze 2000 Super Bowl

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January 31st, 2019

In this Jan. 23, 2000, photo, ice forms on a street sign on the campus of Morris Brown College following an overnight ice storm in Atlanta. When an ice storm blanketed Atlanta before the city’s last Super Bowl in 2000, the fear was the big game would never return. Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank’s $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium quickly swayed the NFL owners to give Atlanta another chance.

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Atlanta has dodged a repeat of the ice storm that marred its previous Super Bowl.

When an ice storm blanketed Atlanta before the Super Bowl in 2000, the fear was the NFL wouldn’t want to bring the game back.

Atlanta’s $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium was a game-changer. The new building, which opened in 2017, is the reason the city is hosting Sunday’s Super Bowl 53.

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