It’s been some time since the NCAA Men’s Final Four took place in Atlanta.
The last time the annual basketball extravaganza was in Georgia’s capital city, 2013, the Georgia Dome was still standing (and was the host site) and Rick Pitino was still coaching college basketball. (He and the Louisville Cardinals defeated the Michigan Wolverines 82-76 in the championship game.)
For the fifth time the city will host the Final Four, on April 3-6, but this time it will be at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of more than 70,000 seats and last year’s Super Bowl and the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship. If there’s a building made for the final three days of college basketball season it’s The Benz (despite the fact that the 2-year-old stadium has yet to host a basketball game).
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