13 Facts About Georgia Dome

Georgia Dome was a domed stadium in the Southeastern United States.

Georgia Dome was the home stadium for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League and the Georgia State University Panthers football team.

The Georgia Dome was the only stadium in the United States to host the Olympics, Super Bowl and Final Four.

Georgia Dome originally used AstroTurf artificial surface for its football events.

In 2008, the Georgia Dome started showing safety videos before games, presented by Deltalina, flight attendant "mascot" of Delta Air Lines.

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At the time, the Georgia Dome had just completed a major update and was still relatively young.

The Georgia Dome had been designed specifically for football while a handful of NFL teams still made do with multi-purpose stadiums shared with MLB teams; plus, the Georgia Dome had plenty of luxury suites and premium seating which were important revenue-generating features lacking other older venues which made them obsolete.

In justifying the need for a new venue, Falcons CEO and president Rich McKay said that the Georgia Dome “was a really functional building that served its purpose very well.

Shortly after the Georgia Dome's closing, a group presented a petition to the governor's office to save the stadium from demolition, arguing that it was still in good condition and that its loss would be wasteful.

Demolition of the Georgia Dome was intended to begin shortly after the stadium's final event; however, due to construction delays caused by the complexity of Mercedes-Benz Stadium's eight-panel retractable roof, demolition of the Georgia Dome was postponed until the new stadium's certificate of occupancy could be issued.

GWCCA officials stated that the Georgia Dome would remain nominally operational until Mercedes-Benz Stadium was ready; however, the Dome's artificial turf had been removed and its offices vacated prior to the announcement of the new stadium's delay.

From 2015 to 2016, the Georgia Dome hosted the Celebration Bowl, the annual post-season bowl match up between the MEAC and SWAC.

Georgia Dome annually hosted the Georgia High School Association football semi-finals until 2007 and hosted the football state championships from 2008 to 2016.