#falcons stadium

[nflfanpointii]

Start of the 4th quarter - one that included 4 TDs and a tie at the end that necessitated an OT, and the stadium was already almost empty. Rise up, Falcons Fans!

[atlurbanist]

“NFL stadiums cost taxpayers more than five Pluto missions

Since 2000, US taxpayers have spent an estimated $3.9 billion on football stadiums for profitable, privately held NFL teams.

The following year, preliminary work began on New Horizons — which cost less than a fifth as much.”

Quoted from: http://www.vox.com/2015/7/16/8980397/pluto-mission-cost

[nuestrageneracion]

Toma Un Vuelo sobre El Futuristico Estadio de $1.2 Billones De Dólares Que Se Construye Para Los Falcones De Atlanta

Toma Un Vuelo sobre El Futuristico Estadio de $1.2 Billones De Dólares Que Se Construye Para Los Falcones De Atlanta

Los Falcones de Atlanta han sacado un video donde se aprecia increíblemente el nuevo estadio que se están construyendo con una inversion de $1.2 billones de dólares. El estadio esta programado para estrenarse en el 2017 y es algo nunca antes visto en la NFL, desde afuera se ve como una estructura de metal gigantesca. Puedes ver el video completo abajo pero aquí tienes unos adelantos:

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[atlurbanist]

Stadium should do no harm to surrounding communities : Blank, city, and state have responsibility to not create a sea of asphalt outside new facility

Falcons fans might not see the effects that their presence has on the area. But the residents who live in the surrounding communities have had to tolerate noise, trash, and antics..."10 to 12 hours of what amounts to a festival that, under a normal circumstance, would have to go before city and be permitted." And the rest of the year, the lots are dead zones.

[atlmalcontent]

Q: Has it surprised or disappointed you that the public’s view of the project has been largely unfavorable? A: I think, to be fair, it’s a relatively complex agreement. I think the reason it got the overwhelming votes it did from the Congress Center and eventually the City Council and Invest Atlanta was all because they understood the deal. So if we had the time to get in front of 11 million people one at a time and explain it to them in a way that we could have done effectively, I think the views would have been very different than what the general populace’s was.

Condescension won't sell those PSL's, Mr. Blank. 

[atlmalcontent]

Kasim Reed gets his legacy

Jeff Schultz on the the stadium few want and no one needs: 

Notwithstanding perceptions that this was a step forward, it still ignores the biggest problem with this project: Public money is being used for a private business. The Falcons and the mayor continue to bang away about how the city will reap benefits from a new football stadium, when, in fact, nobody is suffering with the “old” stadium.

Going against the will of the public should have consequences. Let's hope Atlantans aren't overcome by the usual apathy five years from now when the stadium is built and the city's crumbling infrastructure remains. 

[atlmalcontent]

Let's fix what's broken before replacing what isn't

My morning commute shouldn't have taken 30 minutes. But one learns to proceed with caution when driving down Edgewood Avenue and its collection of gaping potholes.

Then there's the maze of unsynchronized traffic lights. Red lights follow green, even when only a couple dozen yards away. So there's plenty of idling, which costs me money and doesn't do the environment any favors, either.

LOS ANGELES SYNCS 4,398 TRAFFIC SIGNALS, COMMUTE SPEEDS UP, EMISSIONS DOWN

So I finally arrive downtown to park, another nightmare: ParkAtlanta. The meter won't accept my cash so I have to find another. Later, when I try to add some time the meter informs me that function is temporarily disabled. Of course that won't be considered when they give me a parking ticket.

Minor inconveniences, but they add up. Atlantans know what I'm talking about.  

Before we build a stadium few want and the city doesn't need, let's fix what's broken. 

[atlmalcontent]

Government leaders supporting the stadium few want and Atlanta doesn't need should be forced to respond to each of Jeff Schultz's points. Won't happen.  

I still believe the Falcons are going to get their new stadium in downtown Atlanta, for the simple reason that politicians tend to care more about pushing through deals for people like Arthur Blank than, say, pleasing teachers, pavingstreets or healing an open sore of a neighborhood around Turner Field. ...

Despite the well-orchestrated sound bites coming out of the mouths of Blank, his people and whatever power brokers are lining up behind him, this issue is not about beautifying downtown Atlanta. This isn’t about enhancing our lives. This isn’t CNN Center or Centennial Park or the High Museum of Art. This isn’t Bernie Marcus building a wonderful aquarium that draws millions of tourists and gives the city something special and unique.

This is a football stadium. It’s not going to hold works of art or house the homeless or baffle historians like Stonehenge. It’s just a football stadium. This is about increasing the value of a football team and the coffers of its owner, not making Atlanta a better place to live. 

Note that the "far left" voters in San Francisco refused to subsidize the Giants or 49'ers. Those teams hardly suffered -- you won't visit a nicer stadium than privately funded AT&T Park -- and neither has their hometown.