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Retractable Roof Not Ruled Out For Falcons Stadium
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Posted By: Sweets 02-04-2012 , 11:21 AM
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The Atlanta Falcons' desired open-air stadium might wind up with a retractable roof if ongoing negotiations get bogged down according to Tim Tucker and Leon Stafford of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. While both the Falcons and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority say the focus remains on trying to reach a deal that would put the team in an outdoor stadium and preserve the nearby Georgia Dome for indoor events, neither side shuts the door on the option of an indoor/outdoor, retractable-roof facility. That option would be much more expensive, could make the Dome unneeded and would represent a change in stance for the Falcons, who have expressed a preference for an open-air stadium without the added cost of a retractable roof. A Georgia legislator briefed on the negotiations between the GWCC Authority, which oversees the state-owned complex that includes the Georgia Dome, and the Falcons told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week that a new stadium with a retractable roof and a natural grass playing surface is among the options being considered. Another person familiar with the negotiations said a retractable roof could be pursued if it is determined that two stadiums –- the Dome plus a new open-air facility –- on GWCC property are not financially or logistically viable, asked for the Falcons' current position, team president Rich McKay said in an email: "A retractable roof stadium has always been one of the options, but our first preference has been to focus on an open-air stadium."

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why does atlanta need a dome or a retractable roof? for those 'cold' georgia december days when it gets down to 50 degrees?

there are more domes south of the mason/dixon line than in cold weather cities ............... how does that make any fucking sense?

they play outdoors in the coldest climates in the country........ chicago, green bay, massachusets, and new york yet they play in domes or have retractable roofs in places like New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Arizona..........

wtf?
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Hey we had a week of snow and ice last year

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