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Re: Championship 2008 - Atlanta - Your Thoughts Please

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Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII View Post
A shadow hung over the Georgia Dome this year... Literally...

It was really dark in there with the black roof. Very different atmosphere than years prior... I believe the roof was covered to cover holes caused by the Tornado.
I would assume that the black fabric hanging below the outer white colored roof of the GA Dome, was done to allow First to control the lighting and make for a more intimate setting, if that can be done in a 71,000 seat stadium. You could not see upper deck rows above about row 10. I don't believe that the tarp had anything at all to do with any storm damage as the dome suffered very little roof damage.

This year was not the first time the black tarp was used at the GA Dome for the Championship's. It was also used in 2005.

Built in 1992, the Georgia Dome is still the largest cable-supported fabric roof in the world. Stretching more than 395,000 square feet, the Teflon-coated Fiberglas fabric roof is quite an engineering marvel and the roof fabric weighs just 68 pounds. For those interested in the technical aspects of the roof go here.

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