Atlanta May Be Building A New Stadium

[dangerousdave]

From Dec 10th Atlanta newspaper. Non-binding terms approved for new Falcons stadium deal The proposed retractable roof stadium's two locations are not where the current stadium is located so if the Championship event ever returns to Atlanta after 2017, the pits in the GWCC might be further away Even though the Georgia Dome is only 20 years old it will likely will be demolished.
Dave

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by dangerousdave

From Dec 10th Atlanta newspaper. Non-binding terms approved for new Falcons stadium deal The proposed retractable roof stadium's two locations are not where the current stadium is located so if the Championship event ever returns to Atlanta after 2017, the pits in the GWCC might be further away Even though the Georgia Dome is only 20 years old it will likely will be demolished.
Dave

Interesting.

I don't know of how many events that generally use both the dome and the WCC, so perhaps that was not a prime concern in their opinion. But as far as the two locations are concerned, not sure where the "south" one is going to go, but it looks like the "north" one might be nice and close.

- Sunny G.

[DonRotolo]

Surely the main reason for building a new stadium is to make sure the FRC pits are closer to the dome floor. Right?

[Zach O]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Surely the main reason for building a new stadium is to make sure the FRC pits are closer to the dome floor. Right?

This is Atlanta's way of saying to FIRST, "Baby, I an change for you!"

[Kyle A]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Surely the main reason for building a new stadium is to make sure the FRC pits are closer to the dome floor. Right?

One can wish, I remember that walk very well, lots of exercise that year. Forgetting something in the pits was probably the worst part.

[Don Knight]

Originally Posted by Kyle A

One can wish, I remember that walk very well, lots of exercise that year. Forgetting something in the pits was probably the worst part.

Houston Texas, 2003 FIRST Championships - Games were played in Reliant Stadium and the pits were in the older Astrodome. Teams had to traverse up and down stadium ramps, was at least a 30 minute trip if you had a robot cart and your robot didn't sit so high you took out light fixtures on the trip.

[AllenGregoryIV]

I figured some FIRSTers might be interested the proposals for the new Atlanta Falcons stadium.

A brief overview of some of the more "interesting" features can be found on Deadspin

The full 50mb pdf can be found here.

[ttldomination]

Reading through that information, the following comic comes to mind:



I'm extremely concerned about where the field will sit relative to the convention center. It was quite a trek as it was, and the further it moves away, the less of a chance that worlds comes back to Atlanta.

- Sunny G.

[Stephen.Yanczura]

Originally Posted by Don Knight

Houston Texas, 2003 FIRST Championships - Games were played in Reliant Stadium and the pits were in the older Astrodome. Teams had to traverse up and down stadium ramps, was at least a 30 minute trip if you had a robot cart and your robot didn't sit so high you took out light fixtures on the trip.

QFT

I remember that well...

[protoserge]

Originally Posted by Stephen.Yanczura

QFT

I remember that well...

Audio carts were still legal then (I was a student on MOE at the time). I remember when a Blaupunkt-sponsored team came alongside with a cart with car batteries, some 6x9's and a few 12" subwoofers to play the cha-cha slide. Large outdoor line dances ensued

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

The team will threaten to move (LA, San Antonio, Mexico City ect. ect.) ESPN will speculate speculate speculate. A compromise will be reached. Both sides will shake hands and go on as if they were planning to go along with the whole thing all along.

Excellent analysis Ed, I believe you are absolutely correct. Are you sure you're not Looking Forward?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Excellent analysis Ed, I believe you are absolutely correct. Are you sure you're not Looking Forward?

Seen it happen far far too often in sports.

[dangerousdave]

Here is an update from June 18, 2013 to what [AllenGregoryIV] posted earlier. It's going to be different that's for sure.

[Alex2614]

http://newstadium.atlantafalcons.com/overview/location/

Seems to me that the northern site will not be really that much further away, just on the other side of the convention center.

The southern site will be a bit further away, but I don't think it's a deal-breaker. I would take that over St. Louis ANY DAY!

[dcarr]

More likely they just need a new facility to handle the water game.