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Falcons strike $35M deal with stadium architecture firm

Channel 2 Action News got a look at the first ideas of what a billion dollars can buy in a new stadium for the Falcons. Channel 2's Jim Strickland was at a meeting Tuesday where the architecture firm talked about its challenge to make the Falcons' stadium experience more cool ...

Church celebrates anniversary amid worries of moving for stadium

Decision day is looming for a historic church that may have to move to make room for a new Falcons stadium. The 450-member congregation of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta and its trustees will ultimately decide to accept an offer of millions, or stay put in their Mitchell Street location. ...

150-year-old church key in deciding new stadium location

A congregation of 450 church members is facing a big decision between making millions of dollars or preserving 150 years of history. They will ultimately decide where the new Falcons stadium goes. One church leader told Channel 2's John Bachman that pressure is mounting on both sides. Friendship Baptist Church ...

Falcons, GWCC select top choice to design new stadium

A Kansas City firm is the top choice to design a new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons. 360 Architecture designed MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, and will now likely design the new stadium in downtown Atlanta. Word of the choice first came as a short posting on a state website, ...

The Falcons currently play at downtown's Georgia Dome.

Invest Atlanta approves $200M bonds for new stadium

Invest Atlanta has voted to approve issuing more than $200 million in bonds to partly finance a new Atlanta Falcons stadium. The vote was the third and final political hurdle in the plans to build a $1 billion retractable-roof stadium in downtown Atlanta, the Atlanta Journal- Constitution said. Arthur Blank ...

Atlanta City Council votes to build new Falcons stadium

The Atlanta City Council has voted 11-4 in favor of the deal to build a new Falcons stadium in downtown Atlanta. The vote came toward the end of a City Council meeting late Monday afternoon. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said earlier in the day that it is important to move ...

Atlanta City Council may vote on stadium deal Monday

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says it is important to move forward with the new stadium project quickly so the facility will be complete by the 2017 NFL season. Reed told Channel 2’s Richard Elliot he was still deciding if he will ask the City Council to vote on the deal ...

A diagram indicating a proposed location for the new Atlanta Falcons stadium, just south of the Georgia Dome. The diagram also shows how MLK Dr. would be relocated.

GWCC approves deal with city, Falcons for new stadium

Channel 2's Jim Strickland reported Friday afternoon that the Georgia World Congress Center board of directors has voted to enter into an agreement with the city of Atlanta and the Atlanta Falcons football team to construct a new billion-dollar stadium in downtown Atlanta. "I can't say it enough. The Falcons ...

Free ticket provision in stadium deal under scrutiny

Questions about free football tickets for an Atlanta agency amid the creation of a new downtown stadium have sparked an ethics review. The Atlanta Board of Ethics will review a section of the contract between Invest Atlanta and the Atlanta Falcons for the financing of the stadium to replace the ...

New stadium deal calls for extra $20M from Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons may be picking up the tab for work that will have to happen near the proposed site for a new stadium. Channel 2’s John Bachman obtained an updated copy of the stadium deal Thursday morning. One major development in the new version was an extra $20 million ...

Atlanta City Councilman Howard Shook estimates that it will take at least $25 million to move a road in the way of a new downtown stadium for the Atlanta Falcons.

Councilman: MLK relocation would cost $25M-$40M

Channel 2 consumer investigator Jim Strickland has learned the first preliminary cost estimate for relocating Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to make room for a new stadium. Strickland first broke news two weeks ago that the MARTA tracks running beneath the Georgia Dome's ticket windows would force a new ...

Documents show hundreds of millions in additional funds for stadium

Channel 2 consumer investigator Jim Strickland has obtained plans for hundreds of millions of dollars in additional public money to pour into a new Falcons' stadium. Atlanta bonding attorney Han Choi helped crunch the numbers Strickland obtained from Georgia World Congress Center in a report from bonding consultants at Citi ...

City, Falcons strike new downtown stadium deal

The Atlanta Falcons and the City of Atlanta have come to an agreement on key aspects of a deal to build a new home for the NFL franchise. Talks of building a new retractable-roof stadium in downtown Atlanta to replace the Georgia Dome have been going on for months, but ...

"If you look at other cities, the New York Jets and Giants play in New Jersey. With all the other teams that don't play in the heart of the city, why not Flowery Branch for the Falcons?" Flowery Branch Mayor Mike Miller said of the proposed new stadium.

Mayor proposes Flowery Branch for new Falcons stadium

Flowery Branch’s mayor tells Channel 2 Action News he will ask City Council and city officials to consider making a formal bid for the location of a proposed new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons. "If something didn't work out in the city of Atlanta, I figure why not the home ...

Ambassador Andrew Young puts support behind new Falcons stadium

Atlanta city leaders and the Atlanta Falcons insist there is no deadline for when negotiations over funding for a new downtown stadium need to be completed. "I don't have a timeline because I think whenever you say, 'It's going to be a month from now,' it never seems to happen," ...

Clayton Co. positions itself for possible spot in stadium deal

Consumer investigator Jim Strickland confirmed Tuesday that Clayton County is lining up land and incentives in case a downtown stadium deal falls through. "There's almost 200 acres virtually untouched inside the perimeter. That's a big deal for us," Grant Wainscott, Clayton County economic development chief, told Strickland. They toured a ...

There are new developments in the push to build a new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons. The team's owner released a statement Saturday saying he is committed to staying in downtown Atlanta, despite speculation that it may head elsewhere.

Docs reveal new challenge facing proposed new stadium

Documents obtained by Channel 2 consumer investigator Jim Strickland reveal a new challenge facing a proposed new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons. Strickland found evidence that the state and the football team received warning months ago that a new stadium south of the Georgia Dome would not be complete in ...

Jarvis Jones to skip NFL combine workouts

Former Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones, who’s considered one of the top 10 prospects in the NFL draft, will not workout at the NFL scouting combine, according to his representative. The NFL combine started today and runs through next Tuesday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Jones, who projects to defensive end in ...

Council members weigh in on new stadium debate

One Atlanta City Council member went on the record Wednesday supporting the billion-dollar deal for a new Falcons stadium while others are questioning the plan. Council members met with representatives of the Atlanta Falcons, the Georgia World Congress Center, Invest Atlanta and the mayor’s office Wednesday to dig deeper into ...

Falcons owner: Team committed to staying downtown

There are new developments in the push to build a new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons. The team's owner released a statement Saturday saying he is committed to staying in downtown Atlanta, despite speculation that it may head elsewhere. The Falcons' lease on the Georgia Dome expires in 2016. Owner ...

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