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GEORGIA DOME

ATLANTA, GA

FACTS & FIGURES
-Bowl Game: Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
-Sponsor: Chick-fil-A
-Capacity: 71,149
-Surface: 
Fieldturf
-Opened: September 6, 1992
-Host Since 1992
-Cost: $210 Million
-Seating Chart
-Chick-fil-A Bowl Website
Home of the Atlanta Falcons since 1992, the Georgia Dome is the worlds largest cable supported stadium. The City of Atlanta has hosted the annual Peach Bowl college football game since 1968 and it has been played at the Georgia Dome since its opening. The Peach Bowl is now part of six bowl games that will host two semifinal college football playoff games on a rotating basis, hosting semifinal games in 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025. Years that the bowl does not host a semifinal playoff game, the Peach Bowl will feature College Football Playoff matchups.

The history of the Georgina Dome dates to the early 1980s when the owner of the Falcons, Rankin Smith, wanted a new stadium for the Falcons. Two years later Atlanta businessmen joined efforts with city and county officials to obtaining funding for a new stadium. Discussions were slow, with some officials suggesting that Atlanta Fulton County Stadium be renovated. Smith saw this plan as unacceptable and threatened to move the Falcons to Jacksonville. By 1988, talks intensified about building a new stadium, and in 1989, approval finally came from the state, the Atlanta City Council and Fulton County Commission to build a domed stadium. Ground breaking ceremonies occurred on November 22, 1989 and the Georgia Dome was completed by the start of the 1992 NFL season..

The Falcons played their first game at the Georgia Dome on September 6, 1992 when over 70,000 fans filled the stadium. Three tiers of seats circle the entire gridiron. Every seat from the lower to the upper deck has a great view of the field. The roof is made of Teflon and fiberglass. The Georgia Dome has many amenities including several food courts, the In-Zone Restaurant, Kickers Sports Bar, Millers Lodge, over 4,600 club seats and 164 luxury suites. After the 2002 season, the surface of the Georgia Dome was changed from Astroturf to Fieldturf. In 2006, a $30 million renovation plan was approved to upgrade the Georgia Dome. Luxuries areas were updated, eight new super-suites were created and new LED  ribbon-boards were installed. Before the 2008 season all of the original teal seats were replaced with new red and black seats, the facade was repainted, concourses were upgraded and new High-Definition videoboards were installed. The Georgia Dome has hosted Super Bowls XXXIV in 1994 and XXVIII in 2000. It also hosted several Olympic events in 1996, was the home of the Atlanta Hawks (NBA) during the 1998-'99 season, and hosted the NCAA Men's Final Four in 2002, 2007 and 2013.

 

CHICK-FIL-A BOWL GAME

Washington Huskies vs. Alabama Crimson Tide
Georgia Dome
December 31, 2015
3:00PM ET - TICKETS

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MAP & DIRECTIONS TO THE GEORGIA DOME

Address: One Georgia Dome Drive, Atlanta, GA 30313
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