“Arthur commissioned this film well before the (stadium) project really got underway,” Egan said. The film tells the dual story of the stadium and of its troubled neighboring communities.
The two-hour documentary, “Rising Up: A Westside Story,” will premiere at 8 p.m. Work on the retractable roof and ancillary projects continued for at least another 18 months after the first games in the stadium. We will keep you posted as we learn more, including what they’re going to call this behemoth.Egan, who is retiring at year’s end as senior vice president and general counsel of Falcons and Atlanta United parent company AMB Sports & Entertainment, said the total cost was a “moving target” that didn’t “settle out” until a couple of years after the stadium opened. There is a giant, 360-degree, LED Twitter feed going around the top of the stadium. No idea what the material is, but it appears to be overlaid on some kind of metal skeleton. The sides of the structure appear to be somewhat translucent. If this thing is anything like what we’re seeing here, this is going to be a blast.Ī retractable roof that somehow removes a side of the stadium so that you can see the city skyline. The Falcons still need to find the land to build the stadium on and there are a million other hoops to jump through, but having the plans approved by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority–the organization that oversees the downtown Atlanta convention center and stadiums–is a promising step forward.Īrchitects from 360 Architecture, the architecture firm working with the team on the designs, were quick to point out that this is only a plan, and the actual construction of the stadium could result in something that looks quite different.
Team officials and the architecture firm presented design plans to the Georgia World Congress Center Authority on Monday, and the plans were approved. The crazy new Falcons stadium you might have seen plans for? Well, they might actually be building this thing.
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