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A New Ga. Dome?
Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:42 pm
During CLM's press conference with bowl officials, the bowl's rep said that funding has been approved for a new Ga. Dome that will rival Jerry's World. The old dome will be completely demolished & the new dome built on the same grounds. Estimated completion 2016 if I heard right. That being true, where would the SECCG be played during construction???
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Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:44 pm to Keltic Tiger
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The old dome will be completely demolished & the new dome built on the same grounds.
Not true.
Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:44 pm to Keltic Tiger
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that funding has been approved for a new Ga. Dome
not quite
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rival Jerry's World.
no
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The old dome will be completely demolished
they are not sure yet
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the new dome built on the same grounds
not from what I have heard
Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:44 pm to Keltic Tiger
I'm sure all the LSU fans will say New Orleans.
Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:44 pm to Keltic Tiger
Georgia Tech
It'll be home-field advantage for best in-conference record and we'll be a part of the conference by then
It'll be home-field advantage for best in-conference record and we'll be a part of the conference by then
Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:45 pm to Keltic Tiger
I would assume Jacksonville.
Warm weather, it holds 84,000 for College football games, and they already have a huge SEC game in Florida/Georgia.
Warm weather, it holds 84,000 for College football games, and they already have a huge SEC game in Florida/Georgia.
Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:45 pm to Keltic Tiger
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That being true, where would the SECCG be played during construction???
Legion Field, baby!
Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:45 pm to Swoopin
I'd love to see the SEC Championship Game played on Grant Field.
Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:46 pm to aw4au14
Jacksonville or New Orleans.
Those are really the only two realistic possibilities.
Those are really the only two realistic possibilities.
Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:47 pm to Keltic Tiger
Per AJC this week:
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The Georgia Dome would be demolished, and many events held there would move to the new stadium.
The new stadium would be built on the GWCCA campus, with the final selection from two sites – one just south of the Dome and the other a half-mile north of the Dome – deferred until the negotiation of a more definitive memorandum of understanding early next year.
Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:48 pm to Keltic Tiger
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During CLM's press conference with bowl officials, the bowl's rep said that funding has been approved for a new Ga. Dome that will rival Jerry's World. The old dome will be completely demolished & the new dome built on the same grounds.
Non of that is accurate.
Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:48 pm to aw4au14
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Those are really the only two realistic possibilities.
The REC would never let such a thing happen. If they blow up the Georgia Dome (not likely) the game will be played in Bryant-Denny until Georgia World is completed.
Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:48 pm to aw4au14
For fricks sake people, they're not gonna demolish the Dome and have the Falcons homeless for 3 or 4 years.
Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:49 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
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For fricks sake people, they're not gonna demolish the Dome and have the Falcons homeless for 3 or 4 years.
A girl can dream
Posted on 12/12/12 at 3:09 pm to aw4au14
The new stadium for Falcons will be close to the Ga Dome but not on the same site
I guess when there done, they will probably demolish the GA Dome or find another use like the Astrodome
I guess when there done, they will probably demolish the GA Dome or find another use like the Astrodome
Posted on 12/12/12 at 3:12 pm to nicholastiger
New Orleans or Jacksonville. Tampa could work too I guess, but 
I would say Nashville, but weather could be a bit of an issue there.
I would say Nashville, but weather could be a bit of an issue there.
Posted on 12/12/12 at 3:12 pm to AUnite
If none of this is accurate, then the bowl rep has made a complete arse out of himself, as that is exactly what he said. And the article from the Atlanta paper seemingly backs him up, minus comments re any comparisions. He seemed quite emphatic as he said that the new stadium would give the bowl leverage when it comes to being considered for future BCS games in the future.
Posted on 12/12/12 at 3:14 pm to Keltic Tiger
going to be a retractable roof
Posted on 12/12/12 at 3:15 pm to AUnite
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AUnite
Posted on 12/12/12 at 3:17 pm to Keltic Tiger
There is a big parking lot north of the world congress center (WCC would be in between the old dome and new one. It would be retractable. Old dome would stay around from last I heard.
If anyone has been to Stats or Der Bier Garten, it is right behind those and across the train tracks.
If anyone has been to Stats or Der Bier Garten, it is right behind those and across the train tracks.
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