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The Georgia Dome is a domed stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is home to the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and the annual Chick-fil-A Bowl postseason college football game. It was also home to the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks during the construction of Philips Arena from 1997 to 1999, as well as hosting basketball and gymnastics during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Since 1994, the Dome has annually hosted the SEC football championship game. Less often, it has hosted the SEC and ACC basketball championship tournaments.

	Capacity		71,228
	Opened		1992
	Owner		Georgia World Congress Center Authority
	Cost		$214 million
	Architect		Heery International

It also hosted Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000, the Goldberg vs. Hulk Hogan WCW Heavyweight Title match, as well as the NCAA Final Four in 2002 along with regional semi-finals and finals in 2001 and 2006 and NCAA Women’s Final Four in 2003. A return engagement for the Men’s Final Four will be in 2007. Since 2004, the Georgia Dome has annually hosted the FIRST Robotics Championship Event. Also, Drum Corps International will hold its first event at the Georgia Dome in July 2006 when the Dome will host DCI Atlanta - The Southeastern Championship. As a result of damage done to the Superdome in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, the Sugar Bowl game was played at the Georgia Dome on January 2, 2006, finishing a string of three football games in four days that started with the Peach Bowl (the Chick-fil-A Bowl’s former name) and an NFL game between the Falcons and the Carolina Panthers two days later. While playing at the Georgia Dome the Atlanta Hawks broke the NBA single-game attendance record with 62,046 fans.

Completed in 1992 at a cost of $214 million, it seats 71,228 for football, up to 75,000 for concerts, and up to 40,000 for basketball and gymnastics. The structure is located on 9.19 acres (37,200 m²) of land; the dome has a height of 270.67 feet (82.5 meters), a structure length of 744.75 feet (227 meters), a structure width of 606.96 feet (185 meters), and a total floor area of 102,149.51 ft² (9,490 m²). The dome is the largest cable-supported dome in the world. Its roof is made of teflon-coated fiberglass fabric (which is strong and lightweight) and has an area of 374,584.08 ft² (34,800 m²). From its completion until December 31, 1999 with the opening of the 20-acre Millennium Dome in London, it was the largest domed structure of any type in the world.

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