What this channel does is really unprecented. Few if any have attempted to tell the story of a sports venue from start to finish. Wikipedia does an ok job of telling you some of the basic highlights and lots of people have blogs where they extensively talk about the events a venue hosted but anyone rarely tells the full story we do in Modern Ruins. Unfortunately in bringing together information from all the various resources things slip. It hurts when its something obvious or something that people alive/aware during that era would vividly remember, but it happens. I'll look into kerri strugg and the 1996 olympics and the magnificent 7. I do keep notes on things like this in case i decide down the road to remake the video, so thank you for bringing this to my attention.
Thanks for making a video about the Georgia Dome. As a lifelong Falcons fan I really appreciate this. Even though our last game of the 2016 season wasn’t so great, that last game at the dome was legendary.
@@davidlafleche1142 The Dome could have easily worked for another decade. Now that Mercedes Benz is a few years old, it's not really anything special anymore. I wish they would have at least built a bigger roof so that you could have the feeling of an outdoor stadium with the roof open. That hole in the roof is stupid.
@@abathens Politicians simply kissing up to the rich. "He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want" (Proverbs 22:16, KJV).
My high school marching band competed at the Bands of America Super Regionals here in 2016 before it closed. For those who don’t know, it was a pretty big deal to be able to compete at a BOA event. Being in the dome for the first time was surreal and being able to go on the field with so much history behind it was really cool.
I grew up in Athens, Georgia and remember going to an event at the GWCC when they were building the Dome. I thought it was the most amazing building I'd ever seen. Saw Billy Graham there. Went to a Hawks game there, which was cool. Then Mercedes-Benz was built and dwarfed it. Was it an amazing venue? Absolutely. But the new dome is just so much better.
This was a superb, memory evoking documentary that was as accurate as it can be. It brought back memories for me because this was one of my street hustles. I was the supervisor of the Clean Event cleaning crew for the club level in the dome for 6 years so I had a lot of behind the scenes moments. Good memories ❤️
Appreciate you doing a story on this! As an Atlanta resident and falcons fan I went to a ton of things at the Georgia Dome. Gotta be honest tho, Mercedes-Benz Stadium is pretty dang amazing tho!
I performed in the Georgia Dome a year or so before it was demolished when I was a freshman in high school, for the Bands of America Atlanta Super Regional, on Halloween 2015. Our marching band was placed 12th, but it was such an amazing experience either way. Got to eat Chick FIL A and watch all the Halloween revelers pass by. Never will forget being in that beautiful stadium, one of the highlights of my lifetime
I saw a 2-3 Falcons games there, as well as attended the Youth Evangelism Conference, the Ringling Brothers Circus, Monster Jam, and a Hawks game there in 1998 when they were playing the Bulls with a huge crowd. I really liked that Hawks team with Christian Laettner, Mookie Blaylock, Steve Smith, Dikembe Mutombo, and Stacey Augmon (I think he played that year, maybe not). Crazy how quickly time seems to have gone by.
It's ridiculous to get rid of a sporting facility only 20 or 25 years after it open Atlanta has been the worst when it comes to this they got rid of the Braves stadium when it was only about 20 years old... stadiums could easily last 50 60 years if not more it needs to be some law to stop this from happening
Atlanta is weird about making sports venues historic in rather short periods of time. Turner Field and Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium are definitly planned for future episodes. While you're correct the city does move on pretty quickly, they don't tear all of them down. Will have to wait for a future MR episode to find out which ones they save!
I’ve been to 4 events that were Auburn related with a SEC Championship game in 2013, a Chick-fil-A kickoff game in 2015, a 2011 Chick-fil-A bowl game, and a Cam Newton led Carolina team facing the Falcons in 2015. I miss the GA Dome.
This is truly appreciated. Those Olympics with the dream team and the Falcons will forever be in our hearts and minds!, Georgia, Georgia-Ray Charles y’all..
Really appreciate this documentary. I remember driving around the Dome construction site in the early 90s and my first game there in 1994 (vs the Cleveland Browns). I was at the glorious final game vs the Packers in the NFC Championship. Now that the current venue is a few years old, it ain't all that. The halo video board isn't great, and the opening in the roof looks to be all of about 6 feet in diameter. New venues in LA and Minneapolis have eclipsed Mercedes Benz Stadium in design and aesthetics. And don't get me started on the number of empty seats for each Falcons game. At least when Atlanta United is playing, fans stay put for the duration.
@@joedimaggio3687 correction, it's a colossal waste of tax payer money , financed by a tax cut, because it's been a well established fact that tax cuts pay for themselves.
My favorite memories of mine of the dome was being able to go to the final four in 2013 and the chick fil a bowl lsu vs Clemson when hopkins made that crazy ass catch on fourth and forever to lead Clemson to the comeback win. The new stadium is definitely amazing and an upgrade but those dome memories will live with me forever
I attended WrestleMania 27 as well as well as the NFC championship game against Green Bay. And I actually own a pair of Georgia Dome seats as well as a brick from when it was torn down.
_LaBreece, thanks for a great documentary on the 'old' GA Dome. I went to the first 'official' concert held there back in 1992. It was U2 w/Public Enemy & another band as the opener. I remember that it smelled like a 'new car' inside the dome that night. And U2 always puts on a killer live show (I've seen them 4 times) & this was no different. Thanks._ OK - I found the fact sheet to the dome & it says this: *"The first headlining concert at the dome was U2’s Zoo TV Tour, which stopped over on Sept. 25, 1992, drawing a crowd of 52,318. Big Audio Dynamite II and Public Enemy were also on the bill."*
In New Orleans, we are happy to remind everyone of the MARTA bus blocking the view of the implosion… When the Falcons came to town and their players were introduced on the big screen, that same bus “drove in and stopped” in front of the player and his info.
it would be awesome to also do one on turner field cause that was a surprise to build a new stadium for the braves at the same time. even more shocking is how quickly it happend.
Majority of Braves season ticket holders are in Cobb County so that was one reason for a move. The second was the sh!tty area Turner Field was built. Especially no parking
@@StaYUTI420 literally was learning how do drive in one of the lots until I was kicked out bc they were expanding the lots during the parc stadium transition.
I went to the SEC basketball tournament Wrestling including Wrestlemania 27 and a falcons preseason game it was a good venue in my eyes didn’t really need to be replaced to me
The Georgia dome was not the main stadium used for the Atlanta Olympics. The opening and closing ceremonies and track and field events were held at turner field. There were some events at the Georgia dome but it was not the main stadium.
As of yesterday, it’s been five years since the dome was imploded, and it still hurts knowing how short it’s lifespan was. Hopefully, Mercedes Benz Stadium can live a good amount of decades before it’s replaced as well.
When I think of the Georgia Dome I will always think of July 6, 1998. The epic match of Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs GOLDBERG which even had a cameo from Karl Malone.
i had four season tickets to the falcons from '92-2001. after the first pre-season game with the eagles we went back for the next game and the restaurant on the mezainine level had placed our picture and the 20 dollar bill in a frame on the wall in the restaurant as it was their first ever purchase. the pic and 20 dollars stayed there for years and one season we went back in to eat there and the pic was still hanging up but someone had busted the glass and stole the 20! loved the dome and always loved going there to watch the falcons. during those 9 or 10 years we go one home playoff game. in '98 the divisional game against the niners...it was a beauty though!
Crazy how you could spend millions on a stadium, just to tear it down in 20-25 years. It would make sense if the stadiums were not built correctly, but other than that, I don't understand how you could throw away a perfectly fine stadium that could have all those problems fixed with one renovation or two. It's like Globe Life Park in Arlington, that ballpark was closed way to early. I understand the heat problem, but it's not like it lasted all year. I understand that it could be a problem for players, but when players are wanting to join a team, they're gonna want to see if the team will actually win or not if they join, not about how the stadium gets hot for a few weeks. Great video on the Georgia Dome!
Fenway Park is the oldest stadium in the world: 110 years. The Red Sox put tons of money into renovations and they think it will last another 40 years.
@@therichard27 Sorry I meant I went to Mercedes Benz Stadium. I should’ve been more clear. He was talking about Mercedes-Benz at the time I posted it and I wasn’t thinking
9:41: If you want to be technical, CBS broadcast the first two Super Bowls back to back, however Super Bowl I in 1967 (at the end of the 1966 season overall) was a simulcast between CBS, who prior to the 1970 merger, was the National Football League network and NBC, who at the time, was the American Football League network.
My sister & I watched the last football game played in it! Alabama defeated Washington in the college football playoff semi-final. It was a combination Christmas/Birthday gift to her. It was, in my opinion, still a first-class facility until demolished. And Alabama won enough games in that venue it could be considered Bryant-Denny EAST although the Florida Gators could also stake a claim to calling it the SwampDome. I have it on the bucket list to visit the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium...maybe as soon as this year's SECCG probably against Georgia...but the Georgia Dome will always hold a special place in my memory. ROLL TIDE!
I was at the last Monster Truck rally! I also live two blocks away from the Dome and meant to step outside to watch the implosion. But I was laying in bed when I heard the explosion, then felt the vibration, then a few minutes later heard grit and small debris lightly hitting my bedroom window. I still call the new stadium the Dome, no matter how much new Atlanta markets it as The Benz.
I went there one time to the Peach Bowl. They were already building the new stadium next door. I didn’t see anything wrong with the Georgia Dome. The staff there were incredibly nice and it was clean.
Great video and very well done by you Draftking. Any thoughts on doing a show on the original Maple Leaf Gardens, or Kingswood Music Theatre at Canada's Wonderland?
The Saints and Falcons have a long-running rivalry. The next time the Falcons came to New Orleans following the implosion, as the Visitors were introduced on the big screen, that same MARTA bus was superimposed on the players photo and info.
So sad and kinda pissed. I have so many memories at the Georgia Dome, all those different games, HS football, Falcons, Braves, Dawgs, Olympics, wrestling, monster truck shows, etc. But most of all, it's where i proposed to my now wife and where she told me she was pregnant with our first. RIP Georgia Dome.
I lived in Atlanta at the time of Super Bowl XXXIV. The storm knocked out power. I had tickets to the fan fest (or whatever it was called). We took the Metro and got stuck for hours on it because the track froze.
Crazy to think the dome was going to host world cup games for 2022 but if it was awarded to Qatar and the dome was demolish in 2017 the world cup could have save it for a couple more years
The former Dome had potential to live out it's useful life, with quantity being made for prosperity. Yeah, the Mercedes-Benz Stadium is great and truly out the ordinary, but that could have waited for another 10 years for consideration of being built. It's like renovating an old house 5 years prior, only to tear it down to build a new one. You just wasted your or taxpayers' money and time for all that effort.
You can compare it to Seinfeld or the Beatles in that Arthur Blank and the GWCCA saw the end before everyone else did. I agree it could have waited, but that is more of an obvioius decision in hindsight because of the pandemic. To be honest, MBS hosts the same or less events than Georgia Dome did. The only big event I feel like that came as result of replacing GD was the super bowl. However, MBS was built to maintain the status quo, and not change the city over again. With the only exception being that it is designed with soccer in mind and is much more catered to soccer teams and fans than GD was in anticipation of bringing the World Cup to the US and being home to the United. One question I do have is what does Allegiant and Sofi have that MBS doesn't that could have justified waiting to build the stadium in terms of amenties and design features.
@@LaBreeceTV*Also, remember that w/the North American Mercedes-Benz headquarters having now moved to Atlanta in the last several years, Mercedes-Benz was pushing hard to have the new MB stadium/dome built with their badge on it for 'all the world to see'. There was enormous pressure from MB to move forward & also to move quickly.*
I saw the Chic-Fil-A peach bowl here and then slept off a hangover in the press box for the Panthers-Falcons game which proved to be Michael Vick’s last game as a Falcon, as he got caught dog fighting in the following offseason.
@@andyroid5028 I had a press pass and I was coherent for the 1st quarter after a horrible morning, but I started to feel lousy again and The next thing I remember was the panthers were up by 30 in the 4th quarter and Vick was benched. That was actually the last game Vick played for the Falcons before the dog fight scandal.
I remember going to the Roam the Dome event back in 1992 with a friend of mine who lived in Atlanta. When I saw the stadium had been demolished, I could not believe it was gone! There was no reason to replace it except due to some sob’s ego.
Never got to see an Event at the Georgia Dome, but my Friends have such fond memories there. Now I can make new memories with Mercedes Benz Stadium. Can't wait for 2026 when the World Cup comes to Atlanta. I already have my Couches Booked for that 🤣!
I saw that movie at the old Lenox Square theaters. At the time, it felt cool to see Atlanta area represented in a movie. I remember Stone Mountain in that movie, as well as Stephen Baldwin.
My first game in the Dome was Falcons Chiefs in 2000, I was 8. There was an infinite amount of memories under that fiberglass roof. We had a real home field advantage back then no matter how bad the team was. Now that new monstrosity attracts the other teams fans like honey. They made home games destinations for away teams. Dumb.
Our high school football team played there three times in the 90's for the state semi-finals. And I got to march on that field via the marching band. Makes me sick that they demolished it.....and they hired the cheapest company they could find to bring it down. And they botched the demolition!
12:36 Actually the 1999 season was the 2nd year the Tennessee Titans were in Nashville (3rd year overall in Tennessee with the 1st year being in Memphis and the last two being in Nashville) but the 1st year as the Tennessee Titans (previous two years they were the Tennessee Oilers). You're welcome for the correction. :-)
what do you mean didnt make it that long? its still being used today by georgia state. the braves may not play there anymore but its still very well operational
good video about the history of the Georgia Dome and all events it hosted..The final ruling of the 2013 NCAA Final Four was a Louisville player could keep the record of the Most Outstanding Player, but L'Ville couldn't keep their 2013 championship..Anyway, the Georgia Dome held a lot of football games (Peach/Chick Fil A Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Super Bowls, Falcons games, and SEC Championship game)..The Georgia Dome also hosted multiple NCAA Final Fours, Atlanta Hawks games, and ACC and SEC Tournaments..The 1998 Falcons were very good and entertaining and made the Super Bowl..The 2016 Falcons actually won their NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome..The Georgia Dome did go through renovations..This is a good video ⁉🎥💺🏈🏀🏟🎤The video failed to mention two movies were filmed at the old Georgia Dome..Drumline and Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk were filmed there, and I saw both in theaters!! 🤔
That Mercedes stadium is really ugly. It looks like an edgy 4th graders toy set that has over 100 interactive pieces. Why do people let this shit happen? Could have had the same functionalities with a dignified design.
Because without it, we wouldn't have gotten another super bowl, hosted the CFB Championship, gotten an MLS team It was outdated asf and even with renovations it still won't get picked to host any events
Did this video really do a history of the Georgia Dome without the 1996 USA Women's Gymnastics and Kerri Strugg moment?
What this channel does is really unprecented. Few if any have attempted to tell the story of a sports venue from start to finish. Wikipedia does an ok job of telling you some of the basic highlights and lots of people have blogs where they extensively talk about the events a venue hosted but anyone rarely tells the full story we do in Modern Ruins. Unfortunately in bringing together information from all the various resources things slip. It hurts when its something obvious or something that people alive/aware during that era would vividly remember, but it happens. I'll look into kerri strugg and the 1996 olympics and the magnificent 7. I do keep notes on things like this in case i decide down the road to remake the video, so thank you for bringing this to my attention.
because nobody cared
@@BrianKOliver Just because you didn't care doesn't mean nobody did. It was a huge deal.
@@alantherock225 obviously not enough
@@BrianKOliver The comment was pinned by the maker of the video and has gotten 12 upvotes so apparently a good number of people agree.
Thanks for making a video about the Georgia Dome. As a lifelong Falcons fan I really appreciate this. Even though our last game of the 2016 season wasn’t so great, that last game at the dome was legendary.
You got that right it was so hilarious seeing Julio Jones shred the Packers defense apart and see Rodgers walk off humiliated.
Yes, I was there at that glorious game. Too bad it ultimately didn't mean a whole lot.
There was nothing wrong with the Georgia Dome. The Falcons didn't need a new stadium.
@@davidlafleche1142 The Dome could have easily worked for another decade. Now that Mercedes Benz is a few years old, it's not really anything special anymore. I wish they would have at least built a bigger roof so that you could have the feeling of an outdoor stadium with the roof open. That hole in the roof is stupid.
@@abathens Politicians simply kissing up to the rich. "He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want" (Proverbs 22:16, KJV).
My high school marching band competed at the Bands of America Super Regionals here in 2016 before it closed. For those who don’t know, it was a pretty big deal to be able to compete at a BOA event. Being in the dome for the first time was surreal and being able to go on the field with so much history behind it was really cool.
The stadium lasted less than the lifespan of some falcons.
😂😂😂
Hahaha lmbo
Nice try at a joke, -fail.
How many players last over 24years; oh yeah, George Blanda.
They didn't need a new stadium.
Same with turner field
I grew up in Athens, Georgia and remember going to an event at the GWCC when they were building the Dome. I thought it was the most amazing building I'd ever seen. Saw Billy Graham there. Went to a Hawks game there, which was cool.
Then Mercedes-Benz was built and dwarfed it.
Was it an amazing venue? Absolutely. But the new dome is just so much better.
"The historical significance of the 20 year old georgia dome" is oozing with sarcasm, and I cannot get enough of it.
This was a superb, memory evoking documentary that was as accurate as it can be. It brought back memories for me because this was one of my street hustles. I was the supervisor of the Clean Event cleaning crew for the club level in the dome for 6 years so I had a lot of behind the scenes moments. Good memories ❤️
Appreciate you doing a story on this! As an Atlanta resident and falcons fan I went to a ton of things at the Georgia Dome. Gotta be honest tho, Mercedes-Benz Stadium is pretty dang amazing tho!
Did you ever go to a SEC Championship game at the old Georgia Dome ?? The 1998 ATL Falcons a.k.a Dirty Birds were awesome and entertaining ⁉⬛🏈🌇
Give me the dome and that home field advantage any day of the week.
Yep I’ve been to games at the Georgia dome plenty. I do love that environment. But I love the Benz and all the things it has just as much
I performed in the Georgia Dome a year or so before it was demolished when I was a freshman in high school, for the Bands of America Atlanta Super Regional, on Halloween 2015. Our marching band was placed 12th, but it was such an amazing experience either way. Got to eat Chick FIL A and watch all the Halloween revelers pass by. Never will forget being in that beautiful stadium, one of the highlights of my lifetime
I saw a 2-3 Falcons games there, as well as attended the Youth Evangelism Conference, the Ringling Brothers Circus, Monster Jam, and a Hawks game there in 1998 when they were playing the Bulls with a huge crowd.
I really liked that Hawks team with Christian Laettner, Mookie Blaylock, Steve Smith, Dikembe Mutombo, and Stacey Augmon (I think he played that year, maybe not).
Crazy how quickly time seems to have gone by.
Just discovered your channel today and love how you give us a lesson in the history of these iconic stadiums👍🏻
It's ridiculous to get rid of a sporting facility only 20 or 25 years after it open Atlanta has been the worst when it comes to this they got rid of the Braves stadium when it was only about 20 years old... stadiums could easily last 50 60 years if not more it needs to be some law to stop this from happening
Atlanta is weird about making sports venues historic in rather short periods of time. Turner Field and Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium are definitly planned for future episodes. While you're correct the city does move on pretty quickly, they don't tear all of them down. Will have to wait for a future MR episode to find out which ones they save!
@@LaBreeceTV yes I know which one you talking about but i let you explain that on the video look forward to it
Ridiculous comment. Who’s going to make the law?
@@LaBreeceTV oh, that would be the former Turner Field. Used by Georgia State football now.
@@LaBreeceTV that was the Olympic stadium that Ali lit the flame. They tore half of it down to configure Turner Field.
I’ve been to 4 events that were Auburn related with a SEC Championship game in 2013, a Chick-fil-A kickoff game in 2015, a 2011 Chick-fil-A bowl game, and a Cam Newton led Carolina team facing the Falcons in 2015.
I miss the GA Dome.
Only four? Alabama built that new dome and OWNS the new one. ROLL TIDE!!
This is truly appreciated. Those Olympics with the dream team and the Falcons will forever be in our hearts and minds!, Georgia, Georgia-Ray Charles y’all..
I was at the 2016 NFC Divisional Game in Atlanta, and the look of the Dome seemed fine to me. It easily could have been there 10 more years.
Really appreciate this documentary. I remember driving around the Dome construction site in the early 90s and my first game there in 1994 (vs the Cleveland Browns). I was at the glorious final game vs the Packers in the NFC Championship. Now that the current venue is a few years old, it ain't all that. The halo video board isn't great, and the opening in the roof looks to be all of about 6 feet in diameter. New venues in LA and Minneapolis have eclipsed Mercedes Benz Stadium in design and aesthetics. And don't get me started on the number of empty seats for each Falcons game. At least when Atlanta United is playing, fans stay put for the duration.
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How did this even happen? It’s crazy how fast what seem to be new stadiums become not good enough these days.
a collussal waste of money and resources
@@joedimaggio3687 correction, it's a colossal waste of tax payer money , financed by a tax cut, because it's been a well established fact that tax cuts pay for themselves.
@@davidcole8448 Owners should be forced to pay for their own stadiums, like in Boston.
@@davidlafleche1142
And California
The Georgia Dome was not the home stadium for the 1996 summer olympics. The old Atlanta Braves stadium, Turner Field, is the stadium used.
You right
My favorite memories of mine of the dome was being able to go to the final four in 2013 and the chick fil a bowl lsu vs Clemson when hopkins made that crazy ass catch on fourth and forever to lead Clemson to the comeback win. The new stadium is definitely amazing and an upgrade but those dome memories will live with me forever
I attended WrestleMania 27 as well as well as the NFC championship game against Green Bay.
And I actually own a pair of Georgia Dome seats as well as a brick from when it was torn down.
_LaBreece, thanks for a great documentary on the 'old' GA Dome. I went to the first 'official' concert held there back in 1992. It was U2 w/Public Enemy & another band as the opener. I remember that it smelled like a 'new car' inside the dome that night. And U2 always puts on a killer live show (I've seen them 4 times) & this was no different. Thanks._
OK - I found the fact sheet to the dome & it says this:
*"The first headlining concert at the dome was U2’s Zoo TV Tour, which stopped over on Sept. 25, 1992, drawing a crowd of 52,318. Big Audio Dynamite II and Public Enemy were also on the bill."*
That was the ZooTV tour, too! I'd kill to go back in time and see that show in person.
In New Orleans, we are happy to remind everyone of the MARTA bus blocking the view of the implosion…
When the Falcons came to town and their players were introduced on the big screen, that same bus “drove in and stopped” in front of the player and his info.
it would be awesome to also do one on turner field cause that was a surprise to build a new stadium for the braves at the same time. even more shocking is how quickly it happend.
Majority of Braves season ticket holders are in Cobb County so that was one reason for a move. The second was the sh!tty area Turner Field was built. Especially no parking
@@Athon08 No parking at Turner Field? Place was built in a giant parking lot! Everything else is right though.
@@StaYUTI420 literally was learning how do drive in one of the lots until I was kicked out bc they were expanding the lots during the parc stadium transition.
@@Athon08 there’s lots of apartments being built in the area now
All the SEC Championships at the Georgia Dome will always help me remember the good days of the Georgia Dome.
I went to the SEC basketball tournament Wrestling including Wrestlemania 27 and a falcons preseason game it was a good venue in my eyes didn’t really need to be replaced to me
The Georgia dome was not the main stadium used for the Atlanta Olympics. The opening and closing ceremonies and track and field events were held at turner field. There were some events at the Georgia dome but it was not the main stadium.
As of yesterday, it’s been five years since the dome was imploded, and it still hurts knowing how short it’s lifespan was.
Hopefully, Mercedes Benz Stadium can live a good amount of decades before it’s replaced as well.
When I think of the Georgia Dome I will always think of July 6, 1998. The epic match of Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs GOLDBERG which even had a cameo from Karl Malone.
Great episode!
a story should be done on the superdome and how it has lasted so long as has been constantly upgraded to maintain its usability and iconic status
I only went to the Georgia Dome 1 time it was for WCW Nitro January 4, 1999.... One of the most famous Nitros ever...
i had four season tickets to the falcons from '92-2001. after the first pre-season game with the eagles we went back for the next game and the restaurant on the mezainine level had placed our picture and the 20 dollar bill in a frame on the wall in the restaurant as it was their first ever purchase. the pic and 20 dollars stayed there for years and one season we went back in to eat there and the pic was still hanging up but someone had busted the glass and stole the 20!
loved the dome and always loved going there to watch the falcons. during those 9 or 10 years we go one home playoff game. in '98 the divisional game against the niners...it was a beauty though!
What’s this intro music called it goes hard
Crazy how you could spend millions on a stadium, just to tear it down in 20-25 years. It would make sense if the stadiums were not built correctly, but other than that, I don't understand how you could throw away a perfectly fine stadium that could have all those problems fixed with one renovation or two. It's like Globe Life Park in Arlington, that ballpark was closed way to early. I understand the heat problem, but it's not like it lasted all year. I understand that it could be a problem for players, but when players are wanting to join a team, they're gonna want to see if the team will actually win or not if they join, not about how the stadium gets hot for a few weeks. Great video on the Georgia Dome!
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@@Testtikles Owners want gold toilet seats.
Fenway Park is the oldest stadium in the world: 110 years. The Red Sox put tons of money into renovations and they think it will last another 40 years.
I went there (Mercedes Benz)for an Alabama versus Duke football game back in 2019. Beautiful building
Sounds great, but HOW? The video stated it was demolished November 20, 2017. Do you mean Mercedes Benz Stadium? Cause it can't be the Georgia Dome
@@therichard27 Sorry I meant I went to Mercedes Benz Stadium. I should’ve been more clear. He was talking about Mercedes-Benz at the time I posted it and I wasn’t thinking
I performed in the dci southeastern championship at this dome back in 2013, What a vibe
Some say that it took 28.3 seconds for the Georgia Dome to implode.
Oh my bad! That was the Falcons🤣
Georgia dome was the crown jewel of the south an marvel and innovative arena for future stadiums
Fun Fact: Falcon's games accounted for less than 10% of Georgia Dome's events annually.
It only makes sense when there were only 8 home games per year
I went to the Georgia Dome once for a Falcons/49ers game in 2010. I thought it was a pretty solid stadium.
A well done video as always. Good stuff
Underrated channel
Olympic opening ceremony was at Turner Field inwas in the 8th grade and they let me work as a volunteer
I just remember how steep the nose bleeds were. Only went to one falcons game at the dome.
9:41: If you want to be technical, CBS broadcast the first two Super Bowls back to back, however Super Bowl I in 1967 (at the end of the 1966 season overall) was a simulcast between CBS, who prior to the 1970 merger, was the National Football League network and NBC, who at the time, was the American Football League network.
My sister & I watched the last football game played in it! Alabama defeated Washington in the college football playoff semi-final. It was a combination Christmas/Birthday gift to her. It was, in my opinion, still a first-class facility until demolished. And Alabama won enough games in that venue it could be considered Bryant-Denny EAST although the Florida Gators could also stake a claim to calling it the SwampDome. I have it on the bucket list to visit the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium...maybe as soon as this year's SECCG probably against Georgia...but the Georgia Dome will always hold a special place in my memory. ROLL TIDE!
Bama owned that dome. I was there myself. ROLL TIDE ROLL!
Yes we did. ROll Tide ROLL!!!!
Very informative 🤝
I was at the last Monster Truck rally! I also live two blocks away from the Dome and meant to step outside to watch the implosion. But I was laying in bed when I heard the explosion, then felt the vibration, then a few minutes later heard grit and small debris lightly hitting my bedroom window. I still call the new stadium the Dome, no matter how much new Atlanta markets it as The Benz.
It really was a fine stadium and I had some great memories there.
I went there one time to the Peach Bowl. They were already building the new stadium next door. I didn’t see anything wrong with the Georgia Dome. The staff there were incredibly nice and it was clean.
Can you do the omni coliseum in Atlanta
Excellent job! Thanks
Use to work for the falcons great building sad to see it gone but the Home Depot backyard is fire 🔥
The ‘96 Olympics are a super interesting story!!! Crazy how many different venues were used to make it happen!!!
Great video and very well done by you Draftking. Any thoughts on doing a show on the original Maple Leaf Gardens, or Kingswood Music Theatre at Canada's Wonderland?
They demolished it and a Marta bus blocked a camera shot 😂
The Saints and Falcons have a long-running rivalry.
The next time the Falcons came to New Orleans following the implosion, as the Visitors were introduced on the big screen, that same MARTA bus was superimposed on the players photo and info.
So sad and kinda pissed. I have so many memories at the Georgia Dome, all those different games, HS football, Falcons, Braves, Dawgs, Olympics, wrestling, monster truck shows, etc. But most of all, it's where i proposed to my now wife and where she told me she was pregnant with our first. RIP Georgia Dome.
How the hell does a Stadium become outdated after only being around for 23 years?
Meanwhile, Fenway and Wrigley are well over 100 years old. Dodger Stadium is "only" 60 years old.
Keeping up with the Joneses
Many of these stadiums are built for the spare of the moment but never for the long-term.
Our culture worships new and improved.
Meanwhile the Vatican built 1500ad
That city should spend more on beautification, public transport and lessening urban sprawl rather than this silly stadium gimmicks.
Agreed, but money talks unfortunately
GA Dome was blown up. If I’m not mistaken it’s now Home Depot Park.
Great video, subscribed
Super bowl XXXIV…..What a game!
I remember going to a battle of the bands there as a kid haven’t been to anything like that since
I lived in Atlanta at the time of Super Bowl XXXIV. The storm knocked out power. I had tickets to the fan fest (or whatever it was called). We took the Metro and got stuck for hours on it because the track froze.
Is it possible to enlarge still pictures n videos to fill the screen. And what the point of writing with letter so small you can read it?
Crazy to think the dome was going to host world cup games for 2022 but if it was awarded to Qatar and the dome was demolish in 2017 the world cup could have save it for a couple more years
The former Dome had potential to live out it's useful life, with quantity being made for prosperity. Yeah, the Mercedes-Benz Stadium is great and truly out the ordinary, but that could have waited for another 10 years for consideration of being built.
It's like renovating an old house 5 years prior, only to tear it down to build a new one. You just wasted your or taxpayers' money and time for all that effort.
You can compare it to Seinfeld or the Beatles in that Arthur Blank and the GWCCA saw the end before everyone else did. I agree it could have waited, but that is more of an obvioius decision in hindsight because of the pandemic. To be honest, MBS hosts the same or less events than Georgia Dome did. The only big event I feel like that came as result of replacing GD was the super bowl. However, MBS was built to maintain the status quo, and not change the city over again. With the only exception being that it is designed with soccer in mind and is much more catered to soccer teams and fans than GD was in anticipation of bringing the World Cup to the US and being home to the United. One question I do have is what does Allegiant and Sofi have that MBS doesn't that could have justified waiting to build the stadium in terms of amenties and design features.
@@LaBreeceTV*Also, remember that w/the North American Mercedes-Benz headquarters having now moved to Atlanta in the last several years, Mercedes-Benz was pushing hard to have the new MB stadium/dome built with their badge on it for 'all the world to see'. There was enormous pressure from MB to move forward & also to move quickly.*
@@andyroid5028 THEIR $$$ TALKED.
Very nice story. thanks
I remember wcw monday nitro wwf monday night raw and wwe wrestlemania 27 was at Georiga dome
could you do a video on the old buffalo memorial auditorium or the aud
I saw the Chic-Fil-A peach bowl here and then slept off a hangover in the press box for the Panthers-Falcons game which proved to be Michael Vick’s last game as a Falcon, as he got caught dog fighting in the following offseason.
*Ed, how'd you get into the press box? That's pretty dang funny.*
@@andyroid5028 I had a press pass and I was coherent for the 1st quarter after a horrible morning, but I started to feel lousy again and The next thing I remember was the panthers were up by 30 in the 4th quarter and Vick was benched. That was actually the last game Vick played for the Falcons before the dog fight scandal.
Will you be doing an episode of the Seattle Kingdome (1976-2000)?
I saw a lot of really cool events at the GA Dome.
So many Supercross memories in that stadium for me
When I saw the title "Modern Ruins" I wasn't sure if you were talking about the dome or the Falcons. 🤣
I remember going to the Roam the Dome event back in 1992 with a friend of mine who lived in Atlanta. When I saw the stadium had been demolished, I could not believe it was gone! There was no reason to replace it except due to some sob’s ego.
That Bus is such a Hater 😂
That last game with the NFC Championship victory really sent it our right. lets for get what happened 2 weeks later
I almost went to the last event at the dome but i had a backpack so i couldn’t go but did get close to the venue.
Fantastic piece of research and editing. I miss the Dome. Saw one event at MB and we were not impressed.
We had wrestlemania 27 too
I saw a Robert PLANT concert at the Omni..lol
I actually preferred the Ga Dome vs the Benz. 😊
Never got to see an Event at the Georgia Dome, but my Friends have such fond memories there. Now I can make new memories with Mercedes Benz Stadium. Can't wait for 2026 when the World Cup comes to Atlanta. I already have my Couches Booked for that 🤣!
I think about “Fled”(1996) when I see The Georgia Dome.
I saw that movie at the old Lenox Square theaters. At the time, it felt cool to see Atlanta area represented in a movie. I remember Stone Mountain in that movie, as well as Stephen Baldwin.
Everyone knows the Dome was demolished. And the MARTA bus parked right in front the live feed camera and blocked the view
The basketball stadium that was built was the Omni not Philips arena. It wasn't built until years later.
Went to supercross last year at the old dome
My first game in the Dome was Falcons Chiefs in 2000, I was 8. There was an infinite amount of memories under that fiberglass roof. We had a real home field advantage back then no matter how bad the team was. Now that new monstrosity attracts the other teams fans like honey. They made home games destinations for away teams. Dumb.
It was entirely foolish to get rid of the Dome and Turner Field imo…absolutely nothing wrong with either of them. Complete waste of money!!
They didn't get rid of Turner Field, it was just remodeled into a college football stadium
Our high school football team played there three times in the 90's for the state semi-finals. And I got to march on that field via the marching band. Makes me sick that they demolished it.....and they hired the cheapest company they could find to bring it down. And they botched the demolition!
12:36 Actually the 1999 season was the 2nd year the Tennessee Titans were in Nashville (3rd year overall in Tennessee with the 1st year being in Memphis and the last two being in Nashville) but the 1st year as the Tennessee Titans (previous two years they were the Tennessee Oilers). You're welcome for the correction. :-)
As a falcons fan it's beautiful as a football fan it's beautiful love this stadium
25 years is a lifetime by Atlanta standards. Turner Field didn't make it that long.
what do you mean didnt make it that long? its still being used today by georgia state. the braves may not play there anymore but its still very well operational
@@zesolodar As a professional sports facility. But, yes. You are correct it is still being used for amateur sports.
Colt Stadium and Sick's Stadium had shorter lives.
I went down to watch them blow it up! 😃
The stadium wasn’t even paid for yet and they needed to build a bigger and better one.
good video about the history of the Georgia Dome and all events it hosted..The final ruling of the 2013 NCAA Final Four was a Louisville player could keep the record of the Most Outstanding Player, but L'Ville couldn't keep their 2013 championship..Anyway, the Georgia Dome held a lot of football games (Peach/Chick Fil A Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Super Bowls, Falcons games, and SEC Championship game)..The Georgia Dome also hosted multiple NCAA Final Fours, Atlanta Hawks games, and ACC and SEC Tournaments..The 1998 Falcons were very good and entertaining and made the Super Bowl..The 2016 Falcons actually won their NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome..The Georgia Dome did go through renovations..This is a good video ⁉🎥💺🏈🏀🏟🎤The video failed to mention two movies were filmed at the old Georgia Dome..Drumline and Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk were filmed there, and I saw both in theaters!! 🤔
Iconic stadium
My one and only nfl game i been to was here on sept 24 1995 i believe. Jets vs falcons. Ahh the kotite years. Dont have to tell u who won
Do Boston Garden next pls. Great video!
That Mercedes stadium is really ugly. It looks like an edgy 4th graders toy set that has over 100 interactive pieces. Why do people let this shit happen? Could have had the same functionalities with a dignified design.
Because without it, we wouldn't have gotten another super bowl, hosted the CFB Championship, gotten an MLS team
It was outdated asf and even with renovations it still won't get picked to host any events