Post by Logan on Jun 27, 2016 1:45:59 GMT -6
The Atlanta Falcons are "pretty confident" the new $1.5 billion stadium will open by June 1, 2017, but they have a contingency plan just in case.
Falcons president and CEO Rich McKay said there would be alternate sites available if construction delays 75,000-seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the 2017 preseason.
"We're pretty confident in our timetable," McKay said Thursday. "June 1 is a good date for us. We're working pretty confidently towards that date, and we feel very good about it. I would say that we've really picked up the pace on steel. You see the steel going up. We're in a pretty good place.
"We would have options. You've obviously got the University of Georgia. You've got Georgia Tech. But I wouldn't say that we view this as ... it's not even a consideration of something we've looked into. We're very confident in June 1, so we don't view it as a problem. But we have alternatives."
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Falcons president and CEO Rich McKay said there would be alternate sites available if construction delays 75,000-seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the 2017 preseason.
"We're pretty confident in our timetable," McKay said Thursday. "June 1 is a good date for us. We're working pretty confidently towards that date, and we feel very good about it. I would say that we've really picked up the pace on steel. You see the steel going up. We're in a pretty good place.
"We would have options. You've obviously got the University of Georgia. You've got Georgia Tech. But I wouldn't say that we view this as ... it's not even a consideration of something we've looked into. We're very confident in June 1, so we don't view it as a problem. But we have alternatives."
Read more: www.gwinnettdailypost.com/sports/professional/falcons/falcons-have-contingency-plan-if-new-stadium-delayed/article_0c82e94a-5f67-57b5-b8d8-f55061f945a2.html