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5 unusual facts about Georgia Dome


Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway

The Mangum Street embankment which ran north-south along Mangum Street (parallel to today's Northside Drive, but two blocks to the east), upon which trains reached the Atlanta terminus west of Downtown Atlanta, was built in 1905 and razed circa 1990 for construction of the Georgia Dome.

CNN Center

The CNN Center also houses a major hotel (an Omni Hotels franchise owned by Turner Broadcasting, now Time Warner) and a large atrium food court frequented by local business employees, tourists, event goers from Philips Arena and the Georgia Dome, and conference attendees from the Georgia World Congress Center.

Joe Frank Harris

As Governor, Harris created and implemented the Quality Basic Education Act (QBE), built the Georgia Dome, created the Technical College System of Georgia formerly known as the Department of Adult & Technical Education, and lured the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta.

Port Perry High School

Team 1006 has been invited on four occasions to travel to the FIRST World Championships, participating on three occasions in these competitions at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

Rukkus

Walker wrestled until May 2000, when he made a dark match appearance at the Georgia Dome against one of his trainers, Bull Buchanan.


2014 SEC Championship Game

The 2014 SEC Championship Game will be played on Saturday, December 6, 2014, in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, and will determine the 2014 football champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

FIRST Robotics Competition

The FIRST Championship (and by extension, the FRC championships), which has been held at a large scale venue since 1995, has been held at Epcot Center in Orlando, Reliant Park in Houston, the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, and the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.

GSU Sports Arena

The pop band *NSYNC held a charity basketball game in 2000 before the Georgia Dome hosted Super Bowl XXXIV.


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