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.'. .:-~:.: . -:-- April 7 , 1967 iir • Beu Thomas Associated Press 61 5 North Street rew Orleans , Louisiana. Dear Ben : Somo members of the Lou isia na domed stadium authority are plann ing to visit At lanta on Apri_l _1_3 foT tie o pening o f t e B ves basebal l season . As I understan d it, they 1ill be guests of _!a 10:. !van A llen and will m ke an inspec tion of tho new Atlanta stadium . ,,. iaybe you ~ou~d be irtercsted in having '. your Atlanta bui!cau file sor: ething on this visit -- r 'eactions to t he stadium ~ compar i son o f tlanta- Iew Orleans needs , etc . for t h e state wire . I woul d i magine t he Atlanta Mayor's o ff ice is co-ordinating the visit and c ould help your people there . Atlanta architec ts for the stadium t her e aTe George T . Reary and Bi ll Fine~ , part ners in two fi rms which co-ventured desi gn of the stadi um and are als o double teaming the planni ~g of a new stad ium in Cincinnati . _ An interesti ng aspect o the Atlan ta stadium is t he fact that it was designed and built in under 21 mo nths as· 'compared with from four to six years for o ther ma jor new stadia . The architectura l team expects to bring in the Cincinnati stadium in from 22 t o 26 months. We will be happy to eup,ply any needed fi ll in data on either the Atlanta or Cincrnnati projects . Thanks . Sin9erely , C. A. Rogers CAR/ dwb ·i i �