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HEERY AND HEERY: FINCH, ALEXANDER, BARNES, ROTHSCHILD, AND PASCHAL
Associated Architects
The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor of Atlanta
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia
Surte 700
14.30 West Peachtree Sitreet,.N LE.
Adana, Georgia 30309
AODAMKEFIA-FEI ID
April 10, 1967
Re: Atlanta Stadium Dome
Dear Ivan:
As you requested, we have over the past few months made an
extensive study of the possibilities for a removable roof
for Atlanta Stadium,
Working with Birdair Structures, Inc., we have now developed
a design for an air-supported "umbrella" roof dome that
Birdair believes can be put up or taken down in only three
hours.
This roof would be lifted into place by a 300-ft. high
telescoping mast in the center of the field, which would
then retract into a missile-type "silo," leaving the stadium
covered and ready for use. We submit herewith slides and
drawings illustrating the system.
Rough preliminary estimates indicate that the roof system
and mast, including the air-support equipment and a venti-
lation system, would probably cost between $14 and $2
million. However, the present field lighting system would
have to be modified, thereby making the total cost of the
roof, its support systems, lighting modifications, and
other work on portal vestibules, etc., possibly as high
as $4 or $5 million. However, a side benefit of the light-
ing modifications could be the raising of light levels to
new requirements for night color television for football.
As you will recall, all other types of dome structures and
mechanical systems proposed in the past have been estimated
at $15 to $18 million.
HEERY AND HEERY- FINCH, ALEXANDER, BARNES, ROTHSCHILD, AND PASCHAL
The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
April 10, 1967
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This new approach would not only be less objectionable aes-
thetically, but could be utilized as a permanent-type roof,
should the Authority subsequently find it desirable to
install a heating and air conditioning system and plan to
leave the roof in place for extended periods of time or
permanently. The probable cost for a heating and air con-
ditioning system for the stadium would run between $5 and
$6 million, which would still give Atlanta a far better
bargain than the Houston stadium, which cost some $38 mil-
lion and is substantially smaller in both seating capacity
and dimension than the Atlanta Stadium,
We believe that this design may be an answer to your desire
to assure fans traveling to Atlanta Stadium from cities
throughout the Southeast that scheduled events will be
played on the scheduled dates.
Sincerely yours,
HEERY AND HEERY - FINCH ALEXANDER BARNES ROTHSCHILD & PASCHAL
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