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Georgia Dome facts: \n · The Dome's total development cost was $214 million.\n· A total of 8,300 tons of reinforced steel was used to construct the Dome. That is more than the weight of iron and steel used in the Eiffel Tower.\n· A 437-mile sidewalk, from Atlanta to Cincinnati, could be built from the 110,000 cubic yards of concrete used at the Dome.\n· The building covers 8.9 acres and contains 1.6 million square feet on all seven levels.\n· The 290-foot high roof is composed of 130 Teflon-coated fiberglass panels - 69 tons of fabric covering 8.6 acres. That is enough area to shade (golf) holes 3, 6, 13 and 16 at the Atlanta Country Club. The roof spans 615 feet at its widest point and 750 feet at its longest point. The roof's supporting cable totals 11.1 miles! It is as tall as a 27-story building and taller than the "Great Gasp" (225 feet) at Six Flags Over Georgia (an amusement park).\nCapacity: \n· There are 203 executive suites and 4,600 club seats. The Dome's permanent seating capacity is 71,500.\n· The Dome has three times the code-required number of restrooms - all are accessible to guests with disabilities.\n· A pair of C-5 military transport planes could fit on the Georgia Dome's floor, which contains 102,000 square feet of prime exhibition space. \nUtilities: \n· 798 lighting fixtures in the roof structure provide lighting.\n· The four, 1,250-ton air conditioning units in the Georgia Dome generate enough power to cool 1,666 homes.\n· 532 television monitors are scattered throughout the stadium. There are also two 19 feet by 26 feet Sony Jumbotron screens (one at each end of the stadium).\n· To supply soft drinks and beer to dispensers, thousands of liquid lines wind through the stadium. These include 32,952 feet of lines (the length of 109 football fields) to feed beer to hundreds of dispensers throughout the building.\nSource: www.atlanta.net