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- The Georgia Dome possesses the world’s largest cable-supported roof, measuring 235m by 186m. Further, it is the world’s first large-scale oval dome. Its cabling system and its shape give the roof a remarkable texture, a tent-like ambience with an almost Arabic air.
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The structure was located on 9.19 acres (3.72 hectares) of land; the Dome had a height of 271 ft (83 m), a structure length of 746 ft (227 m), a structure width of 607 ft (185 m), and a total floor area of 102,150 square feet (9,490 m 2).
Sep 5, 2017 · When the Georgia Dome opened, the roof assembly was the largest self-supported tensile structure in the world. The unprecedented fabric and metal construct allowed natural light to filter into the venue, and even more impressively, gave off a glow visible outside the venue at night.
Aug 4, 2006 · When the Georgia Dome opened in 1992, it was the world’s largest rigid cable-supported oval dome. The ceiling of the twenty-seven-story facility was made of a Teflon-coated fiberglass, and there was a five-story atrium in each of the building’s four corners.
840' Fast Facts: The Georgia Dome contains 110,000 cubic yards of concrete, enough to build a sidewalk from Atlanta to Cincinnati. The dome is as tall as a 29- story building, as tall as an...
Jan 1, 2010 · The Georgia Dome possesses the world’s largest cable-supported roof, measuring 235m by 186m. Further, it is the world’s first large-scale oval dome. Its cabling system and its shape give the roof a remarkable texture, a tent-like ambience with an almost Arabic air.
The world's largest cable dome, to be completed for the 1992 football season in Atlanta, will be the centerpiece of the 1996 Olympic Games. Spanning 766 ft x 610 ft (233.5 m x 186 m), it will be the first Hypar-Tensegrity Dome.
Home to the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons for 25 years, the massive Georgia Dome was unique among stadiums. It was the only venue ever constructed to host the Olympics, the NCAA Men’s Final Four and the Super Bowl (which it did twice).
