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By Jannah Bolds

Rolling on momentum from last week’s come-from-behind win over Dallas, the Atlanta Falcons collect another “W” over the Houston Texans today in the Dome.

Week four brought an astounding performance for Atlanta and nothing but confusion for Houston as they struggled to find a rhythm through the game’s entirety. The strong performance lead the Falcons to 243 passing yards and 135 rushing yardage. The Texans on the other hand, recorded more passing yards, 374 to be exact, but, were able to rush for only 54 yards.

Let me tell you what went wrong for the Texans, but leaned in favor of the Falcons at the end of the day; the inconsistency in Houston’s offense. Point. Blank. Period. That team was not in sync with each other the entire game. If it wasn’t one thing, it was another.

Although Houston’s passing yardage exceeded Atlanta’s, I think that’s it’s safe to say that the Texans need to straighten out their offensive issues ASAP and iron out their inconsistencies quarterback wise. Their starting QB, Ryan Mallett clearly struggled offensively and couldn’t seem to click with receivers the first three quarters on the field; completing with only 12 completions and one interception.

However, when the Texans made a QB switch with Brian Hoyer, the game changed. Well, let’s say this, either putting Hoyer in at QB was a key factor for the Texans’ offense, or the Falcons switched out to their second string defense. Either way, this resulted in the Texans putting points on the board and eliminating the possibility of a shut-out.

But nothing will top the highlight of the day, talk about the icing on the cake in the final seconds of the game, the Falcons’ defense come up with an 80-yard fumble return to tack on another six. The Atlanta offense didn’t bother with the extra point attempt, since the game had already concluded. That, to me, was one of those small signs of sportsmanship; good job Falcons.

Although it seemed like this was an easy win for Matt Ryan and his team, I’m sure the Atlanta coaches still found some assignments that were not met. So, the team will have a week to stay pumped before they meet the 2-2 Redskins October 11th at 1:00 pm in the Dome.

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New Stadium to generate $400 million for state-wide economics

By Jannah Bolds

With the nation’s economy in recovery, Atlanta Georgia plans to boost state-wide economics with construction of its newest rendition of The Georgia Dome.
The Peach State’s new $1.4 billion investment is projected to create over 4,500 employment opportunities, have a state-wide impact of more than $400 million, and will take nearly three years to complete.

“Invest Atlanta, along with the Arthur Blank Foundation will both commit $15 million to benefit surrounding areas including Vine City, English Avenue, Castleberry Hill, and other adjacent areas,” said Courtney Knight Invest Atlanta’s Managing Director of Redevelopment.

“Invest Atlanta’s contribution will come from the Westside Tax Allocation District (TAD),” Knight added.

Along with currently staffed employees, the new stadium will require more staff members due to its size, newer facilities, and state-of-the-art technologies backed by IBM.

Outside of the facility while construction is still brewing, the new stadium currently has 4,500 construction employees working to complete their task.

“We have joined with the Arthur Blank Foundation to create ‘Westside Works’. It is an organization that provides job training for individuals in surrounding communities,” said Knight.

Thus far, the organization has trained and employed over 4,000 local individuals and provided them with enough training for employment outside their current project.

“What we are trying to do is put a stake in the ground for the active development of the most challenging part of the city of Atlanta,” said Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed after an ACP meeting.

The city of Atlanta will not only have a new home for their National Football League team, the Atlanta Falcons, but will also have room for S.E.C. football, larger concerts, and Atlanta’s new Major League Soccer team. The dome will also feature large floor-to-ceiling windows facing the city skyline and a retractable roof to accommodate weather conditions.

“This will be a world-class entertainment center that can be used year around since it’s a closed facility,” said Knight.

Atlanta’s new dome is scheduled for completion in Spring 2017 and be ready for its first NFL kickoff that fall.