"The Falcons and the Authority have reviewed the Statements of Qualifications received in response to the RFQ, and the Authority has selected the following firms to be finalists and eligible for further consideration (listed alphabetically):" — Georgia Procurement Registry
the short list for the new Atlanta Falcons stadium was released yesterday. they are:
360 Architecture
Ewing-Cole
HKS Inc.
Populous + SHoP Architects
Tvsdesign/Heery/Gensler
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The Populous + Shop option would probably be nice, so we can safely assume they will not get the project.
My bet is on something bland from HKS.
I would say 'vote' but we Atlantans should know better by now. The billionaires will have us pay for the destruction of our city to make them rich off of an unnecessary stadium whether we like it or not. (*shakes fist at chair)
(*chair leg mysteriously breaks)
save - my sources say this one is populous' to lose. which could certainly happen, but they did the pre-design studies for the falcons. i actually find it more telling that they teamed with a 'design' firm to go after this one.
is this going to be taxpayer financed? spending a lot of money on something that essentially recirculates existing local dollars doesn't seem so great. I thought everyone learned their lesson this past decade.
Sadly, yes. About 1/3 of it will be taxpayer financed. And it will likely be located next to the existing and completely usable stadium. Possibly by bulldozing part of the "bluff" neighboorhoods, which is a poor, seedy part of town.
http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2013/01/23/so-about-that-new-stadium-deal-thats-in-the-works
I'm personally hoping the falcon owner, Blank, will make good on his LA threat. But I'm guessing its just to further solidify the new stadium here.
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/20756873/falcons-owner-la-wants-team
sssppppooorttss!
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