Mercedes-Benz Stadium GM Says New Falcons Facility To Be Ready By Early August

Mercedes-Benz Stadium GM Scott Jenkins yesterday said that the building is 90% done and "expects the stadium to be completed in early August, in time for its new scheduled opening date of Aug. 26" for a Cardinals-Falcons preseason game, according to Jonathan Landrum Jr. of the AP. Jenkins said the stadium is "looking great." Jenkins: "The bulk of the building is done. The big feature is the operable roof and that's the hardest piece to do. It's a gigantic structure that moves. So we're finishing up the steel erection for that. Right now, we are putting the last pieces of the tips of the operable petals. Then we'll do the video board and finish the field." He added, "We are getting near the end" (AP, 4/25).