who paid for the new atlanta falcons stadium
Mercedes-Benz Stadium On March 7, 2013, the Atlanta Falcons and the city of Atlanta agreed to build the new downtown stadium. The maximum public contribution for the project is $200 million, coming from the hotel-motel tax in Atlanta and unincorporated Fulton County. The Atlanta City Council officially approved the stadium on March 19, 2013. The council voted, 11â€“4, in favor of the use of city hotel-motel taxes to pay $200 million toward construction costs and potentially several times that toward costs of financing, maintaining and operating the stadium through 2050.[35] On May 21, 2013, the NFL approved a $200 million loan to the Falcons organization for the purpose of building the stadium.[36]