ATLANTA - Georgia Dome (71,228)

[coren]

I'm looking forward to Sundays game as it will be the first time in years I've made the trip to the Georgia Dome. Hopefully I'll be surrounded by 70,000 dissappointed Falcons fans.

[gugasounds]

I really like Georgia Dome, in my opinion the best dome in the NFL.

[en1044]

ill be here shortly to see my Hokies take on Tennessee

[Fangorn Fog]

Well its been released but not officially announced till later in the week, Wrestlemania 27 will be hosted by the Georgia Dome for the first time in its history. This is perfect as it beat Miami Gardens/Landshark stadium (since Florida got WM 24), then they can have WM28 at Lucas Oil, 20 years after The Hoosier Dome had it. Hopefully New Dallas Cowboys Stadium for 29, then back to MSG for the 30th edition.

Btw, has the Georgia Dome had wrestling since WCW?

[GunnerJacket]

Originally Posted by Fangorn Fog

Well its been released but not officially announced till later in the week, Wrestlemania 27 will be hosted by the Georgia Dome for the first time in its history. This is perfect as it beat Miami Gardens/Landshark stadium (since Florida got WM 24), then they can have WM28 at Lucas Oil, 20 years after The Hoosier Dome had it. Hopefully New Dallas Cowboys Stadium for 29, then back to MSG for the 30th edition.

Btw, has the Georgia Dome had wrestling since WCW?

Can't answer that for you, as I find the charade insulting, but wouldn't be surprised. I know Phillips Arena has hosted some of that stuff.

Seriously, how people can take to this over boxing or MMA is beyond me.

[jay stew]

Originally Posted by Fangorn Fog

Btw, has the Georgia Dome had wrestling since WCW?

WWF hosted a few shows there in the early 2000s.

[RaiderATO]

Originally Posted by GunnerJacket

Seriously, how people can take to this over boxing or MMA is beyond me.

I look at it like a soap opera. It's all entertainment with no attempt at refuting any claims that its fake. Just like The Young and The Restless.

[soup or man]

Originally Posted by GunnerJacket

Seriously, how people can take to this over boxing or MMA is beyond me.

Because they like it?

[Bobby3]

A noon press conference is planned at the Georgia Dome Monday. The event’s promoters say it “could deliver up to $50 million in economic impact to the city.”

That's great news for Atlanta.

No, I don't think the Georgia Dome has hosted wrestling since WCW was bought by Vince.

And as far as choosing wrestling over boxing or MMA, I wasn't aware they competed directly. Most wrestling fans I know also watch MMA. They don't see the wrestling as a legitimate athletic competition, in fact, the biggest mistake you can make about most wrestling fans is to assume they do. 95% of wrestling fans are smart to the business and realize it's a work. They're just able to put that aside and enjoy the entertainment aspect. The answer to how they can watch it is this: They don't take everything so seriously and simply enjoy it for what it is, a show.

[GunnerJacket]

Originally Posted by Bobby3

... the biggest mistake you can make about most wrestling fans is to assume they do. 95% of wrestling fans are smart to the business and realize it's a work.

I don't know of anyone but the youngest fans who understand it's a farce, that's what makes it all the more absurd to me. How you get so jacked up over an athletic competition that's so unreal?

It's also why the oft-made comparison to MMA or boxing: pro "wrestlers" are avowing their toughness and fans are championing their heroes as such brute pugilists. Hence, all the more reason to say "Drop the charade and let's see them really fight!"

They're just able to put that aside and enjoy the entertainment aspect. The answer to how they can watch it is this: They don't take everything so seriously and simply enjoy it for what it is, a show.

I'm not disputing that WWE is popular. All credit to the company for making such money. I simply think that it's another example of catering to the lowest common denominator (which the US excels at). We make celebrities out of Octo-mom and Jerry Springer, so clearly tawdry distractions from reality are what sells in this nation.

[Bobby3]

I won't dispute that, sex and trash (both of which Vince McMahon loves to tap into in his product) sell like hot cakes in America.

[Aka]

Originally Posted by GunnerJacket

I don't know of anyone but the youngest fans who understand it's a farce, that's what makes it all the more absurd to me. How you get so jacked up over an athletic competition that's so unreal?

Don't you like to watch a fight on a movie? Don't you pay to watch that movie (don't answer! )

[GunnerJacket]

Originally Posted by Aka

Don't you like to watch a fight on a movie? Don't you pay to watch that movie (don't answer! )

I'm assuming (hoping!) you're being sarcastic in this analogy.

[Aka]

Not really. Watching a wrestling show is like going to the movies, going to the theatre, either you like the show or not. What's the big difference? Because wrestling is live? Well... a play is also live.

Yes, most of the crowd knows that is fake, yet you're trying to convice me that you never supported a character when watching a movie? And if you did why? Because that character is real? Of course not.

And don't people buy merchandising from movies, series or characters that they like? How come if none of that is real?

(If people were that retarded they wouldn't support the evil guys like they usually do in wrestling, right? )

[GunnerJacket]

Originally Posted by Aka

Not really. Watching a wrestling show is like going to the movies, going to the theatre, either you like the show or not. What's the big difference? Because wrestling is live? Well... a play is also live.

I'll concede the correlation between audiences accepting that it is all production - In their own way WWE fans are watching more theatre than sport. But there are discernable differences, as well. If you take away the over-the-top, stylized gore and violence films that are of the same machismo vein as WWE then the violence depicted in films is an attempt to realistically portray true violence. No super human crap but honest pain, aka Saving Private Ryan instead of Avatar. Further, movies supposedly provide further story wherein the violence is but a part. Conversely pro wrestling is all about the violence, but then diffuses the actual violence so as to enable a repeating, simplistic passion play free from any sense of plot.

I get what you're saying though, and suggest we refrain from further tangents. Cheers



In actual Georgia Dome news, Arthur Blank is once again revisiting the issue of further renovations to improve the facility's Super Bowl worhtiness. As many owners and NFL wonks gather in Miami for this year's event a lot of talk is being had about the increasing costs of hosting. Blank and ATL want in, but thus far it appears they're remaining a fringe candidate.

[Aka]

Originally Posted by GunnerJacket

I'll concede the correlation between audiences accepting that it is all production - In their own way WWE fans are watching more theatre than sport. But there are discernable differences, as well. If you take away the over-the-top, stylized gore and violence films that are of the same machismo vein as WWE then the violence depicted in films is an attempt to realistically portray true violence. No super human crap but honest pain, aka Saving Private Ryan instead of Avatar. Further, movies supposedly provide further story wherein the violence is but a part. Conversely pro wrestling is all about the violence, but then diffuses the actual violence so as to enable a repeating, simplistic passion play free from any sense of plot.

I get what you're saying though, and suggest we refrain from further tangents. Cheers

Well, from what I can tell what you most dislike about wrestling is actually the plot. I believe that's just a mather of the taste of each one of us. There are people who love romance, others like thrillers, and there's always the ones who just want to see action. Wrestling fans like what they watch, the same way you like some sports but hate other.

Even so, wrestling (especially WWE and TNA) do have plots. I mean, if you pay more attention you'll notice that wrestling has arcs: RAW is more about the storyline and the creation of a rivalry that will have its major and final bout on a PPV.

Does the plot suck? Yes. Is it a neverending story? Yes. Is it all the same thing but with different people? Yes. Is acting terrible? Hell yeah! Yet, it has a story that ends with a huge coreographed battle where you don't know how the end's gonna be (and we know that usually doesn't happen in action movies). Let those wrestling fans appreciate that.

I watch Portuguese football, it's more scripted than wrestling and I don't care. :x

Cheers!

[nomarandlee]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_yl...alcons-stadium

Falcons looking for new home in Atlanta
By CHARLES ODUM, AP Sports Writer
42 minutes ago

ATLANTA (AP)—Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay says the team wants a new stadium.

McKay says the Falcons are hoping to have a new facility by 2015 to 2017.

Even if the Falcons get what they want, it appears the Georgia Dome isn’t going away.

Frank Poe, the executive director of the Georgia World Congress Center which manages the Georgia Dome, tells The Associated Press on Friday that the facility may be renovated but it won’t be torn down.

Poe says a new open-air stadium for the Falcons would complement, not replace, the Georgia Dome, which opened in 1992.
Poe says the Georgia Dome must be kept to draw such events as the Chick-fil-A Bowl, SEC championship game, 2013 Final Four and SEC basketball tournaments in 2011 and 2014.

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[en1044]

I've been to the Georgia Dome a few times now. This is ridiculous. The stadium seemed perfectly fine to me.

Im not sure that a time like this is really a good time to whine about wanting a new place to play.

[rantanamo]

I was trying to explain this on baseball fever. How long did the last generation of American stadiums last? ~30 years. Some much less. We think of the last 20 years as a stadium boom, but that's ridiculous and too long. Its much more indicative of an almost constant flow of new buildings.

[RaiderATO]

As an Atlanta native, I don't see the need for a new stadium for the Falcons.

All I've known (since I was 6) is the Falcons in the GA Dome. I'm even a huge fan of outdoor stadiums, and I can't even imagine them playing outdoors. . . This just seems ridiculous to me. I'd almost rather them build a new dome in the GA Dome's place than to have that kind of duplication (and have a new facility only used for 8 events a year).