<P> During a January 10, 2013 press conference, Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed expressed his optimism and confidence in the construction of the new stadium; he also mentioned the possibility of the new stadium helping the city compete for its first Major League Soccer team . </P> <P> 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, 11--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 . On May 21, 2013, the NFL approved a $200 million loan to the Falcons organization for the purpose of building the stadium . </P> <P> On June 18, 2013, it was announced that the Falcons have completed a full conceptual design of the proposed new stadium, and that they have secured the initial approval to proceed with the schematic design phase . According to Doug Farrar's Shutdown Corner, "The stadium will seat approximately 70,000 people, with 180 luxury suites and 7,500 club seats ." The main agency involved will be 360 Architecture, partnered with three other architectural firms . </P> <P> Arthur Blank indicated the groundbreaking of the stadium would be conducted the last week of March 2014 . Just after Martin Luther King, Jr . Drive was closed permanently, the Mount Vernon Baptist Church held its last Sunday service on March 9 before the historic church was demolished . Due to legal issues surrounding the issuing of bonds, the stadium did not break ground in March 2014 . Instead the ground was officially broken in a ceremony led by Mayor Kasim Reed on May 19, 2014 . </P>

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