Einstein
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It truly is mind boggling. Why would you run horizontally when you need a few vertical inches?
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That situation was BEGGING for a play-action pass.
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Penalty (last week) benefiting the Chiefs Not a Penalty when it benefits the Falcons @GunnerBill can you explain this?
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Einstein replied to JÂy RÛßeÒ's topic in The Stadium Wall
Reading comprehension is such a lost art. I guess writing about investment numerous times in the first ever post is “slowly transitioning” over time 😂. My very FIRST post in this conversation. -
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Einstein replied to JÂy RÛßeÒ's topic in The Stadium Wall
You’re right, it’s 6 miles. I was going based off memory. Point remains - it’s triple the distance. -
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Einstein replied to JÂy RÛßeÒ's topic in The Stadium Wall
This is a classic case of seeing the symptom rather than the disease. Corporations didn’t headquarter in Atlanta because they liked the humid air and home-cooked chicken. They did so because they saw the investment there. Atlanta grew because people flock to jobs. Where are there jobs? Where businesses are. Where are there businesses? Where growth and investment is. Outside of Coke, which is headquartered in Atlanta simply because Dr. John Stith Pemberton lived there when he invented Coke, the other companies moved to Atlanta because of investment. UPS IN 1991. Home Depot in 1978. Chik-Fil-A in 1967. Newell in 2016. NCR in 2009. Chicken and the egg folks. Atlanta isn’t big because big companies go there. Big companies go there because Atlanta is big due to big investment. -
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Einstein replied to JÂy RÛßeÒ's topic in The Stadium Wall
What in the world are you talking about? Fulton County Stadium was 1.9 miles from where Mercedes Benz Stadium is right now. In downtown. Less than 2 miles. You can walk from the old Fulton County Stadium to Mercedes Benz in 20-30 minutes. Your comparison - The intersection of 190 and 90 - is over 11 miles from downtown Buffalo. You would need over 3 hours. 1.9 miles is no way similar to 11 miles. -
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Einstein replied to JÂy RÛßeÒ's topic in The Stadium Wall
You’re glossing over a critical piece of history. Fulton County Stadium and the events it hosted in the '60s and '70s put Atlanta on the sports map long before then. The 1966 MLB All-Star Game was a big deal and marked the city’s arrival on the national sports stage. You can’t just pretend that didn’t lay the groundwork for future developments. Not to mention Hank Aaron hitting his 715th home run in Atl, breaking Babe Ruth’s record. That moment was huge, not just for baseball, but for civil rights and the city’s identity. As for the "downtown" debate, you're splitting hairs. Fulton County Stadium was inside the city limits, close enough to downtown that it was part of the city's core sports infrastructure. Just because it wasn’t a stone’s throw from a skyscraper doesn’t mean it didn’t contribute to Atlanta’s urban growth. It’s also ironic considering you can’t even see a downtown building from OP. All that being said, and as I said on the last page, we all know that stadiums are not the sole reason for development. Obviously not. No one is arguing that. No need to create strawman arguments. We are stating that it is part of solution.
