Heery among Finalists for Falcons Stadium Design

February 4,2013

As discussion heats up about how to fund a new $1 billion stadium for the Atlanta Falcons, work continues to select a lead architect.

Five architecture firms were announced Monday as finalists on the Georgia Procurement Registry:

360 Architects

Ewing-Cole

HKS Inc.

Populous + Shop

Tvsdesign/Heery/Gensler

Ten firms had responded to a request for qualifications late last year.

“Each finalist will now prepare a Design Services Proposal and formal presentation that will include the first conceptual designs for the project,” the Georgia World Congress Center Authority said in a statement. “Interviews will be scheduled in the next 30 days.”

A decision on a lead architect could come in February. “However, the schedule for the remaining process is still to be determined,” Richard Sawyer, project procurement director, said in an email.

Design fees could command 6 percent to 11 percent of the approximately $700 million construction budget, Sawyer said in an earlier interview.

The new stadium could be up to 1.8 million square feet, with seating for up to 80,000 fans. It would be built to meet the standards of the NFL, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Major League Soccer and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

-Courtesy, Atlanta Business Chronicle