This Sunday, some 75,000 people will fill the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta to watch the New England Patriots face off against the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII. For fans of architecture, the venue may just be as exciting as the big game itself.
Designed by HOK and completed in August 2017 (watch a time-lapse construction video below), the 2 million-square-foot facility is the world’s first LEED Platinum–certified professional sports stadium. Approximately 4,000 photo-voltaic panels supply power to the building and its surrounding parking lots, where electric vehicle connections are capable of charging almost 50 cars at one time. To mitigate flooding and conserve water, a 680,000-square-foot cistern can store 2 million gallons of rainwater. (The project sits at the top of the Proctor Creek watershed, just north of flood-prone downtown Atlanta.)
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