Atlanta hawks georgia dome. With a bold identity and strong new ownership led by principal owner tony ressler and vice chair of the board grant hill the atlanta hawks basketball club and state farm arena remain committed to making atlantans proud on the court and off. Due to the demolition of the omni the hawks played their home games at the georgia dome and their original home from 1968 to 1972 the alexander memorial coliseum known as mcdonalds center at the time. The georgia dome was a domed stadium located in atlanta georgia united states between downtown to the east and vine city to the west.
Atlantas very own world class sports and entertainment facility. The largest crowd in nba history 62046 fans filed into the georgia dome on march 27 1998 to watch michael jordan play his final game as a chicago bull in atlanta against the hawks. The official site of the atlanta hawks.
62046 fans flocked into the stadium to witness michael jordan lead the bulls to an 89 74 win. It came with just over a minute left with many in the record crowd of 62046 at the georgia dome scrambling down for better views. Its successor mercedes benz stadium was built adjacent to the south and opened on august 26 2017the georgia dome was demolished on november.
The 199798 nba season was the hawks 49th season in the national basketball association and 30th season in atlanta. The nbas atlanta hawks spent 1997 through 1999 in the georgia dome while philips arena was under construction. The hawks got off to a fast start winning their first eleven games.
Includes news scores schedules statistics photos and video. It is primarily the home stadium for the nfls atlanta falcons and the ncaa division i fcs later fbs georgia state panthers football team. On march 27 1998 the atlanta hawks hosted the chicago bulls in front of a record crowd at the georgia dome.