What year is the 52nd season for the Atlanta Falcons and when the Georgia Dome open?
2017 Atlanta Falcons season The 2017 Atlanta Falcons season is the franchise's 52nd season in the National Football League and the third under head coach Dan Quinn. They enter the season as the defending NFC champions and will try to defend their title for a second consecutive trip to the Super Bowl after losing the previous year against the Patriots in Super Bowl LI. This is the Falcons' first year in Mercedes-Benz Stadium after spending the previous 25 seasons in the Georgia Dome, which is currently under demolition and scheduled to be imploded on November 20, 2017. While Mercedes-Benz Stadium opened as scheduled on August 26, 2017, the roof will remain in the closed position for at least its first month of operation while contractors continue to fine tune the roof.
2015 Georgia State Panthers football team The 2015 Georgia State Panthers football team represented Georgia State University (GSU) in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers were led by third-year head coach Trent Miles and played their home games at the Georgia Dome. The 2015 season was the Panthers' third in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 6–7, 5–3 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place. They became bowl-eligible for the first time in program history and were invited to the inaugural Cure Bowl where they lost to San Jose State.