Mercedes-Benz Stadium (MBS) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Opened in August 2017 as a replacement for the Georgia Dome. The MBS is the home stadium of the Atlanta United FC (MLS) and Atlanta Falcons (NFL). It has a capacity of 71,000 seats and features a retractable roof and a giant circular video board. It also hosts major concerts and events.

The stadium is owned by the state government of Georgia through the Georgia World Congress Centre Authority, and operated by AMB Group, the parent organization of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United FC.

The stadium officially opened on August 26, 2017, with a Falcons preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals, despite the retractable roof system being incomplete at the time. Other events held at the MBS are the SEC football championship game and the Peach Bowl.

The MBS offers tours for visitors which include stops at the locker rooms, field, Window to the City, Skybridges, and Clubs.

Atlanta United Mercedes Benz Stadium
Atlanta United Hartsfield Jackson Airport

How to get to Atlanta

Atlanta is served by Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport which, since 1998 has held the title of Worlds Busiest Airport by Passenger Traffic. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic both fly direct and as it’s a Delta Airways Hub Airport, who codeshare with Virgin Atlantic, there are plenty of flight times to choose from when travelling from the UK.

If you’re already in the US and looking to travel to/from Atlanta, then you have the choice of most US domestic airlines including Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, American Eagle, Frontier Airlines, Jet Blue, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airways and WestJet.

Public Transport

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is the principal public transport operator in the Atlanta. The train runs from the Airport to Downtown Atlanta (20 mins) and beyond. Click here for the MARTA website.

The MARTA station is located at the domestic terminal, so you will need to catch the shuttle bus from the International Terminal which is located at Bus Stop 3 at the front of the Terminal. The journey takes about 13 minutes and drops off at the entrance to the Domestic Terminal and the MARTA station is just inside the doors. The Return is Bus Stop 1.

Atlanta MARTA Map
Atlanta City Map

Staying in Atlanta

Due to the amount of Conventions Atlanta hosts including being home to America’s Mart, there are plenty of options in the Downtown Area, from Airbnb and Sonder to Premium hotels, either booked directly or via one of the hotel reservation booking sites. It would be worth checking if any conventions are on for when you visit as it gets busy and the prices all rise accordingly.

Buckhead is an option for the price conscious and is a little further out, but on the MARTA route.

To get to the Downtown area from the airport, I prefer to use public transport, but Taxi’s, Uber or Lyft are available.

Atlanta United FC Tickets

The Atlanta United FC sell their tickets via Ticketmaster.

The official ticketing partner for the MLS is Ticketmaster.

Here are links to the main ticket resale sites. Click on the link, which will open up a new window, and you can compare the prices on the different ticket resell sites, bearing in mind that the prices shown are before the selling platform fees are added, so take time to have a read of my tips to Buying Tickets in North America.

I recommend downloading the team’s Mobile App to your phone as it contains much Gameday information for the stadium.

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