CONTINUING COVERAGE

Since talk of a new Falcons stadium surfaced more than two years ago, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has been committed to closely following the proposal for our readers. Our reporters covered the shifting funding plan and its effect on taxpayers, debate over the need for a new stadium and its potential location, and the political maneuvering involved in moving the project forward. Most recently the AJC examined the financial plan in detail, revealing for readers that the ultimate cost in hotel-motel tax dollars dedicated to the stadium could approach $900 million over the next three decades, far more than the $200 million committed to construction.