Arthur Blank to match fan donations up to $1 million for Hurricane Harvey relief

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, wearing a team color bright red jacket, chuckles while asked a question about his dancing while holding his only media availability in Houston for the Super Bowl during a news conference at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Blank has danced in the locker room and on stage with his players on their march to the Super Bowl. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, wearing a team color bright red jacket, chuckles while asked a question about his dancing while holding his only media availability in Houston for the Super Bowl during a news conference at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Blank has danced in the locker room and on stage with his players on their march to the Super Bowl. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

To assist in the Houston area recovery effort, Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United owner Arthur Blank will match up to $1 million for each fan donation made to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.

The donations will be matched by Blank through The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and will go toward helping those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

"(Blank) has called on fans and supporters of both clubs to join the relief effort for those affected by the unprecedented flooding and devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey,"  Blank's donation page reads. "Through The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Blank will match fan contributions up to $1 million when relief effort donations are made through this page."

Fans who wish to have dontations matched by Blank should contribute through Blank's donation page on the American Red Cross' website.