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| Sunday | | September 19, 2010 |
| | Atlanta Falcons | | Arizona Cardinals |
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| | Atlanta Falcons | | San Francisco 49ers |
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| | Atlanta Falcons | | Cincinnati Bengals |
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| | Atlanta Falcons | | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
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| Thursday | | November 11, 2010 |
| | Atlanta Falcons | | Baltimore Ravens |
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| | Atlanta Falcons | | Green Bay Packers |
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| | Atlanta Falcons | | New Orleans Saints |
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| | Atlanta Falcons | | Carolina Panthers |
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| Ticket Information updated as of 09/10/10 |
| Next Date:08/13/10 |
Next Venue: Georgia Dome |
| Inventory Statistics for all tickets available on this website as of 09/10/10 |
| Date Range: 08/13/10 - 01/02/11 |
Count of Event Dates: 165 |
| Available Listings: 1465 |
Available Tickets: 8078 |
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The date June 30, 1965, always will be remembered as both a termination and a commencement in the history of Atlanta sports. For on that day the end came to the many and disparate struggles to place a professional football team in the Southeast's key metropolis. At the same time the Atlanta Falcons were born and began a storied tenure in the National Football League.
All that had gone before—the successes (an $18 million stadium to play in) and the near-misses (aborted attempts to place other franchises in the city)— was set aside for the immediate business of fielding a team in little over a year's time.
Prime mover in this task was Rankin Smith, a young insurance executive who had controlling ownership of the Falcons.
Virtually unknown to the general public before that June day, Smith immediately endeared himself to aficionados of the sport by asking a choice rhetorical question at a press conference following his acquisition of the franchise: "Doesn't every adult male in America want to own his own football team?" Not every adult male American has the wherewithal to swing such a deal, but it was comforting to hear that a man is capable of dreams like those of any other guy.
The day's proceedings threw the city into a happy delirium unequaled in the history of football. By the time Smith got back to his insurance office 24 hours later, there had been over 1,000 phone calls for tickets. He had to push his way through stacks of mail. By August, when a contest was completed which resulted in the nickname Falcons, a few of the avid fans even had come to blows in defense of what they believed their adopted team should be called. Several persons suggested the name "Falcons" in a contest, but a school teacher from nearby Griffin, Miss Julia Elliott, was selected winner because of her reasons: "The falcon is proud and dignified, with great courage and fight. It never drops prey. It is deadly and has a great sporting tradition."
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