“This is a one-of-a-kind building,” says Wayne Wadsworth, principal-in-charge for the general contractor, the Holder-Hunt-Russell-Moody Joint Venture (HHRM). The steel-framed roof, with its grand spans, long cantilevers, skewed connections and dynamic deflections, has been the most frustrating. One contractor likens its experience to a runner who ends the race limping-crawling maybe-across the finish line.
The demanding $1.5-billion project, nearly complete but delayed and over budget, has exhilarated, fatigued and tested the mettle of its building team-Hatfield included.
That’s why the company worked diligently to ensure that the enjoyable experience of the tens of thousands of guests anticipated for each event at Mercedes-Benz Stadium extends all the way to the restroom.ĪSI Group provided Phenolic Ultimate Privacy™ Partitions that were custom designed to match the Atlanta Falcons’ deep red color and provide guests with guaranteed privacy. It seems unremarkable to most people, but, trust me, you invite 70,000 people to your house and you get the bathrooms wrong - you’ve got a huge problem”…”That Toilet seat, is now just as important as your Super Bowl seat.”Īs Fleming reported, another one of his sources, Kathryn Anthony, an architecture professor at the University of Illinois and a board member of the American Restroom Association, described the restroom experience as one that “will make or break a fan’s experience at the Super Bowl.”ĪSI Group agrees with Jenkins and Anthony. So the functionality, the quantity, the aesthetics of your bathrooms is critical. “You add a restaurant or a walkway feature to the stadium, some people will use it, but everyone is going to use the restroom. In his article, Fleming quoted Mercedes-Benz Stadium GM Scott Jenkins as saying, The HOK-designed $1.5 billion stadium opened in August 2017, an architectural icon in the city’s impressive downtown skyline.Īmid its extensive post-game coverage of the Super Bowl, ’s NFL page featured a story by ESPN Senior Writer David Fleming detailing an important and little discussed aspect of watching a game live…the quality of stadium restrooms. The new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, home of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United, welcomed 75,000 fans to Super Bowl LIII in a beautifully designed and environmental friendly facility that is devoted to providing the ultimate fan experience. The ugly - and, yes, slightly gross - truth of stadium bathrooms. Quotations as published on the ESPN NFL Website Homepage Article, Fleming, D.