The Atlanta Falcons' home, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, is believed to be the first professional sports venue to implement drone technology to clean the stadium beginning after the team's Oct. 11 game against the Carolina Panthers.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium officials said Thursday morning that no other stadium has yet to use such technology. The 71,000-seat stadium, which has not hosted fans for the first two home games because of the coronavirus pandemic, will welcome back a limited capacity beginning Oct. 11. (The stadium hosted about 500 family members, friends and associates for a test run during Sunday's Bears-Falcons game.