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Mercedes-Benz purchases naming rights to new Falcons stadium, set to open in 2017

A company now owns the right to name the slick new Falcons stadium, which means my esteemed colleague Jason Kirk will probably not get the Stankonia Dome name he dream of.

Mercedes-Benz bought the naming rights to the new Falcons stadium, reports @breakground. http://t.co/vunsHt0ZTA

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The luxury car company is building new headquarters in Atlanta that are set to open at the same time as the stadium, making this kind of a natural move. What makes this particularly interesting is that Mercedes-Benz already owns the naming rights to another NFC South stadium, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome the hated New Orleans Saints play in.