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Falcons' Arthur Blank Creates $1M Relief Fund for Stadium Workers Amid COVID-19

Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United FC owner Arthur Blank has created a $1 million emergency relief fund for Mercedes-Benz Stadium employees who have taken a financial hit because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The fund was announced Tuesday, per Eric Jackson of the Atlanta Business Chronicle, and will benefit associates and game-day workers by providing "assistance for the venue's event-based associates, including ones that work for third-party companies in Levy Restaurants and SAFE Management."

Mercedes-Benz Stadium is home to the Falcons and Atlanta United FC, so employees were affected when the Major League Soccer season was suspended March 12.