$19.5 Million Deal Reached For Church Site For Falcons Stadium

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said Tuesday that city officials have reached a $19.5 million deal on behalf of the Falcons to buy Friendship Baptist Church, one of two churches key to the new Falcons stadium being built on the preferred “south site,â€￾ Katie Leslie of the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

The church must ratify the agreement with its congregation, said Reed, who then called upon the Georgia World Congress Center to re-open talks with Mount Vernon Baptist Church. His announcement comes days after the GWCCA said it walked away from negotiations with Mount Vernon after the church rejected a $6.2 million offer. Documents later revealed the state and church were $14 million apart in asking price.

“I think I’ve done enough in this process to ask that they try harder. Because that’s what folks ask me to do, right?â€￾ he said.

Mount Vernon is arguably the more crucial piece to the south site location as it sits on the proposed property.

Source: The Redzone

 

God has a price.

 

No sh!t! They finally made a deal? Good for the Falcons

 

Will those funds be used for the flock or for the new church in all it's opulence?

Poor parishioners want to know... :icon_rolleyes:

 

Surprised they agreed being the Church is about 150 years old.

 

Another site was out of the question?

 

i was under the impression church was football

 

City put up the 20 mil?

...and the taxpayers rejoiced, hallejuhah!

 

sPut 20 million into bettering the school systems? Nope! Buyin a church for a football team!