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There are only a few hours left before the MLS All-Star Game in 2018. The US All-Star Team will face tonight (7:30 pm ET, UniMás) at Juventus FC, one more teams winners in the history of world football. A meeting at the highest level, to be held in an incomparable setting: the Mercedes-Benz stadium in the city of Atlanta.
The mass of steel and crystal – inaugurated in the middle of last year – is an attraction in itself, in the spectacular program of activities related to this transcendent game of stars.
The Mercedes-Benz Stadium is the "Player Number 12" of Atlanta United FC, one of the greatest sensations of Major League Soccer since its official team debut in 2017
Details that make the Mercedes-Benz stadium a special place
Aiming to break records: the stadium that Atlanta United FC shares with the Atlanta Falcons team of the NFL, is valued at $ 1.2 billion, and hosted the first match of the MLS on Saturday September 9, 2017, in a meeting between the local and FC Dallas. Since then, the entire "Five Groups" has only broken several brands of public assistance in the North American league. On July 15 – in a match between Atlanta United and Seattle Sounders – there were 72,243 fans together, the new Major League Soccer record.
Opened or indoors, but with the most modern technology: one of the many architectural wonders of the Mercedes-Benz stadium is its retractable roof, which has become one of the features of the complex. As much as it is the circular digital table (known as the "halo"), which at 360 degrees allows complete visibility of the game and all the necessary information to follow it. If it could be laid flat, the screen would measure more than 335 meters long, besides it would have a height of nearly 18 meters and a weight of 500 tons.
Art, inside and outside the court: in the MLS All-Star Game, the players of Juventus and the US first division will have take care to nurture the spirit of the thousands of fans who will arrive at the stadium. But when entering or leaving, attendees can take advantage of the large number of contemporary art works (over 180) that adorn the Mercedes-Benz stadium and its surroundings. Among the most notable are "Observe & Reverse", an installation of Guatemalan artist Darío Escobar, made with footballs, and "Rise Up", a gigantic sculpture of a falcon of more 12 meters and 33,000 kilos.
Not only "live" football: The Mercedes-Benz stadium also hosts two of the most important college football matches: the Peach Bowl and the Celebration Bowl. In 2019, this will be the stage where the NFL Super Bowl LIII will be played, and in 2020, it will host the NCAA Final Four.
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