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The Atlanta Falcons were officially established on the 30th of June 1965 when NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle forced the city to choose between rival leagues. Rankin Smith purchased the franchise for $8.5 million, which stood as the highest price ever paid for an NFL team at that time.
Miss Julia Elliott, a school teacher from Griffin, won the contest to name the team on the 29th of August 1965. She described the bird as proud, dignified, and deadly, which became the official nickname for the organization.
Dan Reeves led the Atlanta Falcons to their greatest success during the 1998 season with a franchise-best 14, 2 regular-season record. The team won the NFC West division championship and advanced to Super Bowl XXXIII where they lost to the Denver Broncos by a score of 34, 19.
Billionaire Home Depot co-founder Arthur M. Blank reached a preliminary agreement to purchase the team from Taylor Smith for $545 million on the 6th of December 2001. NFL owners unanimously approved the deal during a special meeting prior to Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans on the 2nd of February 2002.
The Atlanta Falcons have played at three venues including the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium until 1991 and the Georgia Dome through the 2016 season. The organization moved into the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in late summer of 2017 which features a retractable roof design.