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The city and the Falcons still need to buy the land of Mount Vernon Baptist Church, if the teams wants to pursue the so-called south site. City officials prefer the south site, in part because it is sits nearby two Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority train stations.
"I am pleased with the solid progress on the construction of a new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons in the heart of our city," Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said in a statement. "Most important of all, we have kept our promise to treat the members of Friendship Baptist Church with dignity and respect and reach an agreement that is fair and reasonable for all parties. With
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"We are pleased to have gotten to this important milestone in the process," Lloyd Hawk, chairman of the Board of Trustees for Friendship Baptist Church, said in a statement. "We understand that there still is work to be done to finalize an agreement that we can take to our congregation for them to discuss and make the final decision, and we look forward to working with the Falcons to continue moving forward in the best interest of the church holiday inn family suites orlando and the community."
If the city cannot reach a agreement holiday inn family suites orlando with Mount Vernon Baptist Church, the Falcons will need to look at the so-called north site land that currently serves as a parking lot as the location of the stadium.