Downs, Billy (Photographer)United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Atlanta Journal-Constitution1971-06Newspaper caption attached to print verso: "Get Out the Basketballs. Atlanta's 16,5000-seat coliseum nest to the Techwood Viaduct is 20 per cent complete. Completion is expected within 15 months--giving the coliseum an opening date sometime in October 1972. The Atlanta Hawks professional basketball team will make the coliseum their home. It'll also be used for convention gatherings. (Staff photo--Billy Downs)." Caption date-stamped: Jun 11 1971 Constitution.image/jp2http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic ArchiveBuildingBuildingsOmni Coliseum (Atlanta, Ga.)Omni Coliseum under construction, 1971StillImage