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Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. Capacity 75,000. Opened 2017.

Capacity
75,000
Opened
2017
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Dome
Elevation
1,010 ft
College GameDay
11 times

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2017 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Mercedes-Benz Stadium by season, 2017 to 202640k60k80k100k2017: 67,064 a game over 6 games; biggest 77,4302018: 63,231 a game over 4 games; biggest 77,1412019: 64,345 a game over 4 games; biggest 78,3472020: 15,911 a game over 2 games; biggest 16,5202021: 51,317 a game over 6 games; biggest 78,0302022: 65,602 a game over 5 games; biggest 79,3302023: 63,553 a game over 3 games; biggest 78,3202024: 66,392 a game over 6 games; biggest 78,8272025: 59,122 a game over 6 games; biggest 77,2472026: 55,068 a game over 1 games; biggest 55,068’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

Biggest crowds on file

79,330Ohio State at Georgia2022
78,827Clemson at Georgia2024
78,347Oklahoma at LSU2019
78,320Georgia at Alabama2023
78,030Georgia at Alabama2021

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

College GameDay here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Mercedes-Benz Stadium 11 times, first in 2017.

Jan 9, 2026Indiana 56, Oregon 22Inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Dec 6, 2025Georgia 28, Alabama 7Georgia World Congress Center – Building C
Jan 20, 2025Ohio State 34, Notre Dame 23Inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Dec 7, 2024Georgia 22, Texas 19Georgia World Congress Center – Building B
Dec 2, 2023Alabama 27, Georgia 24Georgia World Congress Center – Building B
Dec 31, 2022Georgia 42, Ohio State 41Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Dec 4, 2021Alabama 41, Georgia 24Georgia World Congress Center
Dec 7, 2019LSU 37, Georgia 10Georgia International Plaza
Dec 1, 2018Alabama 35, Georgia 28Georgia International Plaza
Jan 8, 2018Alabama 26, Georgia 23Centennial Olympic Park
Sep 2, 2017Alabama 24, Florida State 7Georgia International Plaza

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).

Recent games here

Sep 5, 2026Auburn 17, Baylor 16
Jan 9, 20261Indiana 56, 5Oregon 22
Dec 13, 2025South Carolina State 40, Prairie View A&M 38
Dec 6, 20253Georgia 28, 10Alabama 7
Nov 28, 20254Georgia 16, 23Georgia Tech 9
Aug 31, 202513South Carolina 24, Virginia Tech 11
Aug 30, 202524Tennessee 45, Syracuse 26
Jan 20, 20256Ohio State 34, 3Notre Dame 23
Jan 1, 20254Texas 39, 10Arizona State 31
Dec 14, 2024Jackson State 28, South Carolina State 7
Dec 7, 20245Georgia 22, 2Texas 19
Oct 19, 202412Notre Dame 31, Georgia Tech 13