The construction of Mercedes-Benz Stadium remains within its $1.4 billion budget despite almost $100 million in change orders by the Falcons, according to a status report prepared for a state agency.
The latest report by Heery International, which represents the Georgia World Congress Center Authority in the construction project on its downtown campus, said the Falcons’ stadium company “has issued change orders” to general contractor Holder Hunt Russell Moody “in the cumulative amount of $98.5 million for various scope changes.”
The report said the changes have been “funded by project contingency” funds in the budget. The “total project cost (is) still projected to be $1.