Atlanta likely does not make the Top 10 when one thinks about the greenest cities in the US. That may well change once new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the stunning new techno- and sustainability-forward home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and MLS’ Atlanta United, opens in 2017. GreenSportsBlog recently talked with Scott Jenkins, the stadium’s General Manager, about its greenness and what that means for Atlanta and beyond.
Scott Jenkins has practically lived at the intersection of Green + Sports for the the past decade. He helped create the Philadelphia Eagles “Go Green” program in 2004 and then went on to become VP of Ballpark Operations of Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners, in 2006.