Question: What year did the new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons open in?
Context: Scott Allison Woerner (born December 18, 1958 in Baytown, Texas) is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints.  He played college football for the University of Georgia Bulldogs.  In the 1981 Sugar Bowl, Woerner intercepted a pass by the Notre Dame quarterback in the closing minutes of the game which sealed Georgia's national championship for that year.  He still holds several return records at the University of Georgia.  He had the most kickoff return yards (190) in a single game (vs. Kentucky, 1977).  He also holds the most punt return yards (488) in a season (1980).  Woerner was drafted in the third round of the 1981 NFL Draft by the Falcons.  He played for the Atlanta Falcons during that 1981 season.  In 1983,1984,and 1985 he played safety for the Philadelphia Stars of the short-lived United States Football League.  The Philadelphia Stars won 2 of the 3 USFL championships.  The "Sporting News" selected him as a USFL All-League player both of those seasons. The 1980 Atlanta Falcons season was the Falcons 15th season.  It was the first season division title in franchise history.  After a 3-3 start the Falcons went on a nine-game winning streak as Quarterback Steve Bartkowski has a career season passing for 3,544 yards while connecting on 31 Touchdown passes, as the Falcons won their first ever division Championship.  The Falcons, would earn home field throughout the playoffs.  Playing before 60,022 fans at Fulton County Stadium the Falcons lead the Dallas Cowboys 24-10 in the 4th Quarter.  However, the Cowboys would score 20 points to stun the Falcons 30-27. Grady Stadium is an Atlanta Public School football stadium located in Midtown Atlanta, south of Piedmont Park.  The stadium is one of two stadiums owned and managed by the Atlanta Public School (APS) system.  It is the only high school stadium in APS that is located on the campus of a high school.  The stadium was used as a training site for athletes during the 1996 Olympic Games, and occasionally hosts public practices for the Atlanta Falcons.  Grady stadium was designed by Richard Aeck, and is considered a masterpiece of modern engineering expression.  For the fall of 2009, Grady stadium was closed due to renovation.  All games were played at Lakewood Stadium and the Georgia Dome. The Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders are the cheerleading squad of the Atlanta Falcons.  The group performs a variety of moves during the Falcons home games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.  The squad debuted in 1969 as "The Falconettes".  The squad currently has 40 cheerleaders.  The tryouts for the squad are held annually at the Georgia World Congress Center in April, as well as the Arthur Blank Family Office.  Like many other squads, the squad also makes various appearances at events throughout Atlanta.  Other than the squad, fans could also hire Falcons mascot Freddie Falcon for appearances.  The squad also has a "Junior Cheerleader" Program for the squad's child counterparts.  The squad also releases an annual swimsuit calendar. Morris "Moe" Gardner, Jr. (born August 10, 1968) is a former professional American football defensive tackle in the National Football League.  He played six seasons for the Atlanta Falcons (1991–1996).  Moe Gardner graduated from Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, Indiana.  He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he went on to become a two-time consensus All-American in 1989 and 1990.  He was selected as the only active player named to Illinois' All-Century team in 1990 and ranks second in school history in career tackles for loss.  He was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year earning the honor in both 1989 and 1990.  He was also named as a finalist for both the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award.  Gardner was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in 1991.  1993 is arguably considered to be his strongest season.  That year, he recorded 128 tackles leading the Falcons’ defensive linemen and finishing second overall on the team. Mercedes-Benz Stadium is a multi-purpose retractable roof stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia.  The home of the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) and Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer (MLS), it replaced the adjacent Georgia Dome, the Falcons' home stadium for a quarter century, from 1992 through 2016. The Georgia Dome is a recently retired domed stadium in the southeastern United States, currently under demolition.  Located in Atlanta, Georgia, between downtown to the east and Vine City to the west, it was owned and operated by the State of Georgia as part of the Georgia World Congress Center Authority.  Its successor, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, was built adjacent to the south and opened in August 2017. Energi Viborg Arena (originally Viborg Stadion) is a football stadium located in Viborg, Denmark.  It is the home ground of Viborg FF and has a capacity of 9,566.  The stadium is part of Viborg Stadion Center and is owned by Viborg Municipality.  Since October 2011, it has been known as Energi Viborg Arena due to a sponsorship arrangement, giving naming rights to Energi Viborg, a regional energy group.  It was one of four venues for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, hosting three matches in Group B and a semi-final.  The old stadium from 1931 was torn down in 2001 to make room for a new stadium with 9,566 seats.  The new stadium came with covered seating and heating in the field.  The extensions around the new stadium was finished in 2007, and there was added ekstra standing places for both home and away team fans.  In 2008 two big screens were added to the new stadium.  Other uses have included hosting concerts with a capacity of 22,000 concertgoers. The Falcons–Saints rivalry is a divisional rivalry in the NFC South of the National Football League (NFL) between the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints.  The series is by far the oldest and most established rivalry in the division.  Founded one year apart, the Saints and Falcons were the first two NFL franchises in the Deep South (Washington, Dallas, and Miami being arguably southern but not in the "traditional" Deep South).  They have shared some important players, such as kicker Morten Andersen (the leading scorer in New Orleans history), Bobby Hebert (who quarterbacked for both teams in the 1990s), and Joe Horn (the Pro Bowl Saints receiver who left for the Falcons in 2007).  They have also drawn coaches from the same families, and even shared a head coach: recent Falcons coach Jim L. Mora is the son of longtime Saints coach Jim E. Mora, and former Falcons and Saints coach Wade Phillips is the son of former Saints coach Bum Phillips. The Atlanta Falcons are an American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia.  They are members of the South division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).  The Falcons joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1966 and have compiled an all-time record of 337 wins, 436 loses, and 6 ties.  The team has won the NFC West championship twice in 1980 and 1998 and the NFC South championship 4 times in 2004, 2010, 2012 and 2016.  The Falcons have appeared in two Super Bowls, losing both times; their first appearance was in Super Bowl XXXIII, with the Falcons falling to the Denver Broncos 19–34, and the second was in Super Bowl LI, where the Falcons fell to the New England Patriots 28–34 in overtime.
Answer: 2017