Mercedes-Benz Stadium Jobs and Venue Guide

Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta is one of the busier employers in the U.S. stadium business, and the reason is structural: it is a dual-tenant building. The Atlanta Falcons play roughly ten dates a year there, but Atlanta United FC play seventeen or more, and the venue stacks concerts, college football, and neutral-site championships on top. If you are looking for stadium work, that calendar matters more than the architecture — it is the difference between a dozen shifts a year and a genuine part-time income.

This page covers who hires at the venue, what the roles pay, when the hiring waves happen, and the venue background worth knowing before an interview.

Who employs you at Mercedes-Benz Stadium

There is no single “stadium job” here. The building splits its workforce across several employers, and applying to the wrong one is the most common mistake applicants make.

The large majority of event-day headcount sits with Levy, which runs food and beverage across the whole building — in-bowl stands, the club levels, the 180 suites, and the back-of-house kitchens. If you want volume of openings, that is where they are.

Roles and pay context

Georgia has no state minimum above the federal floor, so stadium hospitality pay in Atlanta is set by the market rather than by statute — and it sits well above $7.25. The figures below reflect what postings at this venue and comparable Atlanta venues have shown. Always confirm the rate in the official listing before you apply.

Two things to understand about the money. First, most roles are event-based rather than scheduled weekly, so what you earn in a year depends on how many events you pick up, not on the hourly rate alone. Second, premium roles with a gratuity component can out-earn a higher base rate in the bowl on a sold-out date — which is why experienced staff tend to migrate toward the club levels.

What Fans First pricing means for the people working the stands

Mercedes-Benz Stadium is the venue that broke stadium concession pricing. When it opened in 2017 it launched the “Fans First” menu: $2 hot dogs, $2 sodas with free refills, $3 pizza, $3 nachos, $5 beer. The prices have stayed conspicuously low by league standards, and the model has been copied elsewhere.

For staff the effect is counterintuitive. Cheap food did not mean less work — it meant far more of it. Per-capita spending rose because fans buy more, so stands move a much higher unit volume than the price point suggests. In practice:

• Lines move fast and rarely stop between kickoff and the fourth quarter.
• Restock cycles are tight, which puts runners and warehouse staff under more pressure than at a typical NFL venue.
• Free-refill soda stations bring the same guests back to the same stand all night.
• There is little upselling to do, so the job is throughput and accuracy rather than sales.

If you want a calmer shift, the club and suite levels are the place to be. If you want the busiest room in the building, take the 100-level stands.

The hiring calendar

Atlanta’s pattern is driven by two seasons overlapping:

• July–August — the biggest wave, ahead of Falcons preseason. Most new event staff are onboarded here.
• February — a second, smaller wave as the Atlanta United MLS season opens.
• September–December — peak overlap. Both tenants are in season, concerts fill the gaps, and operators are usually short-staffed. This is the easiest window to pick up extra shifts.
• December–January — short-notice supplemental hiring around neutral-site events such as the SEC Championship, the Peach Bowl, or a College Football Playoff game.
• June–July — the quietest stretch, with few events and minimal hiring.

Because the venue is a 2026 FIFA World Cup host site, tournament windows create demand well outside the normal pattern. See our guide to the U.S. host stadiums for how mega-event staffing differs from a regular season.

Getting to work

Worker logistics are a real part of the job, and they differ from the fan experience:

• The stadium sits at 1 AMB Drive NW, adjacent to the Georgia World Congress Center and a short walk from Centennial Olympic Park.
• MARTA rail serves the venue directly via the Vine City and GWCC/CNN Center stations. A large share of event staff commute that way, because driving downtown on an event day is slow and parking is priced for fans.
• Call times for food and beverage staff typically land four to five hours before kickoff, well before fan traffic builds.
• Release for in-bowl staff usually runs an hour or more after the final whistle, which matters if you are relying on the last train.

Venue background

Mercedes-Benz Stadium opened on August 26, 2017 as the replacement for the Georgia Dome, at a cost of about $1.6 billion. It was designed by HOK, and the retractable roof it is known for — eight triangular panels that open like a camera aperture, inspired by the oculus of the Roman Pantheon — takes roughly ten minutes to operate. Mercedes-Benz holds naming rights through 2042.

Fast facts

• Location: Atlanta, Georgia (1 AMB Drive NW)
• Teams: Atlanta Falcons (NFL), Atlanta United FC (MLS)
• Capacity: 71,000, expandable to 83,000
• Opened: August 26, 2017
• Cost: $1.6 billion
• Surface: FieldTurf
• Certification: LEED Platinum
• Premium seating: 180 suites, 7,500 club seats
• Hospitality operator: Levy Restaurants

Features worth knowing before an interview

• The Halo — a continuous 58-foot by 1,100-foot video board encircling the upper bowl, three times larger than any other NFL scoreboard when it opened.
• Five 95-foot transparent windows opening onto the Atlanta skyline.
• LEED Platinum certification, making it one of the greenest venues in professional sports.
• A premium program spanning 180 suites and 7,500 club seats — the part of the building where most experienced hospitality staff end up.

Major events hosted

• Super Bowl LIII (2019)
• College Football Playoff National Championship (2018, 2023)
• NCAA Men’s Final Four (2020)
• SEC Championship Game and the Peach Bowl
• MLS Cup Playoffs and regular-season Atlanta United matches
• Major concerts and international soccer

Levy’s program at the venue has repeatedly placed near the top of the NFL’s Voice of the Fan food and beverage survey — a useful thing to be able to reference if you interview for a premium role.

Related pages

• Operator profile: Levy Restaurants
• Live posting: Suites Runner at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
• All U.S. venues: stadium directory
• Background: how stadium hospitality contracts work