Downtown’s Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park ... which hosted the Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Flames until it was demolished in 1997 and replaced by what it now known as State Farm Arena.

The Flames played in the former Omni Coliseum from 1972 to 1980 before relocating to Calgary. The Thrashers were at what is now State Farm Arena, also in downtown Atlanta, ...

After the Flames and Thrashers failed to draw consistently at two downtown facilities — the Omni and Philips Arena, respectively — the county, about a 45-minute drive northeast of Atlanta and ...

The Flames played at the Omni, while the Thrashers took the ice at what is now known as State Farm Arena — a 17,000-seat facility built on the Omni site after the original arena was torn down.

However, the Flames relocated to Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1980 after attendance issues. In 1999, the NHL returned to Atlanta as the Atlanta Thrashers began play in 1998-99. Unfortunately, this ...

Atlanta also had the Flames from 1972-80 before moving to Calgary. ... The Forsyth County Commission approved agreements for a $3-billion project that includes construction of an NHL-ready arena.

An arena plan in Atlanta that could attract an NHL expansion team is progressing in planning Atlanta had two NHL teams before: the Flames (1972-1980) and the Thrashers (1999-2011) ...