PHOTOS: Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank through the years

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PHOTOS: Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank through the years

Falcons owner Arthur Blank.

The Atlanta Falcons gave a preview of food set for the new Mercedes Benz Stadium on Wednesday. Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, right, and Falcons President Rich McKay earlier this year unveiled a plan to buck sports-industry tradition by sharply reducing prices on some popular food and beverage items at the new venue. BRANT SANDERLIN/BSANDERLIN@AJC.COM

Home Depot CEO Bernie Marcus (left) and co-founder Arthur Blank are shown in the company boardroom on Wednesday, May 28, 1997.

Home Depot chief executives Arthur Blank (left) and Robert Nardelli at the new McDonough store where they took part in an employee broadcast on Jan. 2, 2001.

Arthur Blank (left) and Bernie Marcus before the Home Depot annual shareholder meeting in the Cobb Galleria Center on Thursday, May 24, 2007.

Blank talks with Falcons quarterback Michael Vick as the the final seconds tick off the clock during a loss to Seattle during the 2005 season.

Blank shares a laugh with quarterback Michael Vick at training camp in Flowery Branch on July 28, 2006.

Blank stands in line during his induction ceremony for the International Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site on Friday, Jan 28, 2011.

Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff and Blank share a laugh on the first day of practice after signing Matt Ryan to a five-year extension on July 25, 2013, in Flowery Branch.

Blank participates in a panel discussion layout out the plans, design and construction of the proposed new Falcons stadium during an event at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on Wednesday August 28, 2013.

Blank walks the sidelines past Matt Ryan in the final minutes of a 30-23 loss to the Patriots on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013.

Blank celebrates the Falcons' playoff win over the Seattle Seahawks Sunday January 13, 2012. Unfortunately Falcons fans haven't had much to cheer about since.

In this September 2014 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter (left) shared a smile with Angie Macuga, who’s now married to Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank (right), before their game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Falcons owner Arthur Blank and then-girlfriend Angie Macuga host actor Samuel L. Jackson in Blank'sbox during the first half of the Falcons and Saints NFL "Thursday Night Football" game on Nov. 21, 2013, in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON /staff CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Arthur Blank purchased the Falcons in 2002.

January 1, 2017, Atlanta: Former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and owner Arthur Blank greet each other and exchange hugs on the sidelines before the Falcons play the Saints on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

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The Atlanta Falcons gave a preview of food set for the new Mercedes Benz Stadium on Wednesday. Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, right, and Falcons President Rich McKay earlier this year unveiled a plan to buck sports-industry tradition by sharply reducing prices on some popular food and beverage items at the new venue. BRANT SANDERLIN/BSANDERLIN@AJC.COM

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