ATLANTA - Falcons fans watching from home will be waking up early Sunday morning for a little history. A tlanta faces the Indianapolis Colts in Berlin, Germany , in what will be the first regular-season NFL game ever played at the city’s Olympic Stadium.

Kickoff is 9:30 a.m. Eastern on FOX 5 Atlanta.

Falcons in Berlin

What we know:

Olympiastadion Berlin, originally built for the 1936 Summer Olympics, provides a dramatic stage unlike any NFL venue. Its open oval design means wider camera shots, louder echoes, and a bit more distance between the stands and the field, something viewers will notice right away.

The sold-out crowd is expected to include fans wearing jerseys from nearly every NFL team. Germany’s fan base has made each international game feel like a soccer championship,

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