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The nickname " Thrashers ", after Georgia's state bird, the brown thrasher, was selected from a fan poll.

" Thrashers " had actually been runner-up to " Flames " in the poll ( as a homage to the old Atlanta Flames ), and Philips Arena, the Thrashers ' new home, was built on the site of the former Omni, which had been home to the Flames.

By coincidence, the first encampment ( circa 1839 ) which would later become Atlanta was called Thrasherville, and a historical marker of this is located just down from the arena in front of the State Bar of Georgia ( the former home of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta ).