Exhibit 99.1
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                                                     ATC Contact: Anne Alter
                                                  Director of Investor Relations
                                                     Telephone: (617) 375-7500

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

             American Tower Corporation Prices Senior Note Offering
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Boston, Massachusetts   January 25, 2001  - American Tower Corporation (NYSE:
AMT) announced that it has agreed to sell $1,000,000,000 principal amount of its
9 3/8% Senior Notes due 2009 through an institutional private placement.  As
announced on January 17, 2001, the Company initially sought to raise
approximately $350,000,000 in this offering.  The closing of the offering is
subject to the consent of a majority of the lenders under the Company's credit
facilities, and is expected later this month.  The Company expects to use the
net proceeds from the offering to finance the construction of towers, to fund
acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.

This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to
buy any of the notes.

The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or any state securities laws, and are being offered only to qualified
institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act.  Unless
so registered, the notes may not be offered or sold in the United States except
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act and applicable state securities laws.