The Georgia Department of Transportation is giving roughly $42 million to Cobb County for various projects, many of which are around the new Suntrust Park, but none of that money will go toward a bridge spanning I-285 connecting the stadium with the Cobb Galleria. Looks like Tim Lee and co. will have to come up with another means to fund their bridge and parking deck renovations. The state deciding not to spend more taxpayer money helping a sports team that clearly doesn’t care what said taxpayers want? Seems fair. RISING…
State Farm Arena a box office draw
Downtown Atlanta’s State Farm Arena is quite the box office draw. How big? From October to to March, State Farm brought in $76.2 million across 60 events, making it the third-highest grossing venue in the entire nation, behind only New York’s Madison Square Garden and the Sphere in Las Vegas, and fifth globally. Nearly 600,000 visitors took in performances from superstars ranging from Blake Shelton to Usher, plus Hawks games and events like WWE Raw. State Farm’s status as one of the premier performance venues in the world is RISING…
