The New York Stock Exchange, part of the Sandy Springs-based Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), is buying the National Stock Exchange. The Jersey City, N.J.-based National Stock Exchange is an all-electronic market for trading stocks and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. The acquisition, engineered by CEO Jeff Sprecher and his team that includes wife Kelly Loeffler, continues a years-long buying campaign by Intercontinental Exchange that made it the world’s largest securities market operator in terms of revenues. For ICE and Sprecher, their boats continue to RISE…
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…
