The Georgia Power Co., Georgia EMC and crews from other states, even some from as far away as California, by all accounts did an exceptional job restoring electricity to every Georgia county hit by Hurricane Irma’s destructive winds and rain. Georgia Power alone had over 6,000 people working virtually non-stop on restoring power all last week. By this past weekend, the state’s largest utility had restored over 95 percent of their customers’ electric power. The whole utility industry pulled together to help Georgians caught up in this historic, widespread disaster– a welcomed response that has all their boats 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…
