The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, the largest Black caucus in the nation, announced Monday the hiring of Deanna Hamilton as its new executive director. Hamilton, the former vice president of partner development for the National Black MBA Association, will head up the influential legislative organization, which is currently comprised of 65 Georgia House and Senate members. Race still plays as prominent a political role as ever in 2020, and with Hamilton to help advance its political goals the GLBC appears to be 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…
