Originally constructed as Centennial Olympic Stadium ahead of the 1996 games, the 85,000 seat venue was repurposed into Turner Field the following year, housing the Atlanta Braves until they moved to Cobb County in 2017. At that point it became Georgia State Stadium, the home of the GSU Panthers’ football team. Monday it was announced that the stadium will have a new name, pending expected USG approval – Center Parc Credit Union Stadium. The company will pay $21.5 million for the naming rights, which it will keep for 15 years. That’s a nice chunk of change for a school that, like all others, could use the cash in the midst of the pandemic. The new name might not exactly roll off the tongue, but fiscally it has GSU RISING…
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The proliferation of Flock Safety license plate readers has been praised by law enforcement officials, and met with suspicion by critics. In fact, here in Georgia there have already been dozens of cases of law enforcement officers abusing the surveillance technology, often to track down personal acquaintances. The Atlanta-based tech company now has more than 120,000 cameras across 49 states, making an estimated 20 billion scans each month. But with great power, comes great responsibility, and abuse from our trusted law enforcement has Flock DRIFTING…
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