The Atlanta City Council on Monday voted to begin negotiations to purchase the Peachtree-Pine homeless shelter in midtown, hoping to turn the building into a police station. The meeting was a controversial one, with many protesters present decrying the decision. Others though applauded the Council, saying that the shelter is poorly run and a blight on the neighborhood and that dispersing homeless citizens to better nearby shelters is better for all involved. Anyone who’s driven by the Peachtree-Pine location recently likely agrees with the latter, and the City Council’s decision to clean up the neighborhood has their ship 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…
