It was a bad election night for Democrats nationwide, and Georgia was no exception. There were a few bright spots for the left though, and chief among them was the fact that Cobb County voted for Hillary Clinton over President-elect Donald Trump by 2 points. Cobb is seeing a major demographics shift, but for the county to go blue was a surprise to many. Cobb hasn’t voted for a Democratic President since Jimmy Carter in 1976. Not a great evening overall for Georgia Dems, (and that may be putting it nicely) but in Cobb at least a spark of hope 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…