It may not have been high profile, but there were a handful of election results Tuesday across Georgia. Jason Lary will be the first mayor of the new city of Stonecrest, while in the also-new city of South Fulton Bill Edwards and Benny Crane will race in the runoff. Cobb County passed an education SPLOST, and Fayette County passed their first SPLOST in a decade. For all the winners of this low-key election day the ship is 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…
