Governor Nathan Deal Thursday was on hand at the ribbon cutting for the Georgia Center for Early Language and Literacy in Milledgeville. The Center, one of Deal’s pet projects that he ushered through the state legislature, will help improve reading skills for Georgia children from third grade and below. Another educational priority met by Deal and his staff, whose ship is once again 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…
