If you’ve been in downtown Atlanta much in recent years you may have run into one of the roving packs of illegal dirt bike and ATV riders that sometimes prowl the city streets in large groups. Similar gangs are an issue in many major cities, and because they are difficult to catch it has been a tough problem to quell. Atlanta Police have made stopping them a priority this year, making 11 arrests, impounding 10 off-road vehicles, and recovering 6 firearms, (two of which were stolen). The issue isn’t totally resolved yet, but a crackdown on the dangerous joyriding has the APD’s 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…
