Through a partnership between the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia, the newly created Georgia Film Academy promises to further bolster the state’s booming film industry by providing a larger local talent pool of production staff. In August it was announced that Jeff Stepakoff, a tenured professor of film and television writing at Kennesaw State, will be the Film Academy’s first executive director. Much work remains in term of getting the Georgia Film Academy off the ground, (like for example a physical campus) but under Stepakoff’s leadership the state’s film industry is still 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…
