Popular Dallas Mayor Boyd Austin was recently elected president of the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) during the organization’s annual meeting in Savannah. He is the longest-serving mayor in Dallas history– first elected in 1995, he began his sixth term in office in January of this year. Long active in GMA work, he particularly pledges “to promote and protect home rule and local control.” For Mayor Austin and the GMA, their boats are 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…
