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Interior rendering of the new Grand Ballroom event space at 207 Peachtree, downtown Atlanta
Downtown Development

Historic Regenstein's Department Store Building Gets a Grand Ballroom at 207 Peachtree

The 207 Peachtree remake of the 1920s Regenstein's Department Store has opened a 10,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom event space, activating the building's upper floors for the first time since the late 1970s.

Oct 1, 2026

Live-K Karaoke rendering at The CTR, former CNN Center, downtown Atlanta
Downtown Development

New Tenants Bring Live Music and Karaoke to Former CNN Center, Underground Atlanta

Live-K Karaoke is coming to The CTR (the former CNN Center) while Underground Atlanta adds Latin tapas venue Loca Luna, a newly opened music bar called Lunchbox, and a planned food hall.

Oct 1, 2026

How the Atlanta Dream Built a Finals Team and Outgrew Their Arena
Sports

How the Atlanta Dream Built a Finals Team and Outgrew Their Arena

The Dream's front-office rebuild, an all-out pace and Angel Reese have Atlanta chasing its first WNBA title.

Oct 16, 2026

Atlanta Dream Launches Free WNBA Finals Watch Parties, Including Downtown Spots
Sports

Atlanta Dream Launches Free WNBA Finals Watch Parties, Including Downtown Spots

The Dream's All for Atlanta watch parties bring free Finals viewing to bars across the city, downtown included.

Oct 16, 2026

Sports Retailer Fanatics to Open First-of-Its-Kind Store at Centennial Yards
Downtown Development

Sports Retailer Fanatics to Open First-of-Its-Kind Store at Centennial Yards

Fanatics is opening its first Atlanta mixed-use-district store at Centennial Yards, in a new retail partnership with the Atlanta Hawks.

Oct 16, 2026

Atlanta Ballet 2 Brings Cinderella to the Fox Theatre
Arts & Culture

Atlanta Ballet 2 Brings Cinderella to the Fox Theatre

Atlanta Ballet's young dancers stage a family-friendly Cinderella on the historic Fox Theatre stage.

Oct 15, 2026

CTR Culture Studios Names First Five Artists in New Creative Incubator at The CTR
Arts & Culture

CTR Culture Studios Names First Five Artists in New Creative Incubator at The CTR

The CTR's new CTR Culture Studios incubator gives Atlanta creatives below-market studio space inside the former CNN Center.

Oct 15, 2026

Mercedes-Benz Stadium hero photo
Downtown Development

Mercedes-Benz Stadium Turns Game-Day Trash Into Treasure for Atlanta Climate Week

Mercedes-Benz Stadium's zero-waste program composts, recycles and reuses nearly all it touches.

Oct 15, 2026

ATV Sylvan - Atlanta Tech Village South Downtown location
City Briefings

Atlanta Tech Village Revamps Free Pitch Practice With Five Rotating Facilitators, Including Monthly Sessions at ATV Sylvan

ATV's free Pitch Practice now has five rotating coaches, with a South Downtown session every third Tuesday at ATV Sylvan.

Oct 15, 2026

Inside State Farm Arena with the lights dimmed, the center-hung scoreboard reading Atlanta Hawks above the court as players warm up
Sports

State Farm Arena to Get Wi-Fi 7 and a Production Command Center Through New Cisco Partnership

Hawks and Cisco plan Wi-Fi 7 for the arena plus a year-round production hub for game nights and concerts downtown.

Oct 15, 2026

White rally towels reading All For Atlanta with the Atlanta Dream logo draped over black arena seats
Sports

Atlanta Dream WNBA Finals tickets: Games 3 and 4 at State Farm Arena go on sale this week

Presale opens Thursday at noon and general sales Friday at 10 a.m. for the Dream's Finals home games downtown.

Oct 15, 2026

Inside the Cosm Atlanta dome, a green sewer-tunnel projection from IT wraps above red-lit tiered seating
Arts & Culture

A Look Inside Cosm Atlanta at Centennial Yards, Four Months In

Urbanize Atlanta toured the Centennial Yards dome during its IT run. Here is what the venue looks like now.

Oct 14, 2026

Rapper Belly Gang Kushington in glasses, a black cap and a black jacket performing with a microphone on an arena floor
Music

Belly Gang Kushington to headline Hawks halftime at Oct. 24 home opener at State Farm Arena

The "WTF Goin" rapper gets his first solo Hawks halftime slot when Atlanta hosts Houston on Oct. 24.

Oct 14, 2026

Teddy Swims Brings Hometown Atlanta Tribute to State Farm Arena on The UGLY Tour
Music

Teddy Swims Brings Hometown Atlanta Tribute to State Farm Arena on The UGLY Tour

Conyers-raised Teddy Swims weaves The Masquerade, The Vortex and Peachtree Street into his arena tour stage, stopping at State Farm Arena Oct. 20.

Oct 13, 2026

Graphic reading GSU vs. Coastal Carolina Halloween Game Festivities above a glowing carved jack-o'-lantern on a dark background
Sports

Georgia State Football Plans 2 p.m. Halloween Kickoff With Trick-or-Treating at Center Parc Credit Union Stadium

Pumpkin carving, candy hunts inside the stadium and themed giveaways come with the Panthers' Oct. 31 home game.

Oct 13, 2026

Students with backpacks crossing Peachtree Street at Park Place in downtown Atlanta, with office towers and the trees of Woodruff Park behind them
City Briefings

Georgia State Hits Record 54,320 Students, With More Than 35,200 on Its Downtown Campus

Fall 2026 census puts Georgia State at an all-time high, and the downtown Atlanta Campus grew right along with it.

Oct 13, 2026

A group of smiling young women in frilly maid-style cosplay outfits and one in pink hair posing together with peace signs
Arts & Culture

Atlanime Fest grows to four days, with Saturday festival at Underground Atlanta

Trap Sushi's anime and hip-hop fest returns Oct. 15-18 with Slim Jxmmi headlining Saturday downtown.

Oct 13, 2026

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