Another venue is coming to downtown. This time, it's a name many Atlantans know and love. Underground Atlanta is the new home of Ravine, a venue that shuttered its Peachtree Street location in Midtown in the early days of the pandemic and never returned.
Now called Ravine at Underground, the venue will include two stages spanning 181,000 square feet, and will be outfitted into an underused parking garage space at Lower Wall Street, according to an announcement from Lalani Ventures, the development company transforming Underground Atlanta. Ravine will include covered indoor and outdoor event space, with one stage built for a crowd of 6,000 attendees and one built for 2,500. The new venue is expected to be completed by fall.
The proof-of-concept of turning this garage into a viable venue was solidified last year, when DJs Diplo and Tisto held shows in the space that both attracted thousands of attendees. Ravine will join the latest iteration of the Masquerade, the Frisky Whisker and dance club MJQ Concourse in planting new roots in the rebooted Underground.
Once the permanent infrastructure is in place, Ravine will be the largest venue at Underground. Its addition is one part of Lalani Ventures goal to position Underground as the art and entertainment capital of Atlanta ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Last year, Underground saw more than 1 million visitors, with aims to hit 2 million in 2025.
This is also the second announcement of a venue headed for downtown within the past two weeks. Centennial Yards, the $5 billion, 50-acre megaproject under construction about a mile from Underground, landed a 5,300-seat venue leased by Live Nation. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickels said the revitalization of Underground is representative of his administration's broader commitment to the renaissance of downtown.
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution