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The Mayor’s Office is pushing a broader downtown itinerary as the World Cup enters its final weeks, spotlighting Underground, South Downtown, Global Grub Alley and more.
The transit agency has carried 1.7 million riders to World Cup matches, Fan Festivals, and downtown gatherings since June 11, with one match day drawing 220,000 rail customers — more than twice a typical weekday.
Centennial Olympic Park’s FIFA Fan Festival has drawn more visitors than any other U.S. host-city festival, topping 250,000 in its first ten days.
Sixteen peach trees from Pearson Farm are now installed at Underground Atlanta and Woodruff Park, closing a 170-year naming joke.
Centennial Olympic Park and the Atlanta University Center are the latest spots to join the city’s growing free public Wi-Fi network.
International visitors in town for the World Cup are giving downtown Atlanta high marks for MARTA, public spaces, and Southern hospitality.
From the FIFA Fan Festival at Centennial Olympic Park to Cosm’s LED dome and the reopened Center, downtown has stacked new options for match-day crowds.
More than 3,000 Atlanta residents born in the Democratic Republic of Congo are marking the country's first World Cup appearance since 1974 — with the Fan Festival at Centennial Olympic Park serving as home base for a community that waited two generations for this moment.
Gates open at noon today at Centennial Olympic Park. Before you head downtown: what the clear bag policy allows, why MARTA beats driving, and which lanes are closed around the park.
Gates open at noon as Centennial Olympic Park kicks off the longest event in its history: an Official Opening Ceremony with Mayor Andre Dickens and Gov. Brian Kemp, an afternoon headline set from Summer Walker, and the Mexico-South Africa World Cup opener on a 47-foot jumbo screen.
MARTA's redesigned app and no-download web rider tools went live Tuesday — real-time arrivals, smarter trip planning, and built-in safety reporting, arriving just as World Cup crowds hit downtown stations.
Atlanta's 5+ weeks of free World Cup festival kicks off Thursday at Centennial Olympic Park. Here's who's playing, who's hosting, where to eat, and why LVRN, UniverSoul Circus, and Soccer in the Streets are the city's fingerprint on the whole thing.
Every ticket holder gets a free, customisable physical card unlocking exclusive matchday content and merchandise. Collect at fan info booths inside the stadium.
NHNE Volunteers organized a citywide cleanup starting at Atlanta City Hall on June 6, fanning out across the downtown blocks where World Cup fans will walk, eat, and celebrate over the coming weeks.
Governor Kemp and Mayor Dickens cut the ribbon on Founders Green. KMM & Co opens its custom leather HQ. RenderATL signs the first commercial lease on Broad Street. Four restaurants are days from opening, four more coming this summer. 85 Peachtree has 100+ people on the tour waiting list.
