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The Pourdown and RenderATL threw a wine-and-music night at Founders Green during Atlanta's World Cup season.
Men in Blazers broadcast from Founders Green as Spain's House of Spain set up nearby in South Downtown during Atlanta's World Cup.
SCAD Atlanta graduate Raphael Bahindwa is showing new work at the Rialto Center and The Sun ATL as DR Congo advances at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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.
OaksATL Community Development’s $3 million infill project at 557 Lindsay Street pairs below-market apartments with walkable restaurant space on a .13-acre corner.
Roughly 50 early-career women picked up certificates at the Georgia Aquarium after six months of mentoring.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium — competing under the FIFA designation Atlanta Stadium — hosted the Round of 32 fixture between England and DR Congo on July 1, one of eight tournament matches drawing the world to downtown Atlanta this summer.
ACVB's free Hop & Ride shuttle connected South Downtown, Ponce City Market, Woodruff Arts Center and more, June 11-July 15.
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.
Downtown’s first full-service grocer in years has rung up 150,000 customers in nine months, with a second store on the way.
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.
