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Guide to Atlanta dining, sports, entertainment, shopping, events, arts, and culture. Sponsored by the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau.
From a quiet, slumbering city on the South whose icon was a meeting of Peachtree streets, Atlanta has arched into the group of international travel destinations and a special source of inspiration for African Americans. It is widely known for its world-class airport, freeway and transit infrastructure, trend-setting restaurants, CNN, former UN Ambassador, numerous luxury hotels, plus a history of interracial relationship. And, it is these assets that enabled Atlanta to attract the 1996 Summer Olympics. Since then, the city started to win best city awards and drawn 17 million visitors every year. Today, “Hotlanta”, as it is commonly called, is considered as the number one vacation destination of Black travelers and for good reason.
Welcome to Atlanta Sports Hotspots
An Olympic host, it is so typical for the city of Atlanta to be blessed with a legacy of sports venues and general attractions. As you may know, there is the Olympic Stadium that morphed into Turner Field for the Atlanta Braves baseball. The Georgia Institute of Technology, Morris Brown College, and Morehouse College are there to collect major sports facilities in use by these colleges. It is also interesting to know that the Georgia Dome became the main center for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcon
, located in Atlanta, Georgia at Pemberton Place, is billed as the “world’s largest aquarium” with more than 8.1 million US gallons (30,662 m
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