By King Williams The 42nd annual Atlanta Jazz Festival took place over Memorial Day weekend. While the event a success by many metrics, it is still facing the pressures of changing times. In order to address these changes proactively, the Atlanta Jazz Festival has in 2019 partnered with Concert Logic, the brainchild of Morehouse graduate […]
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1-on-1 with Arthur Blank: ‘I’m just a proud father’ after Super Bowl LIII
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Feb. 8, 2019
Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank says he “couldn’t be prouder” of Atlanta’s performance during Super Bowl LIII.
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Column: Super Bowl week is big for National Center for Civil and Human Rights
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Feb. 1, 2019
Super Bowl week has been a game-changing experience for the Atlanta-based National Center for Civil and Human Rights.
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The Super Bowl is finally over but another side of Atlanta hid in plain sight
The Super Bowl is over…finally.
Most of the remnants of the ‘Big Game’ are gone from downtown but many of the problems that were here before kickoff still remain.
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Arthur Blank has built Atlanta into one of the NFL’s premier cities
Shortly after buying the Atlanta Falcons in early 2002, Arthur Blank was in New York for a new NFL owners orientation when he had breakfast with Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots.
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Sports and venture capital meet at Morehouse before the Super Bowl
Amidst a slew of events for Super Bowl week, Morehouse College was the host of “Hearing Our Voices” – a panel of former athletes, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.
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NFL praises Atlanta’s walkability during Super Bowl, but Northside Drive still lacking
Funny how the world works.
For decades, Atlanta has been viewed as an auto-centric, sprawling city with few accolades for being pedestrian-friendly or transit-accessible.
But listening to the folks from the National Football League and the Super Bowl Host Committee, Atlanta is being portrayed as a totally different city.
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Atlanta hands Super Bowl reins to Miami: ‘You have set the bar really high’
Atlanta scored high marks in its hosting of Super Bowl LIII.
At a press conference Monday morning, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Atlanta did a great job hosting the largest U.S. sporting event.
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United Way brings immersive virtual reality to Super Bowl Experience
It’s estimated that more than 1 million people travelled to Atlanta for Super Bowl LIII. And more than 70,000 people alone were cheering for the Patriots or the Rams in Mercedes-Benz Stadium. To educate the huge number of people in our city this past week, United Way, Atlanta-based Futurus and Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII) used […]
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Security super tight at Super Bowl LIII compared to 19 years ago
The last time Atlanta hosted the Super Bowl, it was pre-9/11. It was a much more innocent time.
The layers and layers of security at Super Bowl LIII underscore the difference 19 years can make – all perfectly understandable.
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Super Bowl puts Coke, UPS, AT&T and Mercedes in a difficult spot
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Jan. 18, 2019
In the weeks leading to the Super Bowl, Atlanta will be painted Pepsi-Cola blue instead of Coca-Cola red.
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Arthur Blank on new Westside park: ‘It is a great moment for our city’
John F. Kennedy Park in Atlanta’s historic Westside will be a lasting legacy of Super Bowl LIII.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms officially unveiled the renovated park Thursday morning, a cool but sunny occasion.
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Arthur Blank’s big Super Bowl week
So how does the owner of an NFL franchise that is hosting the Big Game spend his time during Super Bowl week? Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons, has been spending his time as an ambassador for the city and the state.
For Blank, the kick-off to the Super Bowl LIII festivities began on the evening of Jan. 21 with a trip to New York City.
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‘No Drone Zone’ for Super Bowl; Feds have helicopters checking security, radiation
With an alliterative name like “No Drone Zone” in place for Downtown Atlanta starting Thursday, it seems the souvenir hawkers would have come up with a humorous logo to offer the crowds around Super Bowl LIII. They had plenty of advance warning, and even design inspiration from the government.
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Coca-Cola releases Andy Warhol-inspired Super Bowl commercial aimed at togetherness, announces $1 million gift for Atlanta attraction
While it’s not the official cola sponsor of the NFL, Atlanta-based Coca-Cola wants to be sure people attending and watching the Super Bowl will feel its presence.
Right before the kick-off of the “Big Game,” the company will air a new animated ad – inspired by a 1975 quote by pop artist Andy Warhol – that celebrates inclusion, diversity and togetherness.
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The Super Bowl is here
In the last 25 years Atlanta has hosted the big game two times, and we are on the eve of hosting our third. Each of our Super Bowl eras has marked a different phase of Atlanta.
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MARTA preparing to post ads targeting Super Bowl fans at Five Points Station
MARTA is preparing to post advertising on the jumbotrons in the Five Points Station during the Super Bowl. The ads are to be placed on panels that are to be attached to the jumbotrons and removed after the event.
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GSU students turn to esports as millennials drift from pro football, Super Bowl
Some students at Georgia State University are likely to be among the younger millennials who skipped the Super Bowl on Sunday in order to focus on a different competitive sport – one in which the computer screen is the playing field.
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Atlanta vows to ‘Rise Up’ again following Falcons’ Super Bowl loss
HOUSTON – Atlanta could taste the sweetness of victory….until the final few moments of the first Super Bowl overtime in history.
New England Patriots 34. Atlanta Falcons 28.
Yet this loss was different from previous ones.
“We will be back,” proclaimed Paul Bowers, Georgia Power’s CEO.
