The big event, Fall 2007

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2007 Fall Edition

Downtown Atlanta Plans For
CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM
GWCC Opens
Hospitality Learning Center
Georgia Dome Renovations
PHASE I COMPLETE
Centennial Olympic Park Names
NEW ASSISTANT GM
PLUS: Around the Center | Under the Dome | Scene on the Green

Land Donated for Civil Rights Museum in Downtown Atlanta

The Coca-Cola Company has offered to donate 2.5 acres for the development of the Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta adjacent to the Georgia Aquarium and the New World of Coca-Cola. Mayor Franklin formed a partnership between the Atlanta Development Authority and Central Atlanta Progress to undertake pre-development activities during 2007.
As the hub of the Civil Rights movement and home to many civil rights leaders, Atlanta has a unique story. The center will include a museum, performance theater,

ballroom, conflict resolution center, conference halls and educational center.
As an added motivation to create such a center in downtown, Mayor Franklin and Atlanta's civic, education and business leaders purchased thousands of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s personal papers, which include handwritten notes, sermons, letters and books that belonged to the civil rights leader. The new center will be the primary exhibition facility for the papers purchased for $32 million. Morehouse College in Atlanta, Dr. King's alma mater, will serve as the caretaker and permanent archive for the papers. Organizers hope to celebrate the center's opening in 2009.

Cranes Represent Downtown's Tremendous Growth

Cranes currently dot Atlanta's skyline -- a visual testament to the growth taking place. By 2008, downtown will have: 8,140 additional housing units 200,000 square feet of additional retail space 1.2 million square feet of additional office space 1,000 new hotel rooms

Between 2005 and 2008, over $2 billion in private investments will have been made in downtown development.

Georgia State Brings Young Population Downtown

As part of the kick off to the new school year, Georgia State University opened its University Commons. The $168 million structure on Piedmont Avenue at Ellis Street is the largest privately funded student housing project in the country. Nearly 2,000 students will call this downtown dwelling home. With four buildings, the facility has 646 two and four-bedroom apartments and 17,982 square feet of retail space that includes Landmark Diner, Jittery
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Joe's Coffee Shop and a convenience store. By 2015, Georgia State plans to house 20 percent of its population on campus downtown. Founded in 1913 as a night commuter school, having housing downtown is a dramatic change for the school. The student population will prove to be a positive addition to downtown creating additional vitality, excitement, foot traffic and development.
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Renovations and Construction Underway for Downtown Hotels

With several new hotels under construction and renovations underway to existing hotels, expanded accommodation options serve as an excellent welcome to guests. The new Hilton Garden Inn, located on Luckie Street across from the Georgia Aquarium, will have 242 rooms and is expected to open in late 2007. Additionally, two new boutique hotels are opening downtown. The Historic Winecoff Hotel located on Peachtree Street reopened in October as the Ellis Hotel. This redevelopment returned the building to its former glory as a luxury boutique hotel complete with 127 rooms, a ground floor caf, cocktail lounge and additional dining options.

Located across the street from the Ritz Carlton Hotel, the building was originally constructed in 1913. A second boutique hotel, which is still under construction, is the ultra-modern W Hotel, a 257room hotel at Ivan Allen Plaza, which also will
include 75 condominiums. Once this boutique hotel opens locations in both downtown and midtown, Atlanta will have the most W hotels in any U.S. market other than New York.
In addition to these three hotels under construction, the Hyatt Regency Downtown is undergoing a $10 million renovation to 200 guest rooms in its Ivy Tower and Atlanta's largest hotel, the Marriott Marquis, is spending more than $100 million to remodel its 1,600 rooms and recreating all five of its restaurants.

Downtown Welcomes Several New Restaurants

Downtown dining continues to get more and more exciting all the time. Three new restaurants have opened up recently within walking distance of the Georgia World Congress Center. Located on Marietta Street at the corner of Spring Street in the Centennial Tower building, Thrive prepares traditional American fare with an Asian twist in an upscale, ultra-modern setting.
Luckie Food Lounge, located on Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard across from the Georgia Aquarium features seven miles of LED lighting, 2,200 gallons of salt water in three aquariums and all-day dining from 11 a.m. 2 a.m., seven days a week. Adjacent to the lounge is
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Charm, a sundry store that sells box lunches, gelato and more.
French American Brasserie, also known as FAB, was the first building to open at Allen Plaza on Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard Occupying 12,000 square feet of space, the menu offers standards like Roquefort and nioise salads, foie gras and confits complement new entrees like steaks and chops.
The momentum created by new developments such as the Georgia Aquarium and the new World of CocaCola continues to make downtown ever more exciting and dining options are no exception.
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GSU's Hospitality Learning Center Opens at the Georgia World Congress Center

Georgia State University's Hospitality Learning Center opened inside the Georgia World Congress Center in August. The Learning Center is the first educational facility of its type in the nation and is evidence of a unique industry and education partnership between the Georgia World Congress Center Authority and Georgia State's School of Hospitality.
The School of Hospitality is located in the J. Mack Robinson College of Business and is ranked 12th in the nation of hospitality programs in public universities. Students majoring in hospitality at GSU can specialize in a variety of industry segments including tradeshow, venue and event management. With the new Learning Center just down the street at the Georgia World Congress Center, students will have the opportunity to learn in a professional environment, which makes the location of the Learning Center ideal.
The learning center is the first educational facility of it's type
in the nation.
"We're so excited about this partnership between the Georgia World Congress Center and Georgia State," said GWCC General Manager Mark Zimmerman. "With the addition of the Hospitality Learning Center, Georgia State will be able to offer

their students a unique experience and we're so pleased that we can offer that opportunity to them. In the long run, this partnership is sure to further strengthen our already strong hospitality community here in Atlanta."
The new center features state of the art technology and real life learning opportunities are provided
to students through cameras that can capture tradeshows and events at all phases from set-up to breakdown. The center will also be used for critical research to support the Georgia World Congress Center Authority and
the hospitality industry. In addition, the center will be used for a variety of professional development programs.
Dr. Debby Cannon, director of the School of Hospitality, stressed that the center provides a new model for hospitality programs around the world. She added, "Partnerships between industry and education are of vital importance as we develop the hospitality leaders for the future. By regularly bringing students into a leading convention center, they will be surrounded by learning experiences."

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Georgia World Congress Center Hosts ESCA Site Visit Workshop

Members of Exhibition Services & Contractors Association (ESCA), association and meeting professionals, hotel and facility personnel and suppliers to the convention industry gathered at the Georgia World Congress Center in August for a Lunch & Learn entitled "How to Plan and Execute an Effective and Productive Site Visit of Hotels and Exhibition Venues." The workshop began with a panel discussion led by members of the hospitality community who offered three different perspectives to a site visit--the center, the CVB/hotels and the service contractor. Panel members were Mark Zimmerman, general manager of the Georgia World Congress Center, Mark Sussman, director trade show sales for the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Chuck Grouzard, vice president national sales for GES Exposition Services.

After discussing methods, tips and best practices on how to guarantee a successful site visit for all parties, the attendees broke into small groups to brainstorm on additional tactics. The ideas generated in the small groups were then shared with the larger
group and a comprehensive list will be compiled and posted on the ESCA website (www.esca.org) as a resource for anyone involved with site visits.

Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard Corridor

An improvement to movement and vehicular flow to the Georgia World Congress Center campus, the Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard corridor project will connect several streets in downtown Atlanta. Jones Street, Simpson Street and Alexander Street will be connected to the newly constructed Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, which runs along the back of the Georgia Aquarium and New World of Coca-Cola. Once complete, Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard will provide one grand corridor to facilitate east-west traffic movement through northern Downtown.
The street, named in honor of former City of Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr., will improve traffic congestion

and mobility with four travel lanes continuously from Northside Drive to West Peachtree Street, a bike lane, landscaped strip, and wide sidewalks on both sides of the street. Development on Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard is well on its way with Allen Plaza, a $500-million mixed-use development located at the intersection of Spring Street.
The enhanced and continuous boulevard will allow for easier routes to the Georgia World Congress Center, more convenient shuttle service around the campus and additional dining and accommodation options for visitors of the GWCC.

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IAEE selects Atlanta as host city

The International Association for Exhibitions and Events (IAEE, formerly IAEM ) has selected Atlanta as the host city for the 2009 Expo! Expo! IAEE's Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
"Atlanta knows how to host a great event," said Steven Hacker, president of IAEE, who was in town from Dallas to update the group on trends in the exhibition industry. "We're excited to be returning to Atlanta in 2009," he said.
Exhibition and event managers from around the globe gather with suppliers in the exhibition industry at Expo! Expo!, which is open to members and non-members wanting to increase their knowledge of the industry, network with their peers and learn of the vast new products, services and options available to help make their
The attendees of Expo!Expo! are key players in the meetings
and convention industry.
exhibitions and events one to remember. Expo! Expo! provides relevant educational sessions designed for

exhibition and event professionals of varying levels and needs, allowing participants to assess skills while acquiring new ones.
The event was last held in Atlanta in 2005 and was one of the first national conferences to enjoy a reception inside the world's largest aquarium,
the Georgia Aquarium, just days after the new Atlanta attraction opened. When the show returns, it will see new attractions and growth in downtown Atlanta, including the new World of Coca-Cola, incredible retail and restaurant growth in the convention district and site of the new Center for Civil and Human Rights, which is slated for a mid-2008 groundbreaking next to Centennial Olympic Park.
"It was a pleasure to host the event in 2005 and we are pleased they are returning in 2009 to see how Atlanta's downtown continues to grow and provide the perfect location for tradeshows, conventions and conferences," said Mark Zimmerman, general manager of the Georgia World Congress Center.
"The attendees of Expo! Expo! are key players in the meetings and convention industry," said Spurgeon Richardson, president of the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau. "We're looking forward to showing off the new Atlanta and hope the attendees will ultimately bring their business to our city."

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GWCC Engineers Give Tour to World Energy Engineering Congress
During the World Energy Engineering Congress in August, GWCC Engineers conducted a back of the house tour of the chillers and boilers in Building C to engineers visiting from all over the country.

Bronner Brothers Celebrates 60 Years
Local hair and fashion show, Bronner Brothers celebrated its 60th anniversary during its summer show at the Georgia World Congress Center in August. Founded in 1947 by brothers Dr. Nathaniel H. Bronner, Sr. and Arthur E. Bronner, Sr., the show takes place twice a year and has called the GWCC home since 1991.

GWCC Customer Comments

"The GWCC came through for ASTD once again! It's really a great facility excellent event and set-up staff, good housekeeping (clean restrooms!) and whoever came up with the idea of live music outside Terraces gets a gold star in my book. What a nice touch!
Thanks for stopping by so often during our event I usually don't ever see the GM of a facility."
- Virginia Artis,
American Society of Training and Development
"APhA 2007, in Atlanta was a resounding success! It takes a team of professionals to pull together the many complicated aspects of such a big meeting. Needless to say, convention center logistics are a major component and can make or break our member's perception of the association. I want to take this opportunity to thank the Georgia World Congress Center staff for a job well done.

A special note of appreciation goes to the facility set up crews. We had many changes and they were handled flawlessly.
The entire team working with APhA was very responsive, polite, and had a great attitude. It was truly a pleasure working with them all."
- American Pharmacists Association
"On behalf of the Near North Student Robotics Initiative Team 1305, we would like to thank you for the outstanding job done with the staff and management during the 2007 FIRST Robotics Championships. We are very grateful of the cleanliness and friendliness of the staff, and the overall atmosphere created while we were at the GWCC."
- Kevin Miller,
Near North Student Robotics Initiative

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Final Four Event Experts

This year the GWCCA campus hosted the NCAA Men's Final Four Basketball Tournament. Preparing and executing this international event took months of preparation, detailed plans, precise coordination between facilities and the assembly of a seasoned event staff. Team Dome decided to add a few event experts to their existing staff for the occasion. The Dome dipped into the pool of strong relationships that they have built over the years and invited some annual clients to join them on the operations side of the event.
"It was exciting to get the invitation," says Dr. Ralph Swearngin, executive director of the Georgia High School Association. "It was a unique opportunity to see how the Dome operations team makes the product that the fan experiences seem effortless."
This group included Craig Maddox, assistant commissioner of the Southeastern Conference; Dr. Ralph Swearngin, executive director of the GeorgiaHigh School Association; Hamzah Ahmad, event marketing coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons; Scottie Rogers, with CSTV; and Aaron Jordan, sports information director for the University of AlabamaBirmingham.

They worked the four-day event weekend and assisted with everything from player and coach movement, locker room access, press room coordination and court side duties including the net cutting ceremony by the championship team.
Hamzah Ahmad of the Atlanta Falcons summed up the experience saying, "We all knew that the Dome
staff worked hard to make our individual events a success. After spending time with each other on this side of the experience, we realize they show the same level of professionalism and passion to everyone."
It was a history-making event and the Dome was proud to have such remarkable leaders in the industry working as part of the team.

Welcome to the Verizon Wireless Club
As the final touches were added in preparation for the 2007 football season, the Falcons announced an exciting seven year naming rights deal with Verizon Wireless. The Verizon Wireless Club lounges are located on the north and south sides of the building on the mezzanine level.

Installation of the Shroud

What's the shroud you ask? Basically, the shroud is a unique product that the Dome installs when they need to block out the light coming in from the permanent semi-transparent roof.
Originally designed for use during the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, the shroud is made of large panels of opaque black material suspended from the permanent roof. Musco Sports

Lighting stores the shroud in a warehouse located in Iowa and coordinates the team responsible for installation. The shroud has been installed 10 times since 1996. It takes a crew of 24 riggers and 12 stage hands approximately six days to install and two days to remove the shroud.
By placing the shroud beneath the semi-translucent permanent roof, almost all of the light that is normally seen inside the building during the day is blocked out. This makes the Dome dark enough, at any time of the day, to host full scale productions with impressive lighting displays, video screens, pyrotechnics and stage productions, without losing any of the brilliance of these elements. Being able to use such a unique product to meet different clients' needs is just part of the Dome's versatility.

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Kick off of 2007 Season Executive Members

From April to August the Dome underwent renovations on the Executive Suite and Club Levels. These renovations were Phase I of the Dome Renovation Project that Arthur Blank, owner and CEO of the Atlanta Falcons, is scheduled to complete. During Phase I, the renovation to the A and B Level Executive Suites included new furniture, carpet, plasma televisions, bar area upgrades, stainless steel appliances, food service area, private restroom and new seats in the seating bowl.
The construction of eight Executive Super Suites took place during this phase as well. These Super Suites offer substantially more seating (between 57 96 people), a full service bar with private attendant, chef action stations, lounge area, plasma television screens throughout, separate men's and women's restrooms and private locker storage areas. The Super Suites add a whole new dimension to enjoying a Dome event.

As the final touches were added in preparation for the 2007 football season, the Falcons announced an exciting seven year naming rights deal with Verizon Wireless. The Verizon Wireless Club lounges were
also fully renovated during this phase of renovations. The lounges now include luxurious seating and conversation areas, walls of plasma televisions, exciting new food concepts, Falcons 365 merchandise stores and plenty of room to mingle. From the seating bowl, the addition
of two video ribbon boards on the mezzanine level can be seen.
During Phase II of the project, fans can expect to see more widespread changes to the facility. The proposed project list includes a fresh Falcons' colorthemed paint job to the exterior, replacement of the remaining seats in the bowl, larger video boards to replace the current boards in the end zones and upgrades to the concourses and gate areas.

ACC Basketball Tournament 2009

After an exciting year of basketball, the Dome is looking forward to hosting the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament in 2009 and 2012. The ACC tournament was last held in Atlanta
in 2001. Duke won the tournament for the third year in a row, defeating North Carolina in the championship game. Carl Adkins, general manager of the Georgia Dome, said "When Commissioner Swofford announced Atlanta as the 2009 and 2012 site, we were elated. We are honored to host the tournament and are pleased that they choose us as a host city."

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Search for the Next American Idol
Ryan Seacrest pumps up the crowd, former Idol contestant Constantine Maroulis offers heartfelt advice and the Dome fills with thousands of aspiring young stars during the American Idol auditions. This year the audition circuit includes San Diego, Dallas, Omaha, Charleston, Philadelphia and Miami. The Dome also hosted the 2003 Idol auditions.

DOME CUSTOMER COMMENTS

"Every person that I had contact with was helpful and friendly. You have a great group of people working for you."
- Primerica

"Everyone made a great effort to make sure that all our needs were met and we can't express enough our appreciation for all your hard work."
- Gerogia High School Association

"I feel lucky to be able to have such consistent quality experiences at the Georgia Dome. The Dome has simply assembled a team of true professionals who are dedicated to their jobs."
- FIRST

"The service was excellent from everyone. The Dome is in a class by itself.
- Drum Crops International

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The New All Children's Playground Breaks Ground

Centennial Olympic Park is constructing an All Children's Playground. The new playground is designed for universal accessibility appealing to imaginative children of all physical abilities. Construction of the playground kicked off with a fence art project at the site, incorporating the help
The Park provides free, fun-filled, family oriented
events throughout the summer.
of children to paint a Park-themed mural. The mural, like the playground, features the quilt of leaves pattern and encourages children to paint cooperatively. The mural will remain at the site during construction of the new playground on Baker Street, across from the New World of Coca-Cola.
The initial concept for the playground came from Alyssa Barnes, daughter of former Governor Roy Barnes. She had the idea in college after teaching children with special needs and seeing an all-accessible playground abroad. "The Park is the ideal location, particularly now with the neighboring Georgia Aquarium, World of CocaCoca and Imagine It! Children's Museum. Centennial Olympic Park is the heart of downtown Atlanta and what a special place to have the playground and show that children with disabilities are just as important as all children," said Barnes.

The Park recognized the need for a playground of this type as well, and with the original architects of the Park, crafted the All Children's Playground. The playground's activities are accessible to users with reduced mobility through specially designed equipment such as low reach panels and elevated platforms with transfer tiers. The surface of the
playground is made of a soft, skid-resistant rubber. All of the playground's unique, interactive features encourage fun, creativity and learning together with peers, regardless of ability.
"We are so
excited about the completion of this vital addition to the Park. It is another wonderful example of the community's support and investment in ensuring the Park is for everyone," said Mark Banta, the general manager of Centennial Olympic Park. The All Children's Playground will provide a memorable experience for all Park guests.

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Centennial Olympic Park Names

New Assistant General Manager

Joe Skopitz was recently named the new assistant general manager of Centennial Olympic Park. No stranger to the Park, Skopitz joined the Georgia World Congress Center Authority team four years ago as the program coordinator before being promoted to senior program coordinator in 2006.
As assistant general manager
of Centennial Olympic Park, Skopitz's new responsibilities are coordinating the duties of the department managers including facility operations, landscape maintenance, public safety and event services. Skopitz is also responsible for corporate event sales, developing the Park's free programming, advertising plans for Park events as well as the annual business plan.

"We are excited to move Joe into this important role. He has proven to be a tremendous asset in his previous position and we look forward to his continued contribution to the Park team," said Mark Banta, general manager of Centennial Olympic Park.
Before joining the Park in 2004, Skopitz gained experience at The Fun Company in California as the assistant branch manager. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Georgia and graduated from the Public Assembly Facility Management School at Oglebay. He and his wife Audrey live in Decatur.
"I'm thrilled to be a part of the excellent management team at Centennial Olympic Park and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority," said Skopitz. "This position is sure to be challenging, fun and rewarding. Hopefully my work at the Park in the coming years will further elevate its already exceptional reputation."

The Park is an Outdoor Classroom

This has been an extra special year for the Park's annual Music @ Noon outdoor, lunchtime concert series. Not only has the season been extended two months, bringing even more free live musical performances to downtown, but this year Music @ Noon serves as an interactive learning environment.
Each Thursday, the Park provides hands-on-learning and experience as the outdoor classroom for the audio production students of the Art Institute of Atlanta. The students program and produce every Thursday of the Music @ Noon series, from managing the stage and running the audio to helping select talent. The students have also been joined by their digital filmmaking and video production classmates who document the concerts. Music @ Noon provides the perfect opportunity for students to apply classroom methodology in a real-life situation. "It's amazing how much I've learned about live production by actually doing it," stated Johnny Lesak, Art Institute student and talent coordinator for the series.

Music @ Noon is an outdoor classroom, as well as a forum for a variety of music conducive to an enjoyable lunchtime experience. Bring your friends, co-workers and lunch to enjoy everything from jazz to soft rock every Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 1 p.m., April through October, in the Southern Company Amphitheater.

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New, Interactive Kiosks Offer

a Brick-Load of Information

Locating your commemorative brick among the estimated 686,000 engraved bricks at Centennial Olympic Park is now easier than ever. The Park has two new, interactive brick locator kiosks with improved technology and added features located in the Visitor Center. Whether you purchased a commemorative brick during the construction of Centennial Olympic Park or you are just curious about the Park, the kiosks are a great resource.
The new kiosks include the popular brick locator, but now also feature a comprehensive history of the Park, information on neighboring attractions such as the Georgia Aquarium and the New World of Coca-Cola, answers

to the most frequently asked questions and fun facts about the Park. There are before and after pictures of the Park's construction and videos highlighting the emotional announcement of Atlanta winning the bid
for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games as well as the activity in the Park during the Olympics. A calendar with upcoming public events at the Park is provided in addition to the Fountain of Rings show schedule. Kiosk users can even listen to a sample of the Fountain of Rings songs or leave feedback about their Park experience through a customer survey. The kiosks are intuitive and user friendly, making it easy to locate your brick or find the answer to your question. Volunteers are also available seven days a week at the Park information desk to offer assistance.

The Park Transforms into a Winter Wonderland

On Nov. 10, the Park transforms, with the help of hundreds of volunteers, into a winter wonderland. It is the first day of the Park's annual Holiday in Lights, now an Atlanta tradition and celebrating its eighth season.
The Park hosts several volunteer days in October and early November where volunteers help string the thousands of lights that make up the dazzling display. Different and unique every year, Holiday in Lights runs

through Jan. 6. The Park is open daily to view the lights from 7 a.m. 11 p.m., including Dec. 25, Christmas Day. There is no charge for admission.
Celebrate the 2007 holiday season by taking a stroll through the glowing 21-acre Park or a spin around Atlanta's only outdoor ice skating rink, located amongst the glittering lights on the Great Lawn. Visitors can enjoy covered observation seating, holiday music and theatrical lighting on the real ice. Admission is $6 per person for a 90 minute session and skate rental is an additional $2.
The Holiday in Lights spirit is carried throughout the Georgia World Congress Center Authority campus, which includes the Georgia World Congress Center, the Georgia Dome and Centennial Olympic Park. If you are interested in volunteering for the Holiday in Lights installation, please download an application from www.centennialpark.com or call 404.223.4412.

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Centennial Olympic Park Brings Home the Gold

Centennial Olympic Park brought home the gold at the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA) 52nd Annual Convention and Expo. The Park won three prestigious Pinnacle Awards - gold for Best Organizational Web site, gold for Best Miscellaneous Multimedia and bronze for Best ENewsletter.
The professional competition drew over 1,500 entries this year. The Park was competing against more than 100 top national and international festivals. "The level of competition

makes it a real honor to receive these awards. The Park continues to strive for excellence and to serve as an award-winning destination," said Mark Banta, general manager of Centennial Olympic Park.
Gift Shop Reopens in Main Lobby Moving from one side of the Building B Main Lobby to the opposite end, It's About Georgia reopened in its new space.
The new open layout and position by the front door makes visiting the gifts and sundries shop even more convenient for conventioneers. It's About Georgia sells Atlanta souvenirs, snacks, publications and travel sundries.

PARK Customer Comments

"Thank you for your outstanding work during the 4th of July Celebration at Centennial Olympic Park. We really appreciate your organization highlighting the Air Force's 60th Anniversary Celebration. Your work helped to educate over 50,000 people on the Air Force and our mission as well as recognizing the service of the veterans from all the different branches. Please accept my sincere appreciation for a job WELL DONE!"
- United States Air Force
"I had no idea that the Park staff was so small. It is unbelievable that they are able to keep the Park in the condition it stays in. I am amazed at what you do with the number of people you have."
- Piedmont Park

"I wanted to send you a quick note of thanks and congratulations. Thanks for all your help as we produced a great 4th of July show and congratulations on what seemed to me a great event in the Park. May you continue to enjoy great success with all your projects."
- 11Alive WXIA-TV
"Now that the new World of Coca-Cola is open and refreshing Atlanta and our operations team is hosting thousands of guests per day, I would like to take this time to personally thank you for the strong cooperation and patience you have shown us as the new World of Coca-Cola moved from the drawing board, through construction and on to reality."
- Coca-Cola

"The Park staff has been dedicated to our event since we first came to Atlanta four years ago. Their advice and knowledge have been instrumental in our ability to put on a quality event."

"So many memories from the Olympics. It's good to be back."
- Park Visitor

- FIRST Robotics

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