{"id":640,"date":"2024-04-11T01:30:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T01:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mastertheevent.com\/?p=640"},"modified":"2024-04-11T01:30:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T01:30:07","slug":"event-planning-spotlight-on-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mastertheevent.com\/event-planning-spotlight-on-atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Planning \u2013 Spotlight on Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662cb8f1e8944\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662cb8f1e8944\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertheevent.com\/event-planning-spotlight-on-atlanta\/#Event_Planning_Atlanta_%E2%80%93_The_City_in_a_Forest\" title=\"Event Planning Atlanta \u2013 The City in a Forest\">Event Planning Atlanta \u2013 The City in a Forest<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertheevent.com\/event-planning-spotlight-on-atlanta\/#Event_Planning_Atlanta_%E2%80%93_A_City_of_Neighborhoods\" title=\"Event Planning Atlanta \u2013 A City of Neighborhoods\">Event Planning Atlanta \u2013 A City of Neighborhoods<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertheevent.com\/event-planning-spotlight-on-atlanta\/#Event_Planning_Atlanta_%E2%80%93_Venues_Venues_Venues\" title=\"Event Planning Atlanta \u2013 Venues, Venues, Venues!\">Event Planning Atlanta \u2013 Venues, Venues, Venues!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Ray Charles once crooned that the road leads back to Georgia and it\u2019s always on our minds. But there\u2019s a lot more to Atlanta than steel magnolias, civil war history and Georgia peaches. In addition to being home to three professional sports franchises, with over 35 million visitors each year, Atlanta is the seventh most visited city in the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atlanta is a Mecca for Fortune 500 companies and ranks sixth in the country with a gross domestic product of over $270 billion. Although Coca-Cola is the king of Atlanta, it\u2019s also home to headquarters for BellSouth, Delta Airlines, Home Depot, UPS, and Georgia-Pacific. And while business, finance and manufacturing are all big business, tourism is the second leading industry in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So with a combination of history, diverse neighborhoods, and entertainment coupled with a subtropical climate (hot summers and mild winters) you should be asking yourself, \u201cWhy haven\u2019t I considered Atlanta lately?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Event_Planning_Atlanta_%E2%80%93_The_City_in_a_Forest\"><\/span>Event Planning Atlanta \u2013 The City in a Forest<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Atlanta is known as the \u201ccity in a forest\u201d, due to the large profusion of trees. A profusion of trees cuts a swath through the city, spreading into the \u2018burbs and encompasses the largest tree coverage of all large American cities at 36% (the national average is 27%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The natural beauty of the flowering dogwoods, southern pines and magnolias are one of the reasons Atlanta made National Geographic\u2019s list of \u201c50 Places of a Lifetime\u201d, calling it \u201csurprisingly lush\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding to the \u201cCity in a Forest\u201d is the Canopy Walk. Located in The Atlanta Botanical Gardens, it\u2019s a 600 foot elevated walkway (40 feet above ground) that ambles through 15 acres of mature hardwoods and is considered the only elevated walkway of its kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Event_Planning_Atlanta_%E2%80%93_A_City_of_Neighborhoods\"><\/span>Event Planning Atlanta \u2013 A City of Neighborhoods<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The capitol of Georgia has a population of over 420,000 people and the Atlanta metropolitan area (metro Atlanta) has a population of over 520,000. But it truly is a city of neighborhoods with over 240 neighborhoods giving it a feel of a series of smaller communities, rather than one large city. Regardless of what you\u2019re looking for, nightlife, history, traditional or urbane, Atlanta has it all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Event_Planning_Atlanta_%E2%80%93_Venues_Venues_Venues\"><\/span>Event Planning Atlanta \u2013 Venues, Venues, Venues!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The venues are as varied as the neighborhoods. Your choices range from historical to natural to urban and sophisticated. Whatever style and feel you want, you\u2019ll find in Atlanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) is the largest convention center in Atlanta and the fourth largest in the US with over 3.9 million square of exhibit space. Located in downtown Atlanta, near Centennial Olympic Park, the Georgia Dome and the CNN Center, the GWCC hosts more than one million visitors a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CNN Center is the world headquarters of the Cable News Network (CNN) and is home to the main newsrooms and studios for several of CNN\u2019s news channels. Located in downtown Atlanta, the CNN Center has versatile and functional spaces appropriate for groups ranging up to 400 attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Georgia Aquarium is the largest indoor aquarium in the world. Home to over 500 different species (and 120,000 animals), the aquarium is a popular destination for weddings, meetings and special events. With events catered by Wolfgang Puck, the Aquarium is a popular destination for weddings, meetings and special events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atlanta combines the best of the south with the multiculturalism of a world class city and should be on the radar of every meeting and event planner!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ray Charles once crooned that the road leads back to Georgia and it\u2019s always on our minds. 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