When Spain and Cabo Verde take the pitch inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium (temporarily renamed Atlanta Stadium) on June 15, Atlanta will become one of two U.S. cities to have hosted the Olympics, a Super Bowl, an NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four, a College Football National Championship, and a World Cup match, further cementing its status as a global sports city.
Declan Abernethy, a lecturer in the Georgia Tech School of History and Sociology, joined the latest episode of Generating Buzz to share his insight into how the scope and scale of the World Cup compares to events of the past, how the city’s capacity to host “mega-events” has changed since the 1996 Olympic Games, and expectations for the visitor and viewer experience.
Abernethy teaches courses at the intersection of sport, history, and science and technology studies, with an emphasis on the culture and community around soccer.
Welcoming the World
While Atlanta welcomes the world’s biggest sporting competition, there will be plenty of fun, family-friendly activities at and around Georgia Tech. Global and local visitors can enjoy technology demonstrations, events, and exhibits between soccer match days and discover our campus within the vibrant host city.
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