With big crowds back in Atlanta, business owners expected get back on track
The crowd that Atlanta Black Pride draws added to the big crowds we saw on Saturday.
Channel 2 Action News saw people everywhere, including spending their money at restaurants.
Mainly because aside from Black Pride, Georgia fans took over Downtown Atlanta, along with people in town for the return of Dragon Con.
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Channel 2′s Veronica Griffin spoke with businesses about how this weekend is helping them get back on track.
It’s the excited chatter as fans made their way to and from Dragon Con events on Saturday. Equally excited were the exhibit hall vendors hoping to cash in.
“We’re checking out the vendors. There are four levels of vendors. Incredible stuff, people selling stuff,” Garrett Pace, a Dragon Con fan said.
Several blocks away near Mercedes-Benz Stadium, street vendors were selling their apparel and gear.
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“It’s really opened up. Yes, no mask. You get to see people’s faces and you get to connect on that level which you didn’t in the pandemic era,” Oregon football fans Jenn and Adam Jacobs said.
Channel 2 Action News was downtown where we found restaurants packed with patrons, some watching the kick-off classic.
The big game pulled people out of their homes to spend time with family and friends and to spend money like the crowd here at Hudson Grille.
“Business has been really good with all the events coming in. We have many conventions coming in that hadn’t been doing that for last two years,” restaurant manager Joseph Hinman said. “It’s really helped business for Hudson Grille and also for the rest of Atlanta.”
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