As the organization responsible for overseeing three of the primary sites associated with the 1996 Olympic Games held in Atlanta, GWCCA is focusing attention through this Initiative on the impact of the Games on the economic development of Atlanta and the state of Georgia over the past twenty years.

Read the Business History Initiative profile on the 1996 Summer Olympic Games that ran from July 19-August 4, 1996, the largest event in the city’s history, which helped establish Atlanta as the business and sports capital of the Southeast.