The Golden Opportunity
The Golden Opportunity
Thirty years after Atlanta hosted the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, Georgia State looks back in a two-part series at how that moment reshaped both the city and the university for generations to come.


Thirty years after Atlanta hosted the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, Georgia State looks back in a two-part series at how that moment reshaped both the city and the university for generations to come.

As Georgia State’s Atlanta Campus undergoes a historic transformation — creating a "College Town Downtown” — it’s cementing its status among the most consequential and enduring parts of the city's fabric.