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| 2 | 2 | | House Resolution 22 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Wiedower of the 121 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , Jones of the 47 |
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| 9 | 9 | | , Hugley of |
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| 12 | 12 | | , Hatchett of the 155 |
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| 14 | 14 | | , and others |
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| 15 | 15 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 16 | 16 | | Commending the Atlanta Football Host Committee for hosting the 2025 College Football |
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| 18 | 18 | | Playoff National Championship; and for other purposes.2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, in August 2022, Atlanta, Georgia, was selected as the host of the 2025 College3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Football Playoff National Championship; and4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Atlanta, Georgia, previously hosted the College Football Playoff National5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Championship in 2018 and was selected as the first city to serve as a repeat host of the6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | College Football Playoff National Championship; and7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, in 2018, the Atlanta Football Host Committee welcomed over 125,000 guests8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | to the Championship Campus in downtown Atlanta, earned the highest TV rating on record9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | for a college football game on ESPN, and hosted the first presidential visit to a college10 |
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| 27 | 27 | | football championship since 1980; and11 |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, The Atlanta Sports Council spearheaded the bid to host the 2025 College12 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Football Playoff National Championship alongside its partners in the community, including13 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, Arthur M. Blank Sports and Entertainment, the14 |
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| 31 | 31 | | H. R. 22 |
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| 33 | 33 | | City of Atlanta, Georgia World Congress Center Authority, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and the |
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| 35 | 35 | | State of Georgia; and16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, the Georgia General Assembly and Governor Brian Kemp have supported17 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Georgia's ability to host major sporting events with the extension of the sales tax exemption18 |
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| 38 | 38 | | on tickets for major sporting events and a $4.75 million appropriation to facilitate public19 |
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| 39 | 39 | | safety and infrastructure costs for the College Football Playoff National Championship; and 20 |
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| 40 | 40 | | WHEREAS, the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship will be hosted at the21 |
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| 41 | 41 | | world-class Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the host of the 2018 College Football Playoff 22 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Championship, the first LEED platinum-certified stadium to host a College Football Playoff23 |
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| 43 | 43 | | National Championship, and the future host of multiple major sporting events, including the24 |
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| 44 | 44 | | FIFA World Cup 2026 and Super Bowl 62; and25 |
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| 45 | 45 | | WHEREAS, over 600 volunteers from across the State of Georgia have stepped forward to26 |
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| 46 | 46 | | serve as the first impression for visitors and express our first-class hospitality for guests all27 |
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| 47 | 47 | | across the championship campus; and 28 |
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| 48 | 48 | | WHEREAS, the Atlanta Football Host Committee and College Football Playoff Foundation29 |
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| 49 | 49 | | have heavily invested in Georgia's communities with the creation of the Georgia Teachers30 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Initiative, which has engaged with over 40,000 teachers across the whole state and funded31 |
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| 51 | 51 | | teacher projects in all 159 counties; and32 |
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| 52 | 52 | | WHEREAS, the economic impact of hosting the College Football Playoff National33 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Championship to the State of Georgia will be $75 million for Georgia's restaurants, hotels,34 |
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| 54 | 54 | | vendors, and additional hospitality businesses.35 |
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| 57 | 57 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that |
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| 59 | 59 | | the members of this body commend the Atlanta Football Host Committee for serving as the37 |
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| 60 | 60 | | first repeat host city of the College Football Playoff National Championship and welcome38 |
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| 61 | 61 | | the national championship game back to Atlanta, Georgia.39 |
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| 62 | 62 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized40 |
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| 63 | 63 | | and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the41 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Atlanta Football Host Committee and other parties.42 |
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| 65 | 65 | | H. R. 22 |
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