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Atlanta was selected on September 18 1990 in Tokyo Japan over Athens Belgrade Manchester Melbourne and Toronto at the 96th IOC Session the city entered the competition as a dark horse being up against stiff competition the US media also criticized it as a second-tier city and complained of Georgia's Confederate history However the IOC Evaluation Commission ranked Atlanta's infrastructure and facilities the highest while IOC members said that it could guarantee large television revenues similar to the success of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Additionally former US ambassador to the UN and Atlanta mayor Andrew Jackson Young touted Atlanta's civil rights history and reputation for racial harmony Young also wanted to showcase a reformed American South the strong economy of Atlanta and improved race relations in the South helped to impress the IOC officials the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) also proposed a substantial revenue-sharing with the IOC USOC and other NOCs Atlanta's main rivals were Toronto whose front-running bid that began in 1986 had chances to succeed after Canada had held a successful 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and Melbourne Australia who hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics and after Brisbane Australia's failed bid for the 1992 games (which were awarded to Barcelona) and prior to Sydney Australia's successful 2000 Summer Olympics bid This would be Toronto's fourth failed attempt since 1960 (tried in 1960 1964 and 1976 but defeated by Rome Tokyo and Montreal). J Most of Atlanta was burned during the Civil War depleting the city of a large stock of its historic architecture Yet architecturally the city had never been traditionally "southern" because Atlanta originated as a railroad town rather than a patrician southern seaport like Savannah or Charleston Many of the city's landmarks share architectural characteristics with buildings in the Northeast or Midwest. 1910 154,839 72.3% Since the 1990s various hip-hop and R&B musicians have included top-selling artists such as Outkast Usher Ludacris TLC B.o.B. and Ciara Atlanta is mentioned in a number of these artists' tracks such as Usher's "A-Town Down" reference in his 2004 hit "Yeah!" (which also features Atlanta artists Lil Jon and Ludacris) Ludacris' "Welcome to Atlanta" Outkast's album "ATLiens" and B.o.B.'s multiple references to Decatur Georgia as in his hit song "Strange Clouds". . The Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association began in 1946 as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks playing in Moline Illinois the team moved to Milwaukee in 1951 then to St Louis in 1955 where they won their sole NBA Championship as the St Louis Hawks in 1968 they came to Atlanta.

2.3 Rugby league Economy Government and politics, Georgia's electricity generation and consumption are among the highest in the United States with natural gas being the primary electrical generation fuel followed by coal the state also has two nuclear power facilities Plant Hatch and Plant Vogtle which contribute almost one fourth of Georgia's electricity generation and an additional two nuclear power plants are under construction{{when?|date=July 2019 at Plant Vogtle in 2013 the generation mix was 39% gas 35% coal 23% nuclear 3% hydro and other renewable sources the leading area of energy consumption is the industrial sector because Georgia "is a leader in the energy-intensive wood and paper products industry" Solar generated energy is becoming more in use with solar energy generators currently installed ranking Georgia 15th in the country in installed solar capacity in 2013 $189 million was invested in Georgia to install solar for home business and utility use representing a 795% increase over the previous year. . No Senator or Representative shall be elected by the General Assembly or appointed by the Governor to any office or appointment having any emolument annexed thereto during the time for which such person shall have been elected unless the Senator or Representative shall first resign the seat to which elected; provided however that during the term for which elected no Senator or Representative shall be appointed to any civil office which has been created during such term. On October 13 1885 Georgia Governor Henry D McDaniel signed the bill to create and fund the new school in 1887 Atlanta pioneer Richard Peters donated to the state 4 acres (1.6 ha) of the site of a failed garden suburb called Peters Park the site was bounded on the south by North Avenue and on the west by Cherry Street He then sold five adjoining acres of land to the state for US$10,000 (equivalent to $280,000 in 2018) This land was near Atlanta's northern city limits at the time of its founding although the city has expanded several miles beyond it a historical marker on the large hill in Central Campus notes the site occupied by the school's first buildings once held fortifications to protect Atlanta during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War the surrender of the city took place on the southwestern boundary of the modern Georgia Tech campus in 1864. M In 2001 Atlanta won the National League East division yet again swept the Houston Astros in the NLDS then lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Championship Series four games to one One memorable game the Braves played that year came on September 21 when they played rival New York Mets in the first major professional sporting event held in New York City since 9/11. Interstate highways ? ? ? ? 3 One Atlantic Center 820 (250) 50 1987 125th-tallest building in the world 38th-tallest in the U.S Also known as the IBM Tower. The Middleton Railway in Leeds which was built in 1758 later became the world's oldest operational railway (other than funiculars) albeit now in an upgraded form in 1764 the first railway in the Americas was built in Lewiston New York, The state theatre of Georgia is the Springer Opera House located in Columbus.