Further information: Economy of Metro Atlanta The Masters golf tournament the first of the PGA tour's four "majors" is held annually the second weekend of April at the Augusta National Golf Club! Racing facilities include Atlanta Motor Speedway a 1.5 mile (2.4 km) NASCAR race track in Hampton and Road Atlanta in Braselton in 2005 Atlanta competed with other major U.S cities for the NASCAR Hall of Fame in March 2006 Atlanta lost to Charlotte North Carolina, On July 8 2011 it was reported in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that six police officers were fired for lying about events concerning a raid on the Atlanta Eagle Bar (which catered to gay persons) in June 2011 a 343-page report was released that details how 16 officers lied or destroyed evidence when asked about the raid on the Eagle Bar at least two of the officers in question had been cited for lying on another occasion in a federal drug case in October 2009 (the federal prosecutors informed the Atlanta Police Department that they would never be used again in a federal prosecution), Clayton (1,658/sq mi) Tree canopy 9 Healthcare Atlanta is home to two of the nation's Gaelic football clubs the Na Fianna and Clan na nGael Ladies' and Men's Gaelic Football Clubs Both are members of the North American County Board a branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association the worldwide governing body of Gaelic games. Campus sections Atlanta is home to professional franchises for four major team sports: the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League and Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer the Braves who moved to Atlanta in 1966 were established as the Boston Red Stockings in 1871 and are the oldest continually operating professional sports franchise in the United States the Braves won the World Series in 1995 and had an unprecedented run of 14 straight divisional championships from 1991 to 2005 the Braves have a new home as of 2017 having moved from Turner Field to Suntrust Park which is in the Atlanta Metropolitan area 10 miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta in Cumberland/Galleria Georgia.
; . Signalling Germany (465) J Many startup companies are produced through research conducted at Georgia Tech with the Advanced Technology Development Center and VentureLab ready to assist Georgia Tech's researchers and entrepreneurs in organization and commercialization the Georgia Tech Research Corporation serves as Georgia Tech's contract and technology licensing agency Georgia Tech is ranked fourth for startup companies eighth in patents and eleventh in technology transfer by the Milken Institute Georgia Tech and GTRI devote 1,900,000 square feet (180,000 m2) of space to research purposes including the new $90 million Marcus Nanotechnology Building one of the largest nanotechnology research facilities in the Southeastern United States with over 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) of clean room space, 47/8 63/17 Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total Development and preparation The Atlanta metropolitan area is the cultural and economic center of the Southeast; its population in 2010 was 5,268,860 or 53.6% of Georgia's total Atlanta is the nation's ninth largest metropolitan area.
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