{"690583":{"#nid":"690583","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Generating Buzz: World Cup Puts Atlanta Back in Global Spotlight","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen Spain and Cabo Verde take the pitch inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium (temporarily renamed Atlanta Stadium) on June 15, Atlanta will become one of two U.S. cities to have hosted the Olympics, a Super Bowl, an NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball Final Four, a College Football National Championship, and a World Cup match, further cementing its status as a global sports city.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/8e6ac738-7497-5f94-ab1a-0c3fd32d15a7\u0022\u003EDeclan Abernethy\u003C\/a\u003E, a lecturer in the School of History and Sociology, joined the latest episode of Generating Buzz to share his insight into how the scope and scale of the World Cup compares to events of the past, how the city\u2019s capacity to host \u201cmega-events\u201d has changed since the 1996 Olympic Games, and expectations for the visitor and viewer experience.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbernethy teaches courses at the intersection of sport, history, and science and technology studies, with an emphasis on the culture and community around soccer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/2026\/05\/world-cup-puts-atlanta-back-global-spotlight\u0022\u003EListen to the full podcast\u003C\/a\u003E on the GT News Center website.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDeclan Abernethy, a lecturer in the School of History and Sociology, joined the latest episode of Generating Buzz to share his insight into how the scope and scale of the World Cup compares to \u0022mega-events\u0022 of the past.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Declan Abernethy, a lecturer in the School of History and Sociology, joined the latest episode of Generating Buzz to share his insight into how the scope and scale of the World Cup compares to \u0022mega-events\u0022 of the past."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2026-06-01 18:54:52","changed_gmt":"2026-06-01 19:00:18","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-05-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-05-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680394":{"id":"680394","type":"image","title":"World-Cup.jpg","body":null,"created":"1780340099","gmt_created":"2026-06-01 18:54:59","changed":"1780340099","gmt_changed":"2026-06-01 18:54:59","alt":"Mercedes-Benz Stadium wrapped with World Cup 2026 promotions.","file":{"fid":"264651","name":"World-Cup.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/06\/01\/World-Cup.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/06\/01\/World-Cup.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1392573,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/06\/01\/World-Cup.jpg?itok=1NUY9oYf"}}},"media_ids":["680394"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003ESteven Gagliano\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:steven.gagliano@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esteven.gagliano@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}