HR22: HR22 Atlanta Football Host Committee; hosting the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship; commend

This resolution is a ceremonial statement from the Georgia House of Representatives. It does not change any Georgia law. Instead, it praises the Atlanta Football Host Committee and its partners, including the Atlanta Sports Council, the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, for organizing the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The resolution recounts the history of Atlanta's 2018 championship, notes the state's earlier support through a sales tax exemption on tickets for major sporting events and a $4.75 million state appropriation (state funding) for public safety and infrastructure, and highlights volunteer participation and a teacher outreach program. It closes by directing the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the Host Committee and other parties.

• Formally commends the Atlanta Football Host Committee for serving as the first repeat host city of the College Football Playoff National Championship.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the Host Committee and other parties.
• Recites past state support, including a sales tax exemption on tickets for major sporting events and a $4.75 million state appropriation for public safety and infrastructure costs.
• Creates no new legal requirements, funding, or penalties; it is a ceremonial statement rather than a change to Georgia law.

The resolution names the Atlanta Football Host Committee, the Atlanta Sports Council, the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, Arthur M. Blank Sports and Entertainment, the City of Atlanta, the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and volunteers and teachers across Georgia's 159 counties.

Because this is a commendatory resolution rather than a law, it has no direct legal effect on Georgians. Its practical significance is symbolic: it publicly recognizes the organizations and volunteers behind a major sporting event and documents past state financial support for hosting it.

• The whereas clauses describe Atlanta's selection to host the championship in 2018 and again in 2025, making it the first repeat host city.
• The whereas clauses reference a state sales tax exemption on tickets for major sporting events and a $4.75 million state appropriation for public safety and infrastructure.
• The resolving clause formally commends the Atlanta Football Host Committee and welcomes the championship back to Atlanta.
• A final clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the Host Committee and other parties.

1. 2025-01-14House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-01-14House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-01-14House Hopper (House)

• Marcus Wiedower (R, HD-121)Primary sponsor
• Jon Burns (R, HD-159)
• Jan Jones (R, HD-047)
• Carolyn Hugley (D, HD-141)
• James Hatchett (R, HD-155)
• Chuck Efstration (R, HD-104)

• college football playoff
• Atlanta sports
• Mercedes-Benz Stadium
• state resolutions
• economic impact