SR 11: Atlanta Football Host Committee for hosting the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship; commend

This resolution is a ceremonial statement from the Georgia Senate praising the Atlanta Football Host Committee and its partners for organizing the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. It recounts the city's history hosting the 2018 championship, notes state support such as a sales tax exemption on tickets for major sporting events and a $4.75 million state appropriation for public safety and infrastructure, and highlights community efforts like a teacher engagement program and volunteer participation. The resolution does not create new law, spend money, or impose requirements. It formally commends the host committee and directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the committee and other involved parties.

• Formally commends the Atlanta Football Host Committee for organizing the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship in Atlanta.
• Recognizes Atlanta as the first city to serve as a repeat host of the College Football Playoff National Championship.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the host committee and other parties.
• Does not create any new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a ceremonial statement of recognition.

The resolution directly names the Atlanta Football Host Committee, the Atlanta Sports Council, the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, the City of Atlanta, the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, and volunteers and teachers involved in the championship's community programs.

While the resolution itself changes no laws or spending, it publicly recognizes the organizations behind a major sporting event that the text says brought an estimated $75 million in economic impact to Georgia's hospitality businesses and engaged tens of thousands of teachers statewide.

• The whereas clauses describe Atlanta's selection in August 2022 to host the 2025 championship and its prior 2018 hosting record.
• The whereas clauses cite a state sales tax exemption on tickets for major sporting events and a $4.75 million state appropriation for public safety and infrastructure costs.
• The resolved clause formally commends the Atlanta Football Host Committee as the first repeat host city of the championship.
• The final resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the host committee and other parties.

1. 2025-01-14Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2025-01-13Senate Hopper (Senate)

• John Albers (R, SD-056)Primary sponsor
• Sonya Halpern (D, SD-039)
• Randy Robertson (R, SD-029)
• John Kennedy (R, SD-018)
• Jason Anavitarte (R, SD-031)

• college football
• Atlanta sports
• economic impact
• state commendation resolution