--- title: SR 11. Atlanta Football Host Committee for hosting the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/sr11 cite_as: SR 11, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr11 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr11.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr11/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69325 date: 2025-01-14 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr10.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr12.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 94 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr11.md?full=1 bill_number: SR 11 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: Senate bill_type: resolution status_date: 2025-01-14 last_action: Senate Read and Adopted sponsors: - John Albers - Sonya Halpern - Randy Robertson - John Kennedy - Jason Anavitarte text_version: Enrolled has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SR11/2025 upstream_id: 1916835 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - college football - Atlanta sports - economic impact - state commendation resolution --- # SR 11. Atlanta Football Host Committee for hosting the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship; commend ## Text Senate Resolution 11 By: Senators Albers of the 56th, Halpern of the 39th, Robertson of the 29th, Kennedy of the 18th and Anavitarte of the 31st A RESOLUTION Commending the Atlanta Football Host Committee for hosting the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, in August 2022, Atlanta, Georgia, was selected as the host of the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship; and WHEREAS, Atlanta, Georgia, previously hosted the College Football Playoff National Championship in 2018 and was selected as the first city to serve as a repeat host of the College Football Playoff National Championship; and WHEREAS, in 2018, the Atlanta Football Host Committee welcomed over 125,000 guests to the Championship Campus in downtown Atlanta, earned the highest TV rating on record for a college football game on ESPN, and hosted the first presidential visit to a college football championship since 1980; and WHEREAS, The Atlanta Sports Council spearheaded the bid to host the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship alongside its partners in the community, including the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, Arthur M. Blank Sports and Entertainment, the City of Atlanta, Georgia World Congress Center Authority, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and the State of Georgia; and WHEREAS, the Georgia General Assembly and Governor Brian Kemp have supported Georgia's ability to host major sporting events with the extension of the sales tax exemption on tickets for major sporting events and a $4.75 million appropriation to facilitate public safety and infrastructure costs for the College Football Playoff National Championship; and WHEREAS, the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship will be hosted at the world-class Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the host of the 2018 College Football Playoff Championship, the first LEED platinum-certified stadium to host a College Football Playoff National Championship, and the future host of multiple major sporting events, including the FIFA World Cup 2026 and Super Bowl 62; and WHEREAS, over 600 volunteers from across the State of Georgia have stepped forward to serve as the first impression for visitors and express our first-class hospitality for guests all across the championship campus; and WHEREAS, the Atlanta Football Host Committee and College Football Playoff Foundation have heavily invested in Georgia's communities with the creation of the Georgia Teachers Initiative, which has engaged with over 40,000 teachers across the whole state and funded teacher projects in all 159 counties; and WHEREAS, the economic impact of hosting the College Football Playoff National Championship to the State of Georgia will be $75 million for Georgia's restaurants, hotels, vendors, and additional hospitality businesses. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend the Atlanta Football Host Committee for serving as the first repeat host city of the College Football Playoff National Championship and welcome the national championship game back to Atlanta, Georgia. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the Atlanta Football Host Committee and other parties. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Senate resolution commends the Atlanta Football Host Committee for bringing the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship back to Atlanta, making it the first repeat host city. ### Plain-language summary 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. ### What it does - 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. ### Who it affects 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. ### Why it matters 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. ### Key provisions - 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. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-01-14) - Last action: Senate Read and Adopted (2025-01-14) - Sponsors: John Albers, Sonya Halpern, Randy Robertson, John Kennedy, Jason Anavitarte - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69325 > The history, votes, and amendments (94 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr11.md?full=1