Atlanta

The Omni Coliseum, known simply as The Omni in Atlanta, opened in 1972 and was the home of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and NHL's Atlanta Flames. The Atlanta Chiefs soccer team played their indoor games there as did the Atlanta Attack soccer team. The...

The Atlanta Chiefs outdoor soccer team was founded in 1967 as a charter member of the National Professional Soccer League, which later merged with the United Soccer Association to from the North American Soccer League in 1968. In 1973, the club was sold and...

The Atlanta Attack began play in 1989 as an expansion team in the American Indoor Soccer Association. Their home pitch was The Omni. In 1991, they relocated to Kansas City.

The Atlanta Apollos began as the Atlanta Chiefs and played in the National Professional Soccer League in 1967. When that league merged with the Untied Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League, the Chiefs followed. The team was sold in 1973 and...

The Atlanta Silverbacks are a soccer club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The team was founded in 1998 as Atlanta Ruckus, the club has played in many leagues over the years. The team plays its home games at Atlanta Silverbacks Park, a large soccer complex...

Metroplex was a punk rock club in Atlanta, Georgia from 1983 to 1988. It brought in national acts such as Bad Brains and Suicidal Tendencies and was the place to be for Atlanta punk rockers in the mid-80s.

The World of Sid and Marty Krofft??was an indoor amusement park??in Atlanta, Georgia that was based on the various TV shows??produced by the sibling duo Sid and Marty Krofft. It was located in what is now CNN Center.??

WQXI first went on the air in 1948 and played the pop standards of the day. In the 1960s it moved to a top-40/rock & roll format, before switching to oldies in the 1970s. The station is most famous for being the inspiration for...

It was the spot where anything goes. Mako's was a bar and restaurant located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta and was known for its wild party atmosphere. It also had a location in downtown Orlando.

Baby Doe's Matchless Mine was a theme restaurant popular in the 1970s and 1980s.??The chain was named for Elizabeth McCourt "Baby" Doe Tabor (1854???935), the young bride of Central City, Colorado mine owner Harvey Doe. It was founded by aviation collector David Tallichet Jr....

This shopping center near Avondale Estates in eastern Atlanta opened as the Columbia Mall in 1964. Shortly after being purchased by new owners in the mid-80s, it was renamed the Avondale Mall. It closed in 2001 and was demolished in 2007.

Mick's was a local restaurant chain that had locations in Kennesaw, Buckhead, Decatur, and downtown Atlanta. The latter was its last remaining location, closing at the end of 2020.

Atlanta-Fulton County was built to attract pro baseball and pro football to Georgia's capital and largest city. It was proposed in 1961 and ground was broken in 1964 almost immediately after an unidentified Major League Baseball team agreed to move to Atlanta provided a...

Atlanta-Fulton County was built to attract pro baseball and pro football to Georgia's capital and largest city. It was proposed in 1961 and ground was broken in 1964 almost immediately after an unidentified Major League Baseball team agreed to move to Atlanta provided a...

The DuMont Television Network began broadcasting on June 28, 1942, the nation's third TV network behind NBC and CBS. Regular network service began on August 15, 1946. It was started by DuMont Laboratories, a maker of TVs. Financial strains and fierce competition from NBC,...

Burger Chef was a fast-food hamburger chain that started in Indianapolis in 1958. At its peak in the mid 1970s, it was second only to McDonald's in the number of nationwide locations. The chain even made inroads into Canada. In 1982, the chain was...

In the 1980s, it was the battle cry of the British Phonograph Industry (BPI), later championed by similar organizations around the world. Little did they know that a much scarier beast was lurking on the horizon.

From 1969 until 1993, the Lionel Corporation operated a chain of toy stores under the names Kiddie City, Playworld, and Toy Warehouse. At its peak, the chain had over a 150 stores and was the second largest toy store chain in the country.

The original North American Soccer League (NASL) was formed in 1967 when the competing United Soccer Association and the National Professional Soccer League decided to join forces. For the next 12 seasons, it was the top-level league for outdoor soccer in the U.S. and...

Founded in Howard Brothers Discount Center grew to chain of 110 stores by the late '60s.?? Remember the fun of shopping there with this great design on our super-soft heather gray tee.