“People used say, ‘Ah, you don’t know what it’s like, you got to go experience a match in Europe. Or you need to go to South America to experience a match. The reality is weactually have the experience here, in Atlanta. You don’t have to go overseas. It’s something this city has embraced. I wouldn’t say it’s an anomaly by any means. It’s allabout participating in something as opposed to manufacturing something.”

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