The convention brought in approximately 50,000 people to the Georgia World Congress Center and made an estimated $35 million in economic impact for metro Atlanta.
As the number of states offering entertainment tax relief has dwindled, Georgia has emerged as the clear regional winner, eclipsing otherwise active entertainment work in Louisiana, Florida and North Carolina.
If you usually walk the streets of Downtown Camilla, you might notice some changes as filmmakers saw a need to bring the entertainment industry to a small South Georgia town in hopes of creating exposure in the field.
Georgia Entertainment and The Entertainment Tourism Alliance of Georgia (ETAG) hosted the inaugural ‘Shaping Georgia’s Entertainment Tourism Future’ event at the Trilith Guesthouse in the Town at Trilith.
The wait for a genuine college football video game is almost over. EA Sports recently revealed its much-anticipated “College Football 25” title will drop on July 19. Then, it shared a trailer showcasing gameplay footage and several small details that should have fans even more excited.
HyperX and SkillhotMedia announced the return of their BroadcastHER Academy fellowship program for women in esports and gaming.
MomoCon is expected to have an economic impact of $34,600,000 on metro Atlanta over Memorial Day Weekend 2024. More than 50,000 attendees are expected in Atlanta for a weekend of cosplay, animation, gaming, and music.
Animation Summit, a property of Ghost Gaming and produced by Skillshot Media, will debut on Thursday, May 23, 2024 to promote professional development and celebrate the growing animation industry in Georgia.
The Animation Summit will be hosted at Skillshot Media at Uptown Atlanta, in partnership with the all-ages Geek Culture Convention MomoCon beginning the following day at the Georgia World Congress Center.
If you have ever traveled out of town to attend a music festival, watched your favorite collegiate team participate in an esports tournament or visited the real world locations where your favorite movies were filmed, you have participated in entertainment tourism.