ATLANTA -- Cosm had a private grand opening for its third location on Friday night, as guests got to take in ABC’s Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals Game 2 on the dome and elsewhere in the three-story facility. The venue, which sits between Mercedes-Benz Stadium and State Farm Arena in the new Centennial Yards project, is Cosm’s biggest space yet after opening venues in L.A. and Dallas (a fourth site in Detroit is expected to open later this year, with Cleveland set for 2027). Cosm will also be among the only venues open at Centennial Yards when FIFA World Cup games begin later this week.
Capacity is around 1,200 fans for the whole building. In L.A. and Dallas, 350 seats are in the reserved dome, but Atlanta has closer to 500 (all of which were filled for the event, with a massive overflow crowd in the rest of the building).
Guests at Cosm were greeted at the entrance by a drumline and the Falcons cheerleaders. Centennial Yards President Brian McGowan and Cosm CEO Jeb Terry made speeches to the crowd, with Terry also showing a video from Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens. A video then was played on the dome screen highlighting the history of Atlanta area teams, and then the screen showed off what it can be like in the theater for games involving the Falcons, Georgia football and Braves, as well as highlights from NBA games, Premier League, WWE, NHL, UFC, March Madness and World Cup.
Among those in attendance was Hawks owner Tony Ressler, who is a major investor in the Centennial Yards project. Also there were Hawks CEO Steve Koonin and President of Business Operations & COO Andrew Saltzman. There also were reps from Fox Sports, which will have 40 upcoming World Cup games shown on Cosm screens.
Celebs in attendance included rappers 2 Chainz, Killer Mike and Pastor Troy, former NBAers Steve Smith and Kevin Willis, Giants WR Darnell Mooney, former NFLers Alge Crumpler and Josh Norman and CNN’s Sanjay Gupta.
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