Thomas Freer on Gulch Construction Downtown Atlanta
Thomas Freer
Gulch Construction Downtown Atlanta
Claims and stances
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- 0:00 Yeah, Luca, this is definitely an interesting topic and one that people have been talking about for a couple of years now.
- 0:06 Very exciting.
- 0:07 It's about a 500 million is total going into this Gulch development in between Mercedes Benz and St.
- 0:14 Farm.
- 0:15 And you know, I think everyone agrees it's a great idea.
- 0:18 The government's putting a lot of money into it, which is awesome.
- 0:22 But the only issue is they had plans to do this, like you said, before the World Cup with all the traffic, the tourists that are be coming in.
- 0:30 The games are obviously going to be played in Mercedes-Benz.
- 0:34 And it just seems like a lot of people are talking about it that they are not going to be anywhere close to being completed with the project by the time the World Cup starts.
- 0:45 And I think this is just a complete ball drop by the city of Atlanta.
- 0:49 Um I don't know how this like I mean, they're just missing out on so much opportunity, so much revenue to come into the city by just not finishing this.
- 1:00 Um it'd be a great way to kick start the new development.
- 1:04 It would bring so much attention.
- 1:06 There'd be national news coverage of the area, maybe the restaurants, the bars, whatever, all the entertainment.
- 1:14 And there I just don't see any world where they're gonna have it complete by the time the World Cup starts, and that's just so unfortunate for our city.
- 1:22 Um I'm glad that they're doing it though.
- 1:25 I definitely do not want them to back out or stop, but if they can somehow pull it off before the World Cup, that would be great.
- 1:32 I just don't think there's any chance.