The old control tower at the Atlanta Speedway Airport is coming down. The Henry County Board of Commissioners voted at its March 9 meeting to declare the structure surplus and authorize its sale or disposal at the airport, which the county owns and operates in Hampton next to Atlanta Motor Speedway.

According to officials, the control tower has not been in use for many years and its removal is necessary to facilitate construction of the new fixed based operations/terminal building. In an unrelated item, the board officially accepted a $500 donation to the Henry County Police Department from Tanger Outlet Center in Locust Grove. There is no restriction on how the money can be spent.

Information: henrycounty-ga.com.

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Members of the conversion crew take a break as the main scoreboard is lowered to the floor to be worked on as the arena gets ready for the next concert at State Farm Arena, Thursday, October 2, 2025, in Atlanta. The crew was working on creating a stage for the Friday, Oct. 3 Maxwell concert. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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