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City Hall hits maximum capacity

By and Brian Eason
June 5, 2023

By 1 p.m. people still in lining the streets outside to get into City Hall had to wait for others to come out before they could enter. Security confirmed that fire department notified them that the building had hit its maximum capacity.

According to the city, the atrium can hold 500 people and the council chambers can seat 200 people.

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Riley Bunch is a reporter on the local government team at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution covering Atlanta City Hall. She covers the mayor and Atlanta City Council while also keeping an eye on the city’s diverse neighborhoods.

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Brian Eason covers local government agencies across metro Atlanta for the AJC. A policy nerd at heart, Brian is drawn to stories that explain how our government works – and why it often doesn’t.

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