Date of Atlanta’s MLS All-Star game announced

The MLS All-Star Game will be held at Atlanta United’s home of Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Aug. 1.

The rest of the league’s regular-season schedule will be unveiled at 2 p.m.

The All-Star game opponent has yet to be named.

The game will be televised on ESPN, UniMas, UDN, TSN, TVA Sports and to more than 170 countries.

Atlanta United led MLS in average and total attendance last season, setting several records.

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The bid book includes information on more than 35 cities, estimating 4.5 million fans and more than $4 billion in projected revenue.

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Metro Atlanta retailers hopeful for strong holiday season after chaotic year

Some independent retailers in metro Atlanta are entering this holiday season feeling battered by what they call a chaotic year.

$21B data center proposal aims to become one of Georgia’s largest

Trammell Crow Co. is planning a $21 billion technology campus for a 1,632-acre site along I-75 roughly 60 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.

This metro Atlanta couple spearheaded a change in football helmets

Erin and Lee Hanson are the founders behind Guardian Sports, the company that makes the Guardian Caps worn by college football and NFL players.