Rise ATL: Georgia v. Florida Game Day Experience

Rise ATL is taking over the Centennial Yards Entertainment District on Saturday, October 31, from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM, a pre-game party for fans of the Dawgs and the Gators. It's set up as a place to connect with other football fans and kick off game day in downtown Atlanta before the Georgia-Florida game. The afternoon runs with a photo booth, games, a DJ, and a custom hat station.

Centennial Yards is presenting the whole thing, and the venue itself is worth a look if you haven't spent much time there. It's an eight-acre entertainment district built on a 50-acre redevelopment of the Gulch, the stretch of rail yards that sits below downtown Atlanta's 1920s viaducts. The district leans into those railroad roots: four major rail lines met here, and the Circle Wye junction, completed by the Macon & Western Railroad in 1846, still sits on the property. That junction is what inspired the 'A' in the Centennial Yards logo.

The district is a mix of residences, retail, entertainment, and public spaces. The 304-home residential tower, The Mitchell, is open, as is the 19-story, 292-room Hotel Phoenix. Across the street are State Farm Arena and Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and inside the district, Cosm, The Irish Exit, Shake Shack, and Wild Leap Atlanta are listed as open. Rise ATL sits right in the middle of it all.

If you're heading in, the address is 85 Centennial Olympic Park Drive Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30303. The party runs from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM on Saturday, October 31, so you've got a couple of hours to hang with other fans before the game.