{"id":1932,"date":"2010-01-13T02:44:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T06:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/13\/atlanta-still-in-world-cup-running\/"},"modified":"2010-01-13T02:44:09","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T06:44:09","slug":"atlanta-still-in-world-cup-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/13\/atlanta-still-in-world-cup-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta still in World Cup running"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta, GA is still in the running as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/atlanta-makes-next-world-273420.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/atlanta-makes-next-world-273420.html', 'host city');\" target=\"_blank\">host city<\/a> for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup (assuming U.S. wins the bid).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s interesting to contemplate that Atlanta could be one of the few cities to host an Olympics and a World Cup,\u201d Atlanta Sports Council President Gary Stokan said. He led the committee to secure Atlanta\u2019s place among the finalists. \u201cIt shows how Atlanta has become a player on the world sport\u2019s scene because of it\u2019s infrastructure and airport accessibility.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>2018 seems like a long way away, but I am keeping my fingers crossed, regardless of Atlanta\u2019s inclusion, that the U.S. secures one of these bids.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta, GA is still in the running as a host city for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup (assuming U.S. wins the bid). \u201cIt\u2019s interesting to contemplate that Atlanta could be one of the few cities to host an Olympics and a World Cup,\u201d Atlanta Sports Council President Gary Stokan said. He led the committee &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/13\/atlanta-still-in-world-cup-running\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Atlanta still in World Cup running<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}