Georgia World Congress Centre (Atlanta, Georgia)
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Atlanta, Georgia
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convention center, movie / film / TV location
The Georgia World Congress Centre opened in 1976 with 350,000 square feet of exhibition space. Additional phases were built in 1985, 1992, and 2002. It now contains 1,400,000 square feet of exhibition space. During the 1996 summer Olympics, the 2nd building hosted the fencing, Handball, Judo, Table Tennis, Weightlifting, Wrestling events, and the fencing portion of the Modern Pentathlon. The original building house the IBC and MPC.
The center was the filming location for the Capitol in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire".
The center was the filming location for the Capitol in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire".
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_World_Congress_Center
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 33°45'44"N 84°23'58"W
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- Jackson, Georgia 63 km
- Talladega Superspeedway 156 km
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- Fort Knox 496 km
- "Spielberg-ia" Territory (Movie Filming Locations) 656 km
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) 692 km
- Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania 932 km
- Georgia World Congress Center Building B 0.2 km
- Vine City 0.7 km
- The Coca-Cola Company 0.7 km
- Downtown 0.9 km
- English Avenue Neighborhood 1.2 km
- The Bluff 1.3 km
- Marietta Street Artery 1.5 km
- Georgia Institute of Technology 1.5 km
- Bankhead Neighborhood 2.4 km
- Fulton County, Georgia 11 km
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