State Sen. Brandon Beach proposed casino gambling as a way to lure more sports events to Georgia at a meeting of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee.
Atlanta hosted the College Football Playoff National Championship in January and will host the Super Bowl in 2028. Cobb County’s Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves, will host the All-Star Game this summer.
Beach, R-Alpharetta, said the state relies heavily on the private sector to secure the events at the Economic Development Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
“You can’t keep going back to the well all the time,” he said. “You’ve got to have a little bit of money for the state to put in the game. That’s one of the reasons I’ve been pushing casino gaming. I think that’d be a nice way to fund some of that.”
