Centennial Park

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Predator's Taint Modifier: +0

Exterior Channel: None

Renown: 5

Description

Centennial Olympic Park is a 21 acre (85,000 m²) public park located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The park was built by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) as part of the infrastructure improvements for the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics.

The park is located adjacent to and managed by the Georgia World Congress Center. It is bounded by Marietta Street to the west, Baker Street to the north and Centennial Olympic Park Drive to the east and south. Andrew Young International Boulevard runs through the southern portion of the park. The park property was previously a variety of vacant lots and abandoned, run-down and industrial buildings.

A key feature of the park is the Fountain of Rings interactive fountain which features computer-controlled lights and jets of water synchronized with music played from speakers in light towers surrounding the fountain. The fountain forms a splash pad that was designed for children to frolic in, as well as for concert goers and joggers to cool off in on hot summer days. The waterplay area consists of 251 jets that shoot 12 to 35 feet (4 to 10 m) in the air, and also creates a beautiful water sculpture that's essentially the front yard of the nearby museum. A nearby hotel with rooms facing the fountain recommends businessmen/women try splashing through the fountain.

The fountain area is surrounded by flags representing the host countries of each Summer Olympics preceding the 1996 games and columns reminiscent of ancient Greece. There are several pieces of sculpture scattered through the park including a statue of Pierre de Coubertin, father of the modern Olympic movement. A small amphitheatre is located at the southern end of the park.

Size, Location and Security

Size 5, Location 5, Security 0

Benefits

All Visitors

The park itself lends a spectacular viewpoint (and short-cut) through the main city. One can find themselves cutting off a few minutes of drive-time just by taking a shortcut through the park itself.

OOC Mandated Drive-times, when coming from Centennial Park, have 3 minutes shaved off of them.

Minor

As one of the main tourist areas of the city, you find it's almost too easy to stalk the park's patrons for a meal since you know your way around the park better than most.

+2 Hunt Dice when hunting in Downtown

Sizable

Having been around the park, you also know the main advertisers and head-honchos for event set-ups. That being said, you can get an area of the park (not the fountains) roped off from public view every so often.

As Minor; Have an area of the park roped off with orange cones and caution tape on a whim (takes 30 minutes real time) which lasts for one night -- crews in the morning will come and get rid of it since it doesn't belong.

Major

You've gotten so accustomed to how things are done in the park, you understand the clockwork and all of the routines of the regular workers too. Not only that, but you've got insight into all of the construction projects going on nearby, and sometimes twitters about other ones, too.

As Sizable; +1 Streetwise; Can learn of new businesses being opened in the past 7 days, once per month.

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