Traffic and cars play a central role in the social media chatter surrounding the Super Bowl in Atlanta.
We surveyed Twitter for informative and entertaining takes on how the Super Bowl is being received in Atlanta.
Welcome to Atlanta
A few ground rules for Super Bowl LIII visitors:
- We never refer to it as “Hotlanta.”
- We do not pronounce the second t in Atlanta.
- It will always be Coke over Pepsi.
- We already know the traffic sucks.
- Tip your Waffle House servers well.— Jeff (@Jeff_Donahoo) January 24, 2019
Super Bowl Traffic
City of Atlanta: “We’ll have the roads prepared for the Super Bowl traffic.”
Also City of Atlanta: “Just slap a metal plate over the potholes.” pic.twitter.com/Nurpcidsn2— Everything Georgia (@GAFolIowers) January 23, 2019
*gets in an Uber at the Super Bowl in Atlanta*
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Me:
So the traffic is really bad, right?— Zoltán Buday (@PFF_Zoltan) February 1, 2019
Hustling home to beat the #SuperBowl weekend traffic pic.twitter.com/b1ksuLc86z
— Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD) February 1, 2019
Navigate the crowds and skip the traffic during the Super Bowl on two wheels. @RelayBikeShare is offering free rides! Use promo code: RelaySB53 for a $10 Relay Bike Share credit until February 8! This credit will work for new and existing members. #SuperBowl53 #SuperBowlLIII pic.twitter.com/IFvyBybWO7
— AtlantaBikeCoalition (@atlantabike) February 1, 2019
Crowds are for stadiums, not streets. Share the ride to avoid #SuperBowl traffic this week!#CleanCommute #DriveChange #ATLTraffic pic.twitter.com/kXS2A84bEr
— GA Commute Options (@GACommute) January 30, 2019
Football and Cars
Check out the Maine DOT's traffic signs for this weekend. #GoPats #Superbowl pic.twitter.com/x7W8j24uI5
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) February 1, 2019
Digital traffic boards mock New England Patriots during Super Bowl week. #GoRams #SuperBowlLIII #SuperBowlhttps://t.co/VOpBICDf5W pic.twitter.com/pw05Ab8JHn
— FOX 11 Los Angeles (@FOXLA) January 30, 2019
Remember the MARTA Bus That Interrupted the Georgia Dome Implosion?
While this will be the first Super Bowl for the brand new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta hosted two Super Bowls in the Georgia Dome, which was destroyed in 2017 to now small amount of fanfare. Making the implosion much more memorable for transit nerds (like me), however, was the MARTA bus that pulled in front of one reporter's shot at the worst possible moment.
Talk about bad timing.
This feed of the Georgia Dome implosion was interrupted by a bus during the critical moment. pic.twitter.com/jih1dEeA46— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 21, 2017
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