Atlanta's World Cup organizers gathered at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Thursday to make some pretty bold promises with just 95 days left on the clock. The message was clear: we're ready. But are we really?
MARTA's finally rolling out that Better Breeze mobile payment system they've been talking about forever (in two weeks, they say), and they're promising increased service during match days. The airport is opening the South Terminal expansion that's been under construction since, well, forever. These are the kinds of infrastructure improvements Atlanta should have had years ago, but hey, better late than never.
The real test will be whether all these moving pieces actually work when tens of thousands of international visitors descend on the city. We've seen Atlanta handle big events before, but the World Cup is a different beast entirely. The promises sound good on paper, but execution is everything when you're trying to move that many people around the metro area efficiently.
