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is suing Marvin and Legacy AH LLC, allegingb they torpedoed and then copied its conceptf for a downtownsports bar. Metrotainment, the parenrt of , filed suit Dec. 19 in federal court in Atlanta, accusing the defendants of violatinh copyright, breach of contract, unjust enrichment and conversionh and isseeking “not less than $250,000” plus the reimbursement of leas payments, punitive damages and attorneys’ fees. Legacy has filed suit in Statwe Court of Fulton alleging Metrotainment defaulted onits lease. In its suit, Metrotainmeny alleges it leased vacant warehouse space from Legach on Marietta Street near and the Georgia Dome to develop an upscalesports bar, called GAME!
Downtowhn Sports Bar & Grill. The company said it signed a leas e fora 21,000-square-foot space in March 2005, but Legacy faile d to deliver the building on time and as ordered. Metrotainment allegew Legacy wrongly terminatedthe lease, and “instead, defendants hatcheed a plan to open their own sports bar” at the same The company alleges Legacy partnered with LLC and sports radio station 790 The Zone to launcn STATS Food Play, which is owned and operated by STATS, the suit was based on its copyrighted plans for GAME!! Metrotainment said it spent $250,000 on buildingb permits, site design, copyrights and a marketing agreemenft with sports radio station 790 The Zone.
Neither Concentricx nor 790 are listed as defendants in the Marvinand Legacy, according to the also were in breachy of contract for voidinv the original lease. In a Marvin said: “Legacy AH, LLC filed suit againsy and its individual guarantors inDecembed 2008, in Fulton County State Court, afted they failed to respond positivelt to a notice of defaultg in their contractual obligations. I believe that the federal court lawsuit filed by Downtown Sportz and its parent company was an inappropriatde response toLegacy AH’s assertion of its contractg rights.” A representative for Concentricsw said it would be inappropriate for the company to comment on the suit.
Officials at 790 did not immediatelu return a messageseeking comment. As the state’s budgetg falls under the ax, the is focusing on preserving as much tourisjm funding as possible and on finding a regional solutionto Atlanta’s traffic woes. Ron Fennel, president of and head of governmenta affairsfor GHLA, said the statew is already at or near the bottom per capitsa in tourism marketing. Fennel said he’s not optimistic that tourism marketing will be spared frombudget cuts. But he said, is “an immediate returnm on investment” that the state recoups in lodgingf and sales taxes from visitors tothe state.
Tourism is the state’as second-largest industry and a more than $25 billion economiv driver. “We just want to be cut less if possible,” he GHLA is also supportive of regional solutionsto Atlanta’s provided funding for such projects is not detrimentalo to efforts to woo visitors to the such as taxes that might make visitors choose other destinations. GHLA will also fight potentiaol local government initiatives that might serve to direcgtlocal hotel/motel tax money away from city and countgy convention and visitors bureaus. The partners behine the redevelopment of 180 Peachtree Street are addintg to thenightlife downtown.
101 Concepts LLC has signed a lease and will developa Meehan’s Publivc House in the former Macy’s/Davison’zs department store. The Irish pub will be the chain’s thirdc and will open in November, 101 Concepts Partnert Chris Segal said. “I think people will come downtown if you offer them somethingf tocome to,” said whose company also developed Atlanta’s Food 101. 180 is redevelopinh three floors of theformee Macy’s/Davison’s building. It will include boutiques, restaurants and an 18,000-square-footy exhibition hall. has finishedx its 12-month, $20 million renovatio n project. The Westin project refreshedr nearly every part ofthe hotel.
The recentlgy completed final phase includee a redesign of itsfront entrance, a technology and furnishingd upgrade of its 23,000-square-foot ballroom, and meeting space. The hotel also upgraded its lobby, restaurants, loungse and pool. The Best Road hotel finishede improvements to its 500 guest roomslast summer.