Lots of events make busy weekend across Atlanta metro

police expect hundreds of thousands of visitors to tie up traffic with several large events going on downtown from this morning through tonight Channel two News Rebecca Lindstrom is live at Centennial Olympic Park we're one big concert is just getting started Rebecca the park is going to be hosting a series of concerts throughout the afternoon the gates are expected to open any moment to give you an idea of just how busy it is even across the street they're already starting to tailgate for the big game tonight it seems no matter where you go downtown today you're gonna find a crowd

residents met up for their morning workout woodruff park even as storm troopers took over the sidewalk it's wonderful it's wonderful see the city alive to see people come down and enjoy it like they do there's a lot more going on than people think about saturday morning this dragoncon parade got the party started we get to be the heroes that we want to be the heroes that we see on TV this concert at Centennial Olympic Park will lead up to tonight's UGA Boise

football game go Broncos then there's Braves baseball and the black gay pride events with so many people downtown police say to carpool or better take marta it's Marta I mean it's the best way to get around police are blocking streets to curl the crowds and traffic thousands packed Peachtree Street to watch which is aliens and creatures from the deep go by it's an event that grows every year last year they were about 10 G's and we were bowled over we were just amazed so this year I'm kind of scared

mullet may cause problems for those trying to find a parking spot the city says it's great for businesses proof even the dead can help bring the economy back to life food lodging I mean you have to think about it there are 30,000 people here in Atlanta this weekend so the amount of revenue that is bringing in is an amazing amount that's 30,000 people just for one event from out of town now police are saying if you drive please remember their clean car campaign remove all of your valuables from view

inside your vehicle they say it's time even your pocket change actually make it back inside your pocket reporting live in downtown Atlanta Rebecca Langstrom channel 2 Action News all right Rebecca thanks a lot