Douglasville World Cup watch parties to fire up local commerce

The City of Douglasville has formally launched its "Goals on the Green" summer tournament series, transforming the Downtown Town Green and the GreyStone Amphitheater into a dedicated, free outdoor fan zone. The city has allocated a direct $25,000 tourism budget to fund the high-visibility multi-week event series, betting heavily that shifting the global soccer atmosphere to the suburbs will ignite a much-needed lunchtime boost for local brick-and-mortar storefronts.