Abstract
The surge of visitors to Atlanta for the 1996 summer Olympic games brought different amounts and types of business to private clubs, depending chiefly on each club's location. The downtown city clubs, located near the Olympic venues, forecasted more business, while suburban country clubs anticipated a drop-off in business. The expectations of both sets of clubs-favorable and unfavorable-were essentially fulfilled. Dinner business at the downtown clubs exceeded the managers' optimistic forecasts, while the golf and food-service receipts at the suburban clubs generally did not even meet those clubs' scaled-back expectations.
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