SEC District station
W1
SEC District
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The station's entrance in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 100 Centennial Olympic Park Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30303 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°45′23″N 84°23′52″W / 33.756293°N 84.397759°W | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Open-cut | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | None | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | None | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | YES | |||||||||||||||
| Architect | Cooper Carry & Associates, Inc.[1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | W1 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | December 22, 1979 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Omni (1979–1992) Omni/Dome/World Congress Center (or "Omni/Dome/GWCC") (1992–2000) GWCC/CNN Center (2000–2025) | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 2,107 (avg. weekday)[2] 0% | |||||||||||||||
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Sports, Entertainment and Convention District (SEC District) is a below-grade subway station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, on the Blue and Green lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. Located on the western edge of Downtown Atlanta, the station serves Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the Georgia World Congress Center, State Farm Arena, and Centennial Olympic Park.
The station opened on December 22, 1979 as Omni station due to its proximity to the Omni Coliseum. The station's name expanded in 1992 as Omni/Dome/World Congress Center[3] (or simply Omni/Dome/GWCC)[4] with that year's opening of the Georgia Dome. By the year 2000, the station name had changed to Dome/GWCC/Philips Arena/CNN Center.[5] In June 2019, MARTA held a town hall to gather community input on a new name for the station after the demolition of the Georgia Dome and the renaming of Philips Arena to State Farm Arena.[6] The station was one of five MARTA rail stations that were under consideration for new names in 2019.[7] The name of the station was changed to GWCC/CNN Center.[8] On December 1, 2025, the name was changed to Sports, Entertainment and Convention District, six months before the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[9]
Access is also provided to the Omni and Glenn hotels, The Center, the Georgia Aquarium, the College Football Hall of Fame, Centennial Yards, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Centennial Tower, and the World of Coca-Cola at Pemberton Place.
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Green Line toward Bankhead (Vine City) ← Blue Line toward Hamilton E. Holmes (Vine City) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | Green Line toward Edgewood/Candler Park (weekends toward King Memorial) (Five Points) → Blue Line toward Indian Creek (Five Points) → | |
References
- ^ Omni Station (Plaque outside of station entrance). Atlanta, GA.
- ^ "2014 Transportation Fact Book" (PDF). Atlanta Regional Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
- ^ "MARTA System Map 1993". Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ "MARTA Rail System Map 1996". Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Archived from the original on June 25, 1997. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ "Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority System Map, 2000-12". digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "You are invited to MARTA station renaming discussions". www.itsmarta.com. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ Habersham, Raisa Habersham; Stafford, Leon. "MARTA works to change 5 station names — with the help of residents". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "MARTA Train Stations and Schedules". www.itsMARTA.com. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ @MARTAtransit (December 1, 2025). "It's official! GWCC/CNN Center Station is now SEC District Station, short for Sports, Entertainment, and Convention District" (Tweet). Retrieved December 1, 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).
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