We were praying nobody would find out.

There are a lot of rumors and expectations. The state will not confirm anything until the company is ready to make a response.

The local guys chased him off.

The company asked us to delay the ceremony and we asked, 'Does this mean delay the project?' They said, 'No, just delay the ceremony.

Every other part of this project is moving full steam ahead.

It's a great deal for us, really perfect because people are already excited, thinking about Georgia, seeing an event happening in Georgia, a premiere event that gathers national attention. And if we can show them an ad that makes that connection that prompts them to look at our Web site and think of our state as a vacation destination then we've succeeded.

You're going to win some, and you're going to lose others. We're glad we won this one.

It's going to be very interesting to see how it goes. It's great this country is not so isolated that there is only one area of the country that has these strengths.

These are some of our best and brightest, and there's no reason they should have to leave the state to work in this industry.