Sports Events in Atlanta this Fall

By Demetrius Bell

Published August 27, 2024
Last Updated December 2, 2024

Check out our Atlanta sports scene. From basketball to football, baseball and more, we have your ticket to the hottest games in town.

Atlanta Braves

Truist Park at The Battery will host 16 home games in the season’s final month of September, including a big four-game series Sept. 13 through Sept. 16 when Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers will be visiting. Additionally, there will be a Sean Murphy bobblehead giveaway Sept. 3 against the Rockies, a Ludacris bobblehead giveaway the next night and then the Braves are offering a Hogwarts-themed Braves jersey as part of a Harry Potter ticket package on Sept. 5. There will be a City Connect jersey giveaway for the first 15,000 fans through the gate on Sept. 24 against the Mets, and the Braves will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the annual Los Bravos night on the following night. The final home game of the regular season takes place Sept. 29 against the Royals.

Atlanta Hawks

The new-look Hawks with Trae Young and 2024 NBA Draft first overall pick, Zaccharie Risacher, are back at it for another season that tips off at State Farm Arena this fall. Once again, the Hawks will not just have the march to the playoffs to deal with – the path to the post season now includes the in-season NBA Cup, which the Hawks will be using as an opportunity to lift a trophy while also putting a nice chunk of change in the players’ pockets. With State Farm Arena being one of the top venues for basketball in the NBA, Hawks games will once again be a thrill-a-minute for basketball fans in Atlanta.

Atlanta Falcons

Football season is finally here and the Falcons are looking at new starting quarterback Kirk Cousins to lead them back to the playoffs. The first football Sunday of the season at Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be Sept. 8, which is when the Falcons start the season against the Pittsburgh Steelers. On Sept. 22, Atlanta will host Patrick Mahomes and the defending Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football. The rivals from New Orleans will be visiting the week after and then the Falcons host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday Night Football, Oct. 3. The Seattle Seahawks will be the next visitors Oct. 20, and the Dallas Cowboys will roll into town Nov. 3. Even if you can’t make it to the stadium for the action, there’s always one of the many bars in the metro area that are part of the Bud Light Falcons Bar Network that will be having watch parties on game day.

Atlanta United

Even after a summer full of soccer in Atlanta, the MLS regular season continues into the fall for Atlanta United FC. There are a handful of home matches left for Atlanta United FC before the playoffs start, and the biggest match left on the home calendar is when international superstar Lionel Messi and Inter Miami CF come to play on Sept. 18. This will take place four days after Latin Heritage Night Sept. 14 against Nashville SC. The next home game for Atlanta United FC won’t take place until Oct. 2 against CF Montréal. The regular season ends on Decision Day Oct. 5 as Atlanta United FC hosts the New York Red Bulls with a special ticket package for Boy Scouts. Just like with the Falcons, if you can’t get to the stadium for a game, then take advantage of the Atlanta United Pub Partner program where you can visit one of the many bars across town that host watch parties for any given match.

Atlanta Dream

Rhyne Howard and the Atlanta Dream are winding down their regular season and have four home games left in September before the curtain comes down on their WNBA season. Two of those home games are of the special Friday night variety, as the Dream faces the Dallas Wings Sept. 6 and the Washington Mystics Sept. 13. Meanwhile, the Dream will celebrate and honor Black college Greek culture Sept. 10 with Divine Nine Night at the Gateway Center Arena. The home finale for the Dream is Sept. 17 against Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky – however, this hot ticket is already sold out, which means that you should get tickets to the other Dream games as soon as possible.

Georgia Tech

Head Coach Brent Key and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are looking to follow up their Gasparilla Bowl win in 2023 by ascending to even greater heights in 2024 in the ACC. In addition to the usual conference schedule that will take place on fall Saturdays at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field, the Yellow Jackets will play their annual game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Oct. 19. That is when Tech will host opposing head coach Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for what will surely be one of the more interesting college football games of that particular weekend.

Georgia State University

The early portion of the season will see the new Georgia State Panthers head football coach Dell McGee and his team stay busy at Center Parc Stadium. Starting with the Sept. 7 home opener against the Chattanooga Mocs, and an out-of-conference game on Sept. 14 against the SEC’s Vanderbilt Commodores and two Sun Belt Conference games after that, the Panthers will play four straight home games at one point. This includes the annual “Modern Day Hate” rivalry game Sept. 28 against Georgia Southern and then a home game against the Old Dominion Monarchs. If you’re planning on seeing the Panthers in gridiron action locally then this figures to be the perfect time to do so.

Don’t forget to plan a visit to Atlanta’s Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame while you’re in the spirit. Get the lowdown on Atlanta sports here.