"The Atlanta Hawks announced, a little over a week ago, that their March 16 home game against the Orlando Magic would also be 'Magic City Monday,' honoring what the official press release calls the 'iconic cultural institution' Magic City, which the official press release carefully does not identify as, but which is, a famous Atlanta strip club, open since 1985 and closely associated with the city's hip-hop scene."
"During the COVID-19 pandemic and abbreviated 2019-20 season, Lou Williams, then with the Los Angeles Clippers, was granted an absence from the locked-down Orlando bubble so that he could attend funeral services in Atlanta; during that absence, photos showed up on Instagram of Williams in a largely empty Magic City, in the middle of an afternoon, with the rapper Jack Harlow."
The Atlanta Hawks announced a 'Magic City Monday' event for their March 16 home game against the Orlando Magic, honoring Magic City, an iconic Atlanta strip club operating since 1985 and closely associated with the city's hip-hop scene. Center Luke Kornet publicly pleaded with the team to cancel the event, but the Hawks proceeded regardless. The article provides context about Magic City's cultural significance and its connection to the NBA, including an incident during the 2020 COVID-19 bubble when Los Angeles Clippers player Lou Williams was photographed at the club during an authorized absence, claiming he stopped for takeout food.
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