On your right, look for the big red-brick complex with those tall, half-moon black windows and a broad staircase leading up to the entrance marked “THE FORUM.”
This is the Forum River Center, or as locals keep it simple... “The Forum.” It’s Floyd County-owned, which means it’s basically Rome’s living room: one week it’s sports, the next it’s suits and name tags, and by the weekend it might be a full-on concert. Inside, the arena flexes-about 2,140 seats for arena football, up to 3,116 for other sports, and nearly 3,932 when the stage goes up and the amps come on. For trade shows, it opens into roughly 21,000 square feet of floor space, plus another 14,269 square feet of meeting rooms for all the serious conversations that somehow require pastries.
It even hosted the Georgia Fire indoor football team-and on March 9, 2024, it turned into a political spotlight when Donald Trump held a campaign rally here, right before Georgia’s primary.
When you’re set, Barron Stadium is an 8-minute walk heading northwest.
