A custom-made bar has four lion heads carved in the wood, looking out on an ornate pool table, an old-school Pac-Man video game (hmmm, wonder if "Pacman" Jones ever stopped by?) and yet another area devoted mainly to watching a massive flat-screen TV. Unfortunately, there's only a bracket on the wall - one of Vick's cohorts snatched the television on his way out, claiming it belonged to him.
Still, it gives a sense of how Vick lived away from the field.
"You can imagine having a Super Bowl party in here," Hempen said. "You've got a group over here watching TV, another group over there at the bar, another group playing pool, another group playing golf."
As an added bonus, the Sugarloaf Country Club neighborhood includes a championship golf course that once hosted Atlanta's PGA Tour event. Vick's home isn't far from the 18th hole.
Vick was only in this house about two years. He moved in during 2005, about the same time he landed what was then the richest contract in NFL history. By October 2007, when Hempen's company got the listing, he had already moved back to Virginia. Shortly after that, the fallen star was sentenced to prison.
Now, the home that once epitomized Vick's good life will be handed off to another owner, assuming someone steps forward in a brutal economy to at least meet the minimum price.
Out in the garage, where Vick once parked his luxury cars, some of his more personal items are boxed up and largely hidden from view. A picture of Bob Marley smoking a joint. Another photo that shows Muhammad Ali standing over a fallen Sonny Liston. Several radio-controlled toy cars. A child's car seat. A gumball machine.
Hempen's company, which has been trying for a year and a half to sell this house, tried to make sure it wasn't too obvious who once lived here.
"We didn't want this house to scream Vick at somebody," he said. "I'm not saying we would ever lie or hide the fact. It's public knowledge. But we're not going to advertise it, either. We want the home to sell itself."
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