What are the current implications of the experiments at CERN and for ATLAS? My current interpretation is that these are massive engineering marvels that are basically just data generators for some physicists to run statistics on. That is a pessimistic view, but I am just not aware of what's all going on there.
Compare this to LIGO, where one could make a similar argument, but LIGO is producing very explicit data that is driving tons of research and discoveries and is providing tandem support for electromagnetic observations.