Honor the Heroes of the Game, Preserve its History, Promote its Values & Celebrate Excellence EVERYWHERE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE @ProFootballHOF 11/09/2016
Contact: Pete Fierle, Chief of Staff & Vice President of Communications [email protected]; 330-588-3622
ADMISSION PROMOTION OFFERED TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL FANS ATTENDING GAMES ACROSS OHIO FANS VISITING REGION FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL MATCH-UPS WILL RECEIVE SPECIAL ADMISSION DISCOUNT FOR WEARING TEAM GEAR
CANTON, OHIO – The Pro Football Hall of Fame is inviting college football fans visiting northeast Ohio this weekend to experience “The Most Inspiring Place on Earth!” Numerous college football match-ups are taking place across the “Buckeye State” this Saturday (Nov. 12) including: Youngstown State vs. Southern Illinois in Youngstown; Walsh University vs. Northwood University in North Canton; the University of Mount Union vs. John Carroll University in Alliance; and Baldwin Wallace University vs. Ohio Northern University in Berea.
Any Youngstown State, Southern Illinois, Walsh, Northwood, Mount Union, John Carroll, Baldwin Wallace, or Ohio Northern fan dressed in their team’s gear who mentions the promotion at the Hall’s box office will receive a $5 discount on any regular price museum admission. The promotion runs from Friday, Nov. 11 through Monday, Nov. 14. The Hall of Fame is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Information about planning a visit to the Hall of Fame can be found at: www.ProFootballHOF.com/visit/.
NEW AT THE HALL Hall of Fame Village, a $500 million development of the Pro Football Hall of Fame campus, began in September 2015 and includes significant enhancements to the museum that opened this past summer.
The Hall is now home to an extraordinary cutting-edge, multi-sensory immersive theater, “A Game for Life,” featuring holographic representations of Hall of Fame legends JOE NAMATH, GEORGE HALAS, and VINCE LOMBARDI. The experience provides great inspiration to fans by showing them how the game of football also
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teaches lessons about life. The stories of numerous Hall of Famers, including JIM KELLY, STEVE LARGENT, ALAN PAGE, JIM BROWN, WARREN MOON and CURTIS MARTIN, are shared.
The Hunt/Casterline Pro Football Hall of Fame Card Collection exhibit recently opened at the Hall. The exhibit showcases the rarest, highest graded, and most valuable football card collection in the world featuring a rookie card for each Hall of Fame player to date. The most-significant pieces of the 300,000-plus collection that dates back to 1888 are displayed. The collection’s creators are Dan Hunt, President of FC Dallas and son of LAMAR HUNT, the Hall of Fame founder of the American Football League and Kansas City Chiefs; and Robert Casterline from Casterline Goodman Gallery, Partner.
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ABOUT THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME Located in Canton, Ohio, the birthplace of the National Football League, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit institution with the Mission to Honor the Heroes of the Game, Preserve its History, Promote its Values, & Celebrate Excellence EVERYWHERE.
Hundreds of thousands of fans from across the globe travel to Canton annually to experience “The Most Inspiring Place on Earth!” that chronicles America’s most popular sport. Millions more are reached through the Hall of Fame’s hundreds of special events held annually outside Canton and through the multiple nationally broadcast programs focused on the selection of the newest Class of Enshrinees.
Construction on Hall of Fame Village, a $500 million development project that includes nine main components, is under way in Canton to transform the Hall of Fame’s campus.
For more information about the Pro Football Hall of Fame, please visit ProFootballHOF.com; @ProFootballHOF on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
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