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History of Football Hall of Fame The History of the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OhioSummer, 1962Spurred by the Canton Repository's editorial campaign, city leaders had won site designation from the National Football League and had launched a fund-raising campaign that would net $378,026. On August 11, ground-breaking ceremonies launched the original construction phase of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. September 7, 1963 The sparkling and modern 19,000-square-foot, two-building Pro Football Hall of Fame was officially opened. Inducted that day was the Hall's charter class of 17 enshrinees. April 15, 1970 Ground-breaking rites were observed as the Pro Football Hall of Fame launched an ambitious $620,000 expansion. May 10, 1971 The Pro Football Hall of Fame became a three building, 34,000-square-foot complex featuring greatly increased space for the display areas, movie theater, gift shop and research library. Visitor attendance reached 200,000 annually for the first time in 1971. November 14, 1977 Ground was broken for the $1,200,000 second expansion of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. November 20, 1978 The Pro Football Hall of Fame became a four building, 50,500 square-foot complex with exciting new display areas, a twice-as-big theater and greatly-enlarged gift shop and research library facilities. July, 1993 The Hall's third expansion, and $9.2 million project that would add a fifth building and increase the Pro Football Hall of Fame size by 64% to 82,307 square feet, is announced. The first phase of the project was launched in January, 1994. July 7, 1994 Formal ground-breaking took place for the second-and largest-phase of the expansion. October 1, 1995 The Pro Football Hall of Fame most ambitious expansion was completed. New displays and the long-awaited Game Day Stadium showing the "100-Yard Universe", an NFL Films production, were the final pieces in the expansion puzzle. We hope you have enjoyed our History of the Football Hall of Fame information research describing History of the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio information we have learned. If your History of the Football Hall of Fame website is related or would like to be listed on this History of the Football Hall of Fame website page as a History of the Football Hall of Fame Sponsor that promotes or uses one of our History of the Football Hall of Fame web site pages relating to your History of the Football Hall of Fame web site, please Email Us for details and let us know exact History of the Football Hall of Fame home page of ours you relate to and we send you History of the Football Hall of Fame sponsor details. We provide a text link (and description) to your History of the Football Hall of Fame web page that you provide a reciprocal 2 way text link (and Description) to this History of the Football Hall of Fame home and our History of the Football Hall of Fame site home NOTE: Your History of the Football Hall of Fame web site has to be an associate of our Historical Background of Football Hall of Fame site. Thanks for visiting our History of Football Hall of Fame info. Related Historical Background of Football Hall of Fame Info: Expressively Yours Greetings Bet and Expressively Yours Greetings return to Bet Online Sports Betting - History |
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