{"id":10462,"date":"2021-08-29T08:22:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T12:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=10462"},"modified":"2022-01-21T13:21:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T18:21:30","slug":"pro-football-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/29\/pro-football-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My campground in Mogadore OH was only about 30 minutes from the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton OH, a place I have had some interest in visiting for years. Not as much interest as the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown NY, but interest. So I went yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And was underwhelmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hall of Fame field<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

First disappointment: the parking lot is very small. As is the building itself. It is dwarfed by the Hall of Fame stadium behind it – the site of the annual NFL Hall of Fame game. The parking lot was full so I had to seek out the overflow “Lot A” – about a quarter of a mile from the Hall of Fame. There were no directions on how to get to the facility from Lot A so I wandered through a lot of construction and, eventually, the stadium itself before a helpful stadium employee gave me directions. Not exactly a visitor-friendly location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The “HOF class of 2021”, near the entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When I finally reached the Hall of Fame the doors were locked. It turns out the the “obvious” entrance from the Lot A side is actually a secondary entrance. I had to walk a bit further to find my way into the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a Saturday and the building was full of football fanatics wearing team jerseys, plus a large group of (probably) college football players. The building is designed as a one-way walking tour. It is interesting, but only marginally so. I was planning on spending 4 hours visiting and left after 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two attractions that I found the most interesting were the room containing the busts of all 300+ inductees into the Hall of Fame and the holographic theater with a very lifelike Joe Namath MCing an upbeat talk about the value of football in building character and the tribulations overcome by some notable inductees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rest of the place… mediocre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Busts of inductees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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