January 11, 20187 yr ^ Correct, the only thing happening construction-wise near the interstate is finishing the fill-in of the end zone of the stadium. The other construction currently underway is up on the hill and somewhat diagonal form the current hall (where the hotel is in the illustration). It can be seen from the interstate but is away from it.
March 1, 20187 yr Too bad they took down the hotel cam. I enjoyed checking in when they were building the stadium. Any word on why construction stopped and when things will pick up again? You can be all but positive construction has not stopped. They have serious deadlines to meet for each phase. Currently it's the hotel. Looks like a new rendering with a huge hulking "snake" along the highway. It most definitely did stop. There were issues with contractors not receiving payment. I believe the issues have since even fixed but there went several months without anything happening.
March 1, 20187 yr If this project proves to be half the success the Hall are anticipating, in spite of their assurances to the contrary, I honestly do not believe the current McKinley site will survive the Village for very long. I would not at all be surprised if there's a new McKinley high school around 2025. I have two general complaints about the project: 1. I think the plan is a bit too business park and not enough village. 2. There doesn't seem to be any effort at all integrating Fulton Dr. It's too isolated or detached from its surroundings - more like an island theme park than a part of Canton.
March 13, 20187 yr Author HOF Village loan documents get first OK by Canton board By Alison Matas GateHouse Media Ohio Posted Mar 12, 2018 at 10:32 PM CANTON Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village developers finally can close on an up-to $100 million loan. After a month of canceled meetings and back-and-forth between attorneys, the Canton City School District Board of Education on Monday signed off on documents developers need to finalize the loan. The Stark County Port Authority, which also needs to approve the paperwork, is expected to meet and vote Tuesday. http://www.cantonrep.com/news/20180312/hof-village-loan-documents-get-first-ok-by-canton-board
March 28, 20187 yr nytimes.com The Pro Football Hall of Fame Expansion Project Hits the Skids Kevin Draper The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, is supposed to become a Disney-esque, multiple-day destination with a four-star hotel, a state-of-the-art stadium, a water park, a youth sports complex, a retail promenade, a convention space, a 143-bed assisted living facility for retired Hall of Famers and a small hospital. At the moment, however, it is a project with a skyrocketing budget, stalled progress, a developer with a checkered performance history in the region who has been accused of misusing $25 million in funds from a federal program, and contractors who recently went months without being paid. Financing problems have necessitated an emergency bank loan, and elected officials in Stark County have discussed a special ballot measure for a sales tax increase to subsidize the project known as Hall of Fame Village. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/sports/pro-football-hall-of-fame-canton-ohio.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth®ion=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below
April 2, 20187 yr Author nytimes.com The Pro Football Hall of Fame Expansion Project Hits the Skids Kevin Draper The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, is supposed to become a Disney-esque, multiple-day destination with a four-star hotel, a state-of-the-art stadium, a water park, a youth sports complex, a retail promenade, a convention space, a 143-bed assisted living facility for retired Hall of Famers and a small hospital. At the moment, however, it is a project with a skyrocketing budget, stalled progress, a developer with a checkered performance history in the region who has been accused of misusing $25 million in funds from a federal program, and contractors who recently went months without being paid. Financing problems have necessitated an emergency bank loan, and elected officials in Stark County have discussed a special ballot measure for a sales tax increase to subsidize the project known as Hall of Fame Village. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/sports/pro-football-hall-of-fame-canton-ohio.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth®ion=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below Pretty bad article, in poor taste. The contractor payment has been an issue for months but was resolved. Is there a developer out there that will do a $500 million+ project and have every dollar accounted for? Especially considering this project was always approached as phased. Meaning, build phase I, dangle the carrot for investors in phase II, rinse, repeat for subsequent phases.
April 3, 20187 yr Here is Crain's coverage of the construction issues. It has some additional quotes from the HoF representatives. Not quite the same doom-and-gloom spin as the NYTimes article. http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180403/blogs06/157021/despite-financing-woes-pro-football-hall-fame-believes-huge-vision Despite financing woes, Pro Football Hall of Fame believes 'huge vision' for Village project will become reality The New York Times headline last week — "The Pro Football Hall of Fame Expansion Project Hits the Skids" — put a national spotlight on a story the Canton Repository has been doing an excellent job of covering for months. Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village, as the massive Times piece points out, started out as a $25 million renovation to what is now Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. A master plan was approved in late 2014 for a project that was expanded to include a hotel and conference center, an academy, retail, restaurants and a mixed-use residential area for Hall of Famers and NFL legends, and not long after, the estimated price tag was $476 million. The plans, however, kept growing, as did the costs. Hall of Fame Village was a $600 million project, then $700 million, $800 million and, from the Times article, Hall of Fame president David Baker "has begun calling it a billion-dollar development." (For the record, the Hall of Fame is going with $899 million, Pete Fierle, the Hall's chief of staff and vice president of communications, told us.) <snip>
April 3, 20187 yr nytimes.com The Pro Football Hall of Fame Expansion Project Hits the Skids Kevin Draper The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, is supposed to become a Disney-esque, multiple-day destination with a four-star hotel, a state-of-the-art stadium, a water park, a youth sports complex, a retail promenade, a convention space, a 143-bed assisted living facility for retired Hall of Famers and a small hospital. At the moment, however, it is a project with a skyrocketing budget, stalled progress, a developer with a checkered performance history in the region who has been accused of misusing $25 million in funds from a federal program, and contractors who recently went months without being paid. Financing problems have necessitated an emergency bank loan, and elected officials in Stark County have discussed a special ballot measure for a sales tax increase to subsidize the project known as Hall of Fame Village. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/sports/pro-football-hall-of-fame-canton-ohio.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth®ion=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below Pretty bad article, in poor taste. The contractor payment has been an issue for months but was resolved. Is there a developer out there that will do a $500 million+ project and have every dollar accounted for? Especially considering this project was always approached as phased. Meaning, build phase I, dangle the carrot for investors in phase II, rinse, repeat for subsequent phases. I think the issue is the HOF should have known better than to hire that firm. All they had to do was ask North Canton how the Hoover project is going to get all they needed. Sometimes the lowest bidder is so for the wrong reasons, and it's important to not let the dollar signs and possibilities put one in a trance. I'll be surprised if the project doesn't have further issues and is not ultimately scaled back. Baker has a history of this behavior, practically single-handily driving the Arena Football League into the ground through his ambition. I never trusted him to lead this and still don't.
April 4, 20187 yr Author nytimes.com The Pro Football Hall of Fame Expansion Project Hits the Skids Kevin Draper The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, is supposed to become a Disney-esque, multiple-day destination with a four-star hotel, a state-of-the-art stadium, a water park, a youth sports complex, a retail promenade, a convention space, a 143-bed assisted living facility for retired Hall of Famers and a small hospital. At the moment, however, it is a project with a skyrocketing budget, stalled progress, a developer with a checkered performance history in the region who has been accused of misusing $25 million in funds from a federal program, and contractors who recently went months without being paid. Financing problems have necessitated an emergency bank loan, and elected officials in Stark County have discussed a special ballot measure for a sales tax increase to subsidize the project known as Hall of Fame Village. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/sports/pro-football-hall-of-fame-canton-ohio.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth®ion=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below Pretty bad article, in poor taste. The contractor payment has been an issue for months but was resolved. Is there a developer out there that will do a $500 million+ project and have every dollar accounted for? Especially considering this project was always approached as phased. Meaning, build phase I, dangle the carrot for investors in phase II, rinse, repeat for subsequent phases. I think the issue is the HOF should have known better than to hire that firm. All they had to do was ask North Canton how the Hoover project is going to get all they needed. Sometimes the lowest bidder is so for the wrong reasons, and it's important to not let the dollar signs and possibilities put one in a trance. I'll be surprised if the project doesn't have further issues and is not ultimately scaled back. Baker has a history of this behavior, practically single-handily driving the Arena Football League into the ground through his ambition. I never trusted him to lead this and still don't. Hire what "firm", IRG? There aren't many cities in the country that would turn them away. And that's why I feel that NYT article was in poor taste. Look at that track record. They have at least a half a dozen large projects completed in Akron alone.
April 6, 20187 yr I'm not sure if it's IRG alone, but it is the same group and it's having the same problem. They should have found someone else.
April 6, 20187 yr Author I'm not sure if it's IRG alone, but it is the same group and it's having the same problem. They should have found someone else. Again, not sure what you mean by "group". IRG is the developer. They have completed many large project successfully.
April 7, 20187 yr IRG and Maple Street are at least two in charge of building it. And these two together do not have a good track record, and IRG projects have history of the sort of shady issues the HOF has had to deal with. They may have finished projects but not without a lot of headaches of their own doing. There are plenty of firms out there who would have taken the job that don't have a history of losing massive amounts of money in mysterious ways.
May 10, 20187 yr Author New high-res rendering on the developers website: http://www.irgra.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170613_HOFvillage_evening22-NEW-VILLAGE-SITE.jpg
May 10, 20187 yr Too bad this wont happen. You may only see one thing happen at a time, but its better to go in phases than to go for the gusto. Big mistake on the dev's part.
May 10, 20187 yr Author Too bad this wont happen. You may only see one thing happen at a time, but its better to go in phases than to go for the gusto. Big mistake on the dev's part. It was a phased project from the very beginning. Even the stadium renovations were two phases.
July 5, 20186 yr Author Not sure what is going on but nothing has been built for a full year. Not sure what you mean. The skyboxes were being finished up to the day of the football game last year, which wasn't even a year ago. They also started the foundation work for the hotel since then.
July 12, 20186 yr I mean exactly what I said. The HOF game last year was played on August 3rd. That's 11+ months ago. Nothing has been built since then. IIRC, the foundation was there, and even if it wasn't, it was definitely there in September. So, nothing has been built since 2017 in late July or early August or laid down since late August or early September (10 months without any activity). The hotel should be well on its way, the east side of the stadium should be complete, and at least one other building should show signs of construction. They want to hold the draft there in APRIL for the 100th anniversary but the convention center/arena is nothing more than a drawing - this ain't happening unless they think they can convince the NFL to hold it outdoors at the stadium. Ohio in April? Risky, and I would say, very unlikely.
July 12, 20186 yr Author I mean exactly what I said. The HOF game last year was played on August 3rd. That's 11+ months ago. Nothing has been built since then. IIRC, the foundation was there, and even if it wasn't, it was definitely there in September. So, nothing has been built since 2017 in late July or early August or laid down since late August or early September (10 months without any activity). The hotel should be well on its way, the east side of the stadium should be complete, and at least one other building should show signs of construction. They want to hold the draft there in APRIL for the 100th anniversary but the convention center/arena is nothing more than a drawing - this ain't happening unless they think they can convince the NFL to hold it outdoors at the stadium. Ohio in April? Risky, and I would say, very unlikely. Wasn't the draft held in Chicago for two years and outdoors? The just had a giant tent structure.
July 12, 20186 yr The actual draft was in the Auditorium Theatre. They had the fan festivities outside
August 24, 20186 yr Author New construction team to lead HOF Village effort By Alison Matas GateHouse Media Ohio Posted Aug 23, 2018 at 7:01 PM “Everybody’s worried about it,” he said. “There’s a lot of naysayers out there, and there always has been since we started.” The bricks-and-mortar element of the Village stalled for almost a year — from the end of 2017 until late summer of this year — while developers secured a bridge loan to pay contractors and reorganized the leadership of the development team. http://www.cantonrep.com/news/20180823/new-construction-team-to-lead-hof-village-effort
January 22, 20196 yr Author Hall of Fame Village CEO confident work to resume soon By Alison Matas GateHouse Media Ohio Posted Jan 20, 2019 at 5:20 AM Updated Jan 20, 2019 at 8:42 AM Next phase of project likely will include lodging, retail and dining, and the Center for Excellence office building. CANTON Features within the planned Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village will be built in sequential stages. The next phase of the project, which could break ground sometime in the near future, likely will include lodging, retail and dining, and the Center for Excellence office building, new Village CEO Mike Crawford said last week. https://www.cantonrep.com/news/20190120/hall-of-fame-village-ceo-confident-work-to-resume-soon
January 22, 20196 yr 4 minutes ago, yanni_gogolak said: The next phase of the project, which could break ground sometime in the near future, likely will include lodging, retail and dining, and the Center for Excellence office building, new Village CEO Mike Crawford said last week. Sounds confident.
January 23, 20196 yr Author 23 hours ago, Mendo said: Sounds confident. Not only that, if you read the article it sounds like they could redesign the whole campus. This guy they hired worked on the Disney China project. But, David Baker from the HOF also worked on huge community developments.
January 23, 20196 yr 48 minutes ago, yanni_gogolak said: Not only that, if you read the article it sounds like they could redesign the whole campus. This guy they hired worked on the Disney China project. But, David Baker from the HOF also worked on huge community developments. Yeah I noticed that too. I don't like the idea of downgrading the 4 star hotel to put in a water park.
January 24, 20196 yr Author On 1/23/2019 at 10:20 AM, Mendo said: Yeah I noticed that too. I don't like the idea of downgrading the 4 star hotel to put in a water park. That just sounds very odd. Of course, when you hire a guy who last worked on a Disney resort, I guess it's not that odd. Hall of Fame Village, Constellation energy sign naming-rights deal By Alison Matas GateHouse Media Ohio Posted Jan 23, 2019 at 2:35 PM Updated Jan 23, 2019 at 5:49 PM Constellation also will be the exclusive power and gas provider for the Village and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. CANTON Energy company Constellation will have naming rights to the office and research building planned for Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village. A multi-year deal between the company and the Village was announced Wednesday. As part of the agreement, Constellation also will be the exclusive power and gas provider for the Village, which includes the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and will find ways to help the Village conserve energy and save money. https://www.cantonrep.com/news/20190123/hall-of-fame-village-constellation-energy-sign-naming-rights-deal
April 4, 20196 yr Author Hall of Fame Village CEO Mike Crawford updates construction pace By Alison Matas GateHouse Media Ohio Posted Apr 3, 2019 at 6:45 AM The next phase of construction at Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village likely will include a water park, virtual reality, retail, and expanded youth fields, though there’s still no official word on when projects might break ground. CANTON The next phase of construction at Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village likely will include a water park, virtual reality, retail, and expanded youth fields, though there’s still no official word on when projects might break ground. “If I didn’t believe that this would get done, I wouldn’t have come,” said Mike Crawford, who started as CEO of the Village in December and now owns a home in Jackson Township. https://www.cantonrep.com/news/20190403/hall-of-fame-village-ceo-mike-crawford-updates-construction-pace
April 16, 20196 yr Author ‘Is this really going to happen?’ Pro Football Hall of Fame village will become reality and impress, new director says By Susan Glaser, The Plain Dealer | Posted April 14, 2019 at 05:05 AM | Updated April 14, 2019 at 08:57 AM CANTON, Ohio -- Mike Crawford has heard from the skeptics, he’s listened to the cynics. “Is this really going to happen?” they ask him. “I’ve heard it’s dead,” they say. The Pro Football Hall of Fame village project is not dead, he tells them. It’s progressing, perhaps a little slower than initially envisioned, but it’s going to get built and it’s going to impress. https://expo.cleveland.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/04/fca380da874551/is-this-really-going-to-happen-pro-football-hall-of-fame-village-will-become-reality-and-impress-new-director-says.html
April 23, 20196 yr Author HOF requests share of bed tax for Village By Alison Matas GateHouse Media Ohio By Robert Wang CantonRep.com staff writer Posted Apr 22, 2019 at 7:10 AM Money, which would be applied to bonds for immediate use, would come from revenue tied to 2017 increase in the county’s lodging tax. CANTON The Pro Football Hall of Fame is asking Visit Canton for $500,000 annually over the next 30 years to support Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village. The money, which would come from revenue from a 2017 increase in the county’s lodging tax, would be bonded against and used for construction planning, Village programming, an expansion of the Hall and Market Square programming. It would not mean new or higher taxes for Stark County residents. https://www.indeonline.com/news/20190422/hof-requests-share-of-bed-tax-for-village
April 27, 20205 yr Author April 24, 2020 09:27 AM updated 15 hours ago Pro Football Hall of Fame Village getting Alumni Association HQ Crain's Akron Business Canton's Pro Football Hall of Fame Village has struck a deal with its bread and butter — former players like those that line its museum walls — and it sounds as if there might be more former players hanging around the Village as a result. HOF Village LLC — soon to be known as Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co. thanks to its pending combination with Pittsburgh's Gordon Pointe Acquisition Corp. — announced on Thursday, April 23, that it has entered into a partnership with the National Football League Alumni Association. HOFV said in a release that "the partnership will enable the NFL Alumni to locate their NFL Alumni Academy complex and its related facilities and projects at the Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village campus." https://www.crainscleveland.com/sports-business/pro-football-hall-fame-village-getting-alumni-association-hq
July 3, 20204 yr Author July 02, 2020 01:45 PM updated 20 hours ago HOF Village-Gordon Pointe merger is finalized, could be best sign yet for long-awaited megaproject in Canton Kevin Kleps The massive development on the grounds of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton officially has a new name, plus a bulked-up leadership team and resources. Whether that leads to the completion of the long-mentioned components of the project is the nine-figure question. https://www.crainscleveland.com/kevin-kleps-blog/hof-village-gordon-pointe-merger-finalized-could-be-best-sign-yet-long-awaited
July 29, 20204 yr Author Disney veteran developing resort around Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton Updated Jul 28, 2020; Posted Jul 28, 2020 By Mary Vanac | Cleveland Business Journal CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Mike Crawford has big plans for developing hundreds of acres around the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, as a multifaceted resort and entertainment complex for football fans. Crawford is president and CEO of Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co. He started his career at Walt Disney Co. as a college kid selling tickets and went on to develop Shanghai Disney World in China for the Los Angeles-based entertainment company. https://www.cleveland.com/business/2020/07/disney-veteran-developing-resort-around-pro-football-hall-of-fame-in-canton.html
August 3, 20204 yr Author August 02, 2020 04:00 AM updated 14 hours ago With Crawford leading the way, Hall of Fame Village remains confident in $900 million plan Kevin Kleps Stuart Lichter's biggest concern about the Hall of Fame Village project wasn't securing financing for a massive mixed-use development that is expected to approach $1 billion. Sure, the starts and stops because of funding issues were a problem. But Lichter, whose Industrial Realty Group is the developer of the Canton project, fretted more about building "a world-class staff" that could manage everything the Village was supposed to be. https://www.crainscleveland.com/sports-business/crawford-leading-way-hall-fame-village-remains-confident-900-million-plan
August 4, 20204 yr Pro Football Hall of Fame resort clears way for waterpark, hotels, retail promenade The demolition, which will begin on the southern end of the property, is expected to take about three months. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2020/08/04/pro-football-hall-of-fame-clears-way.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 4, 20204 yr ^My wishful thinking has me hoping for a commuter rail station just across the river on a Cleveland-Akron-Canton line. I’m sure the HoF would benefit tremendously by having direct rail connection to so many communities and both area airports. (Yes, I realize this is a total pipe dream.) When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
August 5, 20204 yr 16 hours ago, Boomerang_Brian said: ^My wishful thinking has me hoping for a commuter rail station just across the river on a Cleveland-Akron-Canton line. I’m sure the HoF would benefit tremendously by having direct rail connection to so many communities and both area airports. (Yes, I realize this is a total pipe dream.) Dang, imagine how much increased traffic there would be w/Rock Hall&HoF ticket combo deals. Not everyone rents a car when on vacation and good luck getting between the two without one.
August 5, 20204 yr 17 hours ago, Boomerang_Brian said: ^My wishful thinking has me hoping for a commuter rail station just across the river on a Cleveland-Akron-Canton line. I’m sure the HoF would benefit tremendously by having direct rail connection to so many communities and both area airports. (Yes, I realize this is a total pipe dream.) 8 minutes ago, GISguy said: Dang, imagine how much increased traffic there would be w/Rock Hall&HoF ticket combo deals. Not everyone rents a car when on vacation and good luck getting between the two without one. On 8/3/2020 at 8:51 AM, yanni_gogolak said: August 02, 2020 04:00 AM updated 14 hours ago With Crawford leading the way, Hall of Fame Village remains confident in $900 million plan Kevin Kleps Stuart Lichter's biggest concern about the Hall of Fame Village project wasn't securing financing for a massive mixed-use development that is expected to approach $1 billion. Sure, the starts and stops because of funding issues were a problem. But Lichter, whose Industrial Realty Group is the developer of the Canton project, fretted more about building "a world-class staff" that could manage everything the Village was supposed to be. https://www.crainscleveland.com/sports-business/crawford-leading-way-hall-fame-village-remains-confident-900-million-plan Wouldn’t it be easier to build that “world-class staff” if you could draw from a 3 heavily populated counties of potential employees that didn’t need a car to get to work? (Note bolded section of article quote) Edited August 5, 20204 yr by Boomerang_Brian Called attention to quote When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
August 6, 20204 yr Emerging pro football resort in Canton completes acquisition of fantasy football league The strategic acquisition advances the resort and entertainment company's plan to create an integrated and immersive media, sports and entertainment enterprise that benefits from diverse yet complementary revenue streams. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2020/08/06/hofv-completes-buy-of-fantasy-football-league.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 11, 20204 yr Pro Football Hall of Fame resort execs to address investors for first time since going public The Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co., the emerging football-themed destination resort in Canton, will hold a conference call with investors Tuesday morning for the first time since going public. Because the Canton company went public on July 1, after its second quarter ended on June 30, its quarterly report and updated investor presentation reflect only the operations of its predecessor company, Gross Pointe Acquisition Corp. "This quarter marked an exciting beginning for the Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co.," said Chief Executive Officer Michael Crawford in a statement. “We have continued to charge ahead with plans for our multichannel platform, announcing exciting partnerships and sponsorships, acquiring stakes in high-growth youth sports and fantasy football verticals, and advancing the construction of our destination." The company that owns the Hall of Fame Village powered by Johnson Controls went public by merging with Gross Pointe, a special purpose acquisition company, in a deal valued at $390 million. The resulting Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co. trades on the Nasdaq market under the ticker symbol HOFV. Crawford, who helped develop Disney World Shanghai for Walt Disney Co., plans to build a football-themed resort and entertainment company on up to 600 acres surrounding the Pro Football Hall of Fame by the end of 2022. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2020/08/11/football-resort-addresses-investors-for-first-time.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 12, 20204 yr Football Hall of Fame Resort in Canton off to a good start, CEO says The company, which owns the Hall of Fame Village powered by Johnson Controls, went public July 1. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2020/08/11/hall-of-fame-resort-off-to-good-start.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 12, 20204 yr On 8/11/2020 at 11:48 AM, ColDayMan said: Pro Football Hall of Fame resort execs to address investors for first time since going public The Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co., the emerging football-themed destination resort in Canton, will hold a conference call with investors Tuesday morning for the first time since going public. Because the Canton company went public on July 1, after its second quarter ended on June 30, its quarterly report and updated investor presentation reflect only the operations of its predecessor company, Gross Pointe Acquisition Corp. "This quarter marked an exciting beginning for the Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co.," said Chief Executive Officer Michael Crawford in a statement. “We have continued to charge ahead with plans for our multichannel platform, announcing exciting partnerships and sponsorships, acquiring stakes in high-growth youth sports and fantasy football verticals, and advancing the construction of our destination." The company that owns the Hall of Fame Village powered by Johnson Controls went public by merging with Gross Pointe, a special purpose acquisition company, in a deal valued at $390 million. The resulting Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co. trades on the Nasdaq market under the ticker symbol HOFV. Crawford, who helped develop Disney World Shanghai for Walt Disney Co., plans to build a football-themed resort and entertainment company on up to 600 acres surrounding the Pro Football Hall of Fame by the end of 2022. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2020/08/11/football-resort-addresses-investors-for-first-time.html So from these renderings, it does not look like they plan on completing the east side of the stadium. That is more than a little disappointing. That should be priority number 1.
August 28, 20204 yr Hall of Fame Resort launches NFL Alumni Academy for released players Starting Sept. 21, top-graded players who are released from NFL training camps will have the opportunity to develop their skills by training under the tutelage of elite former NFL coaches, players and performance coaches at the NFL Alumni Academy. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2020/08/27/hofv-launches-nfl-alumni-academy.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 10, 20204 yr ***ALERT*** There is dirt being moved around the pro football Hall of Fame....
September 10, 20204 yr 3 minutes ago, lockdog said: ***ALERT*** There is dirt being moved around the pro football Hall of Fame.... Caissons start next week on center for excellence
October 9, 20204 yr Author October 08, 2020 02:32 PM updated 3 hours ago Hall of Fame Village to include Don Shula's restaurant The Hall of Fame Village in Canton will be home to a new Don Shula's signature restaurant, which will be an anchor at the massive project's retail promenade. Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co., which owns the Hall of Fame Village in Canton, made the announcement on Thursday, Oct. 8. https://www.crainscleveland.com/retail/hall-fame-village-include-don-shulas-restaurant
October 9, 20204 yr ^ ha vey nice -- of course a don shula's should be there lol. maybe they can get al bubba baker to open a bubba q's outpost?
October 9, 20204 yr Topgolf Swing Suites coming to Canton's Hall of Fame Village A 10,000-square-foot Topgolf Swing Suites, a unit of London-based Topgolf Entertainment Group, will open in the Village's retail promenade by the fourth quarter of 2021. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2020/10/09/topgolf-swing-suites-coming-to-cantons-hall-of-fa.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 9, 20204 yr seems like this is going to become a destination.... but don't forget the kids.... I wonder if a permanent version of the NFL experience would work here...
October 10, 20204 yr 11 hours ago, mrnyc said: ^ ha vey nice -- of course a don shula's should be there lol. maybe they can get al bubba baker to open a bubba q's outpost? It wouldn't be an outpost, it would be a revival. Bubba Q's has been closed for some time.
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