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Originally Posted by smArTaLlone
The project to relocate the College Football Hall of Fame to Atlanta is making significant progress towards realizing the goal of creating a new immersive and interactive attraction that will celebrate the college football game day experience in a way never before seen.
First among those was the selection of two finalist sites still under consideration for the new facility. Both sites are located in downtown Atlanta in close proximity to Centennial Olympic Park and the city's core of museums and attractions, including the Georgia Aquarium and the World of Coca-Cola.
The first finalist site, owned by InterPark, encompasses 34,000 square feet and is located at the corner of Harris St. and Centennial Olympic Park Drive. The site is currently being used as a parking lot.
The second finalist site, owned by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, is a 2.7-acre parking lot adjacent to Hall A of the Georgia World Congress Center convention complex, one-half block south of Centennial Olympic Park.
Atlanta Hall Management (AHM) is continuing to vet the two sites and is expected to make a final selection later this year with construction of the 50,000 square-foot, $50 million facility expected to be completed in March 2013.
With the construction phase of the project expected to begin in August 2011, AHM disclosed its development team consisting of architects, real estate developer/program managers and exhibit designers.
TVS Design of Atlanta will serve as lead architects as a part of a joint venture with Turner Associates of Atlanta. Cousins Properties and Gude Management, another Atlanta-based joint venture, will perform the roles of developer and program manager. Gallagher and Associates of Washington D.C. will design the exhibit experience and work closely with TVS Design and Turner Associates to achieve an integrated look and feel with the building architecture.
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Over on Maria Saporta's site, there is an article about the Beltline backing off their Tiger II grant application in favor of the Streetcar. In the comments section for this article, Angel Porventud linked to the actual grant application. In the file, it shows a map of recent and proposed developments. Most of it is stuff we have discussed here, but...
The map implies that the College Football HOF will be located on the site next to the GWCC and the National Health Museum will go on the corner of Harris and Centenial Park Dr.
The map is probably just conjecture, but it is interesting. If this does come out this way it might not be to bad. The College Football HOF would be closer to the Dome, Phillips Arena and some of the bars like Stats that have a sports theme. That particular corner looks lousy now, but thats because its a surface lot with a rail line behind it. Put a cleverly designed building there and it might work.
Across the way, you'd have the Health Museum next to the American Cancer Society. I don't know, but this seems to make sense.