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Atlanta Unveils Downtown Site for College Football Hall of Fame

ATLANTA - The new College Football Hall of Fame will be
built on a site between Atlanta's massive convention center and
Centennial Olympic Park.

Officials unveiled the site Friday, along with drawings of the
new facility that is scheduled to open in March 2013 - in
conjunction with the Final Four basketball championship at the
nearby Georgia Dome.

The hall is moving from South Bend, Ind., where it's been
plagued by low attendance. Atlanta officials project a half-million
people a year to go through the building, which will resemble a
football on the outside and have a stadium-like setting on the
inside.

Groundbreaking is scheduled for next August. The hall will be
located near tourist attractions such as the Georgia Aquarium and
the World of Coke.