Automotive Hall of Fame moving to Detroit
Believe it or not, the Hall of Fame has never called the Motor City its home.
Brandon Turkus
Jul 23rd 2016
AutoBlog.com
As the Motor City, you'd imagine a place like the Automotive Hall of Fame would be somewhere within Detroit's borders, right? Wrong. It's been in New York, Washington, D.C., at a university in Midland, MI, and at its current location in Dearborn, near Ford's headquarters, but at no point in its 75-plus-year history has the Hall of Fame called Detroit home. Until now. HoF President William Chapin made the announcement on Thursday, at the end of this year's induction ceremony.
"We feel there is a need to develop a visitor destination downtown that will tell the global stories of automotive innovators and their innovations over the past 90 plus years with a spotlight on Detroit's automotive heritage," Chapin told guests, The Detroit Free Press reports. "We also want to talk about the rebirth of the industry...and the creation of a hub for autonomous vehicles and new age manufacturing."
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Believe it or not, the Hall of Fame has never called the Motor City its home.
Brandon Turkus
Jul 23rd 2016
AutoBlog.com
As the Motor City, you'd imagine a place like the Automotive Hall of Fame would be somewhere within Detroit's borders, right? Wrong. It's been in New York, Washington, D.C., at a university in Midland, MI, and at its current location in Dearborn, near Ford's headquarters, but at no point in its 75-plus-year history has the Hall of Fame called Detroit home. Until now. HoF President William Chapin made the announcement on Thursday, at the end of this year's induction ceremony.
"We feel there is a need to develop a visitor destination downtown that will tell the global stories of automotive innovators and their innovations over the past 90 plus years with a spotlight on Detroit's automotive heritage," Chapin told guests, The Detroit Free Press reports. "We also want to talk about the rebirth of the industry...and the creation of a hub for autonomous vehicles and new age manufacturing."
CONTINUE AT THE LINK ABOVE
Image courtesy of AutoBlog.com