• The 43,000 square-foot Georgia Sports Hall of Fame is the largest state sports hall of fame in the country.
• Over 1,000 artifacts are on display in the museum. The GSHF has over 3,000 artifacts in its entire collection. Artifacts are displayed on a rotating basis.
• The Paralympic exhibit is the largest and most comprehensive collection on the 1996 Paralympic Games in the United States.
• The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame officially houses the sterling silver bowls awarded to the men’s and women’s champion at the annual Masters Water Ski Tournament.
• The bow-tie worn by Savannah native Mills Lane while refereeing the Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson “bite-fight” is on display.
• Electrical Statistics: -4.5 miles of conduit -24.5 mile of wire or nearly the same distance from Macon to Forsyth, Georgia -815 light fixtures – 63 different types.
• 230,000 bricks were used in construction of the Hall of Fame.
• Nearly 245 tons of steel were used in the construction of the Hall of Fame.
• Glass statistics: -2,513 square-feet of glass -7,591 lbs of glass
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