Still-developing plans have Brook Park in Ohio slated to be the home of the Cleveland Browns’ new $2.4 billion dome stadium in 2029.
Another football locale is coming to the city much sooner.
Next summer, the National High School Football Hall of Fame will move into town.
A “letter of intent” from the hall of fame was sent this week to Brook Park Mayor Ed Orcutt requesting his blessing for relocation from the current space in Canton.
Lamont “Showboat” Robinson, a Jeannette alum, is the founder and CEO of the NHSFBHOF.
The annual induction ceremony also will take place in Brook Park.
The National HS Football Hall of Fame is relocating from Canton to Brook Park, Ohio.
Brook Park also the future home of Cleveland Browns' $2.4 billion dome stadium.
"Letter of intent" from Jeannette alum and NHFBHOF founder Lamont Robinson to major Ed Orcutt:@NHSFootballHOF pic.twitter.com/IufHeLIx0P
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“Together, we will honor the past, present, and future of high school football at a national level and build something extraordinary for generations to come,” Robinson wrote in the letter.
Orcutt told Fox 8 News, “We are excited. We are thrilled. We are honored.”
Robinson said the move is to help give the hall its own identity. Previously, he felt it existed in the shadow of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, also in Canton.
The plan is to build a 40,000-square-foot, brick-and-morter facility to house the prep hall, which has inducted three classes and more than 100 players, coaches and teams from across the country.
“This move isn’t just about geography — it’s about building something new, something bold, and something that stands entirely on its own,” Robinson told SI.com. “Brook Park showed us that it values the deep roots and powerful legacy of high school football.”
A number of former WPIAL dignitaries are enshrined, including Jeannette’s Terrelle Pryor, Dick Hoak and Joe Mucci, Upper St. Clair coach Jim Render and Steel Valley’s Charlie Batch.
Jeannette’s Zach Washington was inducted this year.
