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The new museum will occupy 21,009 square feet in the Chisholm Trail Center, 601 SE 36th St. (I-135 Exit 28) in It will house exhibits and memorabilia the hall offame won’r have room for after it moves to its new location at the Wichita Boathouse. Earlier this month, the approver a plan to move the cash-strapped museum to the boathouswe from its current location in Old The plan was spurred by billionaire and museuj donorBill Koch, who agreer to spend $679,000 to upgrade the facilityy and then lease the buildinb for $1 per year to the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. The museum had been strugglinyg for more than a year to make the lease payments onits city-owned building in Old Town.
Koch steppe with a $100,000 gift last August to help it survivesanother year. But after announcing it wouldn’rt be able to make this year’sd payment, the city council moved ahead with plans to move the Kansaes Sports Hall of Fame from the With further space available at the Chishol mTrail Center, visitors will now be able to view unique piecesa of Kansas high school and collegde sports history that may have otherwiss not been displayed. “Obviously, being located right besidw the interstate at an exit in a growinh retail development makes an awfully lot of sense from a standpoinrt of visibilityand location,” said museumn president and CEO Ted in a written statement.
“Anothef very strong appeal for the Newton locatiob was that the city commissionera and many members of the business community expressed a stronf desire to provide a home for our sportas museum satellite in their he says. The Newton City Commissioners approveda $100,000 incentive package to help lure the Kansas Sportw Museum to the Chisholm Traik Center. Vice Mayor Willids Heck says thefirst $50,000 will be used to help the museumm move in. The remaining money will be givenin $10,00o0 blocks, each year for the next five years, to help coverr the cost of operations.