NASCAR HOF To Have Nearly 1,000 Artifacts, Interactive Displays
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NASCAR HOF Scheduled To Open
In Charlotte Next Spring |
The NASCAR HOF in Charlotte "will feature nearly 1,000 artifacts on display, a theater screen that is 65 feet wide and 15 feet high and a video wall with 64 plasma-screen televisions," according to Bob Pockrass of NASCAR SCENE. NASCAR HOF Exec Dir Winston Kelley "revealed some of the exhibit plans Monday at a meeting of the Charlotte City Council." The city of Charlotte owns the museum, which is scheduled to open next spring. While touring the HOF, visitors "will carry a card or wristband that has a computer chip in it that they may use to activate certain interactive parts of the museum, such as the racing simulation area." The chip also "will allow [guests] to participate in the interactive portions of the museum and will keep track of the person's progress and abilities in things such as the racing simulation game, the pit-crew experience area and a possible racing trivia area." Kelley said that he "hopes that guests can then go to the hall of fame Web site, enter a code and call up their results." The theater where people "will get an introduction to the hall of fame will have 270 seats, and races also will be shown in that theater on the 65-by-15 screen." Kelley "hopes the 10,000-square-foot main floor will have a feeling similar to New York's Times Square, and plans call for different exhibits in May and October so fans coming to the Charlotte races can see something different each time." The inductee area "will have a spire for each inductee that will include the video of the inductee's historical background, a photo of the inductee and a quote about the inductee." Cars that are on display on the walkway ramp throughout the museum "likely will be changed out every two years," while "select artifacts will be rotated out every three or six months" (SCENEDAILY.com, 3/24).
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