Officials announced three years ago that the College Football Hall of Fame was moving to Atlanta from Indiana, but fundraising issues forced several delays in the project. The new hall is scheduled to break ground Monday in the city's downtown area. (Photo Courtesy of g83 via stock.xchng.)
The hall is scheduled to open in the fall of 2014 in Centennial Olympic Park.
The new site in Centennial Olympic Park is near the Georgia Dome and World Congress Center. The College Football Hall of Fame was located in South Bend, Ind., near the campus of Notre Dame, for 17 years. It closed last year.
The National Football Foundation, which runs the Hall of Fame, announced this week's groundbreaking in December.
The NFF announced three years ago that the hall was moving from Indiana, but fundraising issues forced several delays in the project.
