The Sports Museum of America shuts the doors.
It was a good concept, a “a Smithsonian-like museum of sports that would be more central to fans and tourists than individual halls of fame.” Museum co-founder Philip Schwalb said “the recession was far less a problem than a $6 million construction cost overrun that forced the museum to severely cut marketing.”
I couldn’t help it, thoughts of Greensboro’s own International Civil Rights Center and Museum popped into my head.
