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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Adrian Drake wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Orion Pobursky wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Adrian Drake wrote:
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The bid is listed as being from Bellaire, Ohio which is way down
south-east on the border with West Virginia, across the river from
Wheeling. An interesting and very out-of-the-way place to put a museum.
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That’s what I was thinking also. Why would you put it in the middle of “no
where” (no offense to anyone that lives in that area) but you would want it
in a location that people would visit on a trip or something.
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The same reason the professional baseball and american football hall of
fames are in out of the way spots?
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Well, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is in Canton because one of the most
dominant football franchises of the early days was the Canton Bulldogs.
The baseball hall of fame has a slightly more
convoluted history.
But it has history.
What history does Bellaire, Ohio have with Lego?
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Probably the fact that the owners/curators live in the area and found a building
on the cheap there.
I would imagine there’s a slightly smaller following for Lego than there is for
football, baseball, or basketball (HoF in Springfield, MA, where hoops was
invented, incidentally) - so those rules don’t apply.
-nk
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Nick Kappatos wrote:
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Probably the fact that the owners/curators live in the area and found a
building on the cheap there.
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That was my guess too. If it were Lego doing the organizing, they’d probably aim
for a larger “vacation area” spot (balanced with cheap real estate of course),
but considering how this looks more privately run, it’s probably what they could
find for cheap in a reasonable distance.
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I would imagine there’s a slightly smaller following for Lego than there is
for football, baseball, or basketball (HoF in Springfield, MA, where hoops
was invented, incidentally) - so those rules don’t apply.
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I have to admit I’m curious as to what crowd they hope to attract-- I expect
mostly kids and not AFOL’s. That is, I don’t expect they’re looking for antique
Lego sets, hordes of master-class MOC’s, etc., but more for
interactive-child-targeted displays.
36,000 square feet though? That’s pretty impressive. Does BLOC still have
regular meetings (I notice the website and NG look mildly inactive)? That may be
a great place for public displays! Or a good BLOC meeting space :)
DaveE
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