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Sports Hall of Fame honors state's greatest

Invesco Field at Mile High will produce Hall of Fame moments over the next few decades, but why wait?

If it is historical drama you want, check out the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Museum, featuring cutting-edge technology, rotating exhibits and interactive data on 159 inductees and their defining moments.

On the west side of the stadium, the museum gives old hands a chance to relive battles, greenhorns a chance to explore Colorado's sporting lore and children a chance to learn their X's and O's.

About 1,800 square feet will open to the public on Tuesday; the remaining 1,000 square feet is scheduled to open next year.

Opening exhibits include a history of the Hall of Fame, a history of the Broncos, a history of sports medicine, women in sports and the evolution in sports equipment.

Featured inductees during the opening weeks include boxer Jack Dempsey, University of Colorado football All-American and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron "Whizzer" White, CU and Broncos player Dave Logan and Olympic gold medal figure skater Peggy Fleming, among others.

"It's finally real," said Kelly Leid, director of operations for the Metropolitan Football Stadium District and a Hall of Fame board member.

For 37 years the Hall was a state of mind, not bricks-and-mortal reality. There were no artifacts, no musty jerseys, no photographs.

But the Hall's homeless days ended when the stadium district agreed to include space for it in the new stadium.

The museum board was creative in limiting costs. Rather than hire an architect, it allowed eight groups of graduate students from the University of Colorado at Denver Graduate School of Architecture to compete for a chance to design it.

Leid also persuaded contractors already involved in stadium construction to donate materials and services to complete the basic construction of the museum.

The nonprofit Hall of Fame secured about $1.5 million in contributions from Colorado businesses, including Coors, auto dealer Mike Shaw and Kaiser Permanente Health Care Programs.

Contact Clay Latimer at (303) 892-2596 or sports@RockyMountainNews.com.