Dallas trying to steal College Football Hall of Fame from South Bend

A group of area political and civic leaders, as well as football legends such as Roger Staubach and Deion Sanders, are pursuing relocating the College Football Hall of Fame from South Bend, Ind., to downtown Dallas. The group, which includes Mayor Tom Leppert and billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens, says it’s willing to pay for the entire cost of relocating, building and launching the facility, which would be slated for construction next to a planned Dallas Convention Center hotel at Young, Market and Lamar streets. “This is a great football city. Dallas would be a great place for it. We’re a much more accessible city,” Leppert said. “They’ve been very open to the ideas that we’re putting forward.” The Dallasites pursuing the College Football Hall of Fame say they’re in the process of crafting a formal proposal, which they expect to be finished later this year. – Dallas Morning News