Canadian football hall reopens in new venue

Mark DeNobile’s 10-year odyssey has come to a gratifying conclusion. The Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum relaunched at Tim Hortons Field on Friday. DeNobile, the Hall of Fame’s executive director, proudly showed off the redesigned and refurbished 10,000-square-foot venue before the Hamilton Tiger-Cats faced the Toronto Argonauts in an exhibition game. “The last 10 years have been up and down, up and down ... but it’s all worth it,” DeNobile said. “I’m very happy, ecstatic.” The Hall of Fame had been located in a building in downtown Hamilton since 1972. And while that venue was 10,000 square feet also, DeNobile said the layout of the new facility is much more fan- and userfriendly.