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>>GERRY: INDIANA BASKETBALL
GREAT LARRY BIRD WITH FOREVER BE
SYNONYMOUS WITH INDIANA STATE
UNIVERSITY AND TERRE HAUTE, BUT

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THAT LEGACY IS SOON TO BE
FURTHER STRENGTHENED.
BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS
WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS.

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BILL ...
>>BILL: THANKS, GERRY.
BIRD'S RISE FROM THE SMALL TOWN
HICK FROM FRENCH LICK TO THE

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LARRY LEGEND OF BOSTON CELTICS
LORE TOOK HOLD DURING HIS CAREER
WITH THE SYCAMORES, CULTIVATING
IN THEIR TRIP TO THE 1979 NCAA

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CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
NOW BIRD'S CAREER WILL BE
FOREVER ON DISPLAY IN THE NEW
LARRY BIRD MUSEUM WHICH WILL BE

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PART OF THE TERRE HAUTE
CONVENTION CENTER.
AND JOINING US TODAY TO DISCUSS
THIS EXCITING ATTRACTION OF

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TERRE HAUTE MAYOR DUKE BENNETT.
MAYOR, WELCOME ...
THANKS FOR MAKING THE DRIVE OVER
>> GREAT TO BE HERE.

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>> HE WAS OVER FOR THE
ANNOUNCEMENT LAST MONTH AND HOW
DOES THIS COME ABOUT?
>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A

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CONVENTION CENTER FOR ABOUT
THREE YEARS SO WHEN THAT BECAME
A REALITY WE THOUGHT A COUPLE OF
THINGS.

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ONE IS GREG GIBSON THE LOCAL GUY
FROM TERRE HAUTE AND HIS FATHER
REALLY HELPED LARRY WHEN HE
FIRST CAME TO INDIANA STATE

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UNIVERSITY BUT THEY'VE STORED A
LOT OF HIS MEMORABILIA OVER THE
YEARS SO AS WE WERE DEVELOPING
THIS CUT CONVENTION CENTER

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CONCEPT WE THOUGHT COULD THERE
BE ROOM TO CREATE A LARRY BIRD
MUSEUM OF ALL THAT MEMORABILIA
INSTEAD OF IT STAYING IN STORAGE

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WHERE NOBODY COULD SEE IT AND
LET THE PUBLIC COME AND SEE ALL
OF HIS STUFF BECAUSE THERE'S A
LOT OF MEMORABILIA SO I GIVE

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GREG GIBSON ALL THE CREDIT FOR
THAT AND NOW IT'S TURNING INTO
REALITY.
>> I CAN IMAGINE WHAT A

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TREMENDOUS ATTRACTION THIS WILL
BE NOT JUST FROM PEOPLE AT TERRE
HAUTE WAS STILL REMEMBER LARRY
AS THAT GREAT SYCAMORE, BUT OR

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PEOPLE FROM CROSS-COUNTRY AROUND
THE WORLD WHO RECOGNIZE HIM.
>> YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW
MANY PEOPLE COME TO GET HIS

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PICTURE TAKEN WITH THE STATUTE
BUT WHEN I TRAVEL AROUND I SAY
WHERE YOU'RE FROM AND ONE OF THE
FIRST THINGS THEY WILL SAY LARRY

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BIRD HE IS JUST SUCH A RENOWNED
FIGURE FOR ALL OF US HERE IN
INDIANA, BUT ESPECIALLY TERRE
HAUTE AND THIS WILL BE SOMETHING

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THAT NOT ONLY LOCAL PEOPLE WANT
CENTRAL INDIANA, BUT THEY WILL
COME FROM ALL OVER.
>> PART OF A LARGER STRATEGY

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THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AND YOU
WILL HAVE SORT OF A MUSEUM
DISTRICT THAT THIS WILL BE THE
CENTER PIECE.

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>> NINE MUSEUMS WITHIN THE
WALKING DISTANCE INCLUDING THIS
ONE AND THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

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THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM COMING
DOWNTOWN AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION
BUT MOVING.
IT IS REALLY KIND OF AN AMAZING

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THING THAT'S TRANSPIRED OVER THE
LAST 10-12 YEARS OF CREATING
THOSE QUALITY-OF-LIFE
DESTINATIONS.

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>> I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HIS
CAREER NOT JUST HIGH SCHOOL,
COLLEGE, PEARL, OLYMPICS, I MEAN
, HE HAS TOUCH THE GAME AND

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SO MANY INCREDIBLE WAYS AND THIS
WILL BE A FANTASTIC DISPLAY.
>> IT WELL.
WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT ALL

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THOSE THINGS FROM HIGH SCHOOL
ALL THE WAY THROUGH, HE HAS A
LOT OF ITEMS TO BE DISPLAYED BUT
A LOT OF THINGS WE ARE PROUD OF.

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AND KEEPING THEM IN STORAGE I
THINK NONE OF US, WE WOULD LOVE
TO SEE IT SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE
THAT IDEA CAME FROM WAS LET'S

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CREATE A DESTINATION AND
CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF
LARRY BIRD.
>> I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.

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CONSTRUCTION STARTS NEXT SPRING
SO CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE
FINISHED PRODUCT.