Cooperstown, N.Y., is not “on the way” to anywhere. It is a remote destination 70 miles southwest of Albany, nowhere near an interstate highway. Traveling to the small village (population 2,300) requires driving along winding, hilly roads that every so often pass through other small towns.
Baseball fans know Cooperstown as the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, the preeminent sports history venue in the country since its opening in 1939.
Baseball fans know Cooperstown as the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, the preeminent sports history venue in the country since its opening in 1939.
Over the last decade, the hall has attracted more than 400,000 visitors annually, and its popularity continues to surge. Seventy-five thousand fans came on July 29 for the induction of Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn, a contrast to the 14,000 who attended the same type of ceremony in August for Michael Irvin at the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
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