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The plaza’s pavilion and 65-foot high spires are easily identifiable, but there’s more to the re-imagined site along Court Avenue NW and Market Ave. N downtown.

City and business leaders gathered Saturday night to officially dedicate the football-themed Centennial Plaza downtown.

Canton City officials and the Centennial Celebration Host Committee announced Thursday that they are postponing the planned NFL Centennial Celebration out of caution for the public’s safety.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame weekend in Canton was not immune to the ravages of Covid as last year’s event, like just about everything else in the path of the pandemic, was canceled.

The city of Canton is trying to keep skateboarders and others from using downtown’s Centennial Plaza

One hundred years ago this week, representatives from 11 football teams gathered at an automobile dealership in Canton to talk about forming a league.

It was going to be the “greatest gathering in football ever.” And then the coronavirus pandemic swept across America.

The ELEVEN is a $2.2 million multi-year project of ArtsinStark and The Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The NFL’s chief executive officer celebrated the league’s 100th birthday on Thursday in the city where it all began.

On the big anniversary, the big boss thought back to the downtown doings in Canton that Friday a century ago.

Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the National Football League, visited the birthplace of pro football on the 100th birthday of the league.

Stainless steel arches, symbolic of a football, are being installed this week at Centennial Plaza.