VSHF’s first regional version will debut in 2024, highlight local inductees
Fred Jeter | 4/27/2023, 6 p.m.
A regional version of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame is coming to Henrico County in the spring of 2024.
Designed to recognize athletes, coaches, media and exceptional people involved with sports, it will be housed at a building now under construction at Virginia Center Commons in North Central Henrico near Interstate 95.
The 185,000-square foot building, with a projected cost of $50 million, will serve as the Henrico Sports & Events Center and is scheduled to open this fall.
Plans for the Hall were announced by Virginia Hall of Fame Director Will Driscoll at the Class of 2023 induction ceremony.
The statewide Virginia Sports Hall of Fame is in Virginia Beach. Since 1972, 354 sports figures have been inducted, including the likes of Ken Willard and Barty Smith from Henrico and Willie Lanier, Arthur Ashe and Bobby Dandridge from Richmond.
“We are excited that the Henrico Sports & Events Center will be a place to show- case this history just as we bring in the next generation of athletes,” said Dennis Bickmeier, executive director of Henrico Sports and Entertainment Authority, which manages the facility.
In addition to the inclusion of the regional Hall of Fame, the Henrico Sports & Events Center is designed to host basketball and volleyball events as well as graduations, concerts and other gatherings.
