Peach Bowl president Gary Stokan still sees the College Football Hall of Fame as the key to Atlanta’s goal of becoming the “capital of college football,” and his bowl has invested an additional $8 million toward that vision.
The Peach Bowl on Thursday extended its partnership with the Hall of Fame for 10 years with the new investment. The $8 million follows the bowl’s original $5 million commitment when the hall opened in 2014.
“I said let’s renew but let’s make a statement because we’re the first ones in,” Stokan told The Associated Press.
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