Steve, I take it that the Buff's event will be the new annual HOF celebration time.
Since there will be a living legend to induct, could it also be time to induct one of the long ago old timers?
This year just trying to get caught up with the Covid and Visa delayed inductions of Alex and Bustamante. Next year we will be more open to new (or old, if one of the old timers can generate enough support).
As for the location, we are definitely giving it a solid try and hopefully it is a success -- mainly for the inductee's sake!
Not having a "dinner" and making the event free takes a lot of pressure off me to sell support for the dinner, which was like a $7000 expense +/-. Before, the programs were freely included with the dinner -- now they will be available to buy but only free to the inductees (current and past in attendance). The 12x18 posters have always been available for sale so that won't change. Both those are popular to browse, collect, and get signed. Joe taking over the MC is also a huge relief for me, and he will also be good at getting guests up there to chime in. Hopefully the crowd (and management, and streamer) there at Buffalo's all take to the event and we can lock it in for future years.