Floyd Breit’s former home sat on the land where the new luxury hotel will go up at the Johnson Controls Pro Football Hall of Fame Village in Canton.
The house is gone, bulldozed over. And Breit, who volunteers at the hall of hame museum, couldn’t be happier.
Breit, who turns 90 on Saturday, was among the guests at Tuesday morning’s groundbreaking for the 243-room hotel, a major turning point in the $600 million village project.
Groundbreakings typically are events where people tell all sorts of tales — and among the stories told Tuesday was Breit’s.
David Baker, president of the hall of fame, pointed out Breit to onlookers.