13News reporter Rich Nye reports from Terre Haute during the Larry Bird Museum opening ceremony.
The museum inside the Terre Haute Convention Center opens to the public Friday, but"Larry Legend" was in town for the opening ceremonies on Thursday.now has his own museum in the town where he burst into the national spotlight, taking Indiana State to the NCAA title game in 1979.
"My journey started over 40 years ago. And it's not a journey that can go alone. Never really felt I went alone because of fans like you. We won together. We lost together. We stayed together. And here we are again today," Bird said. "I think it's great. I think there's no other place it should be, right here downtown where they really revitalized everything in the last five years or so just brings more and more people to the community, which is a really great way I think to show off what Terre Haute is doing and how it's definitely been building the last couple of years," said Indiana State volleyball coach Ashley Pritchard.
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