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Mascot Hall of Fame to close in September, 'going out with confetti'
It's game over for Northwest Indiana's largest, splashiest and furriest museum. The $18 million, 25,000-square-foot Mascot Hall of Fame and Interactive Children's Museum near the lakefront in Whiting will close for good this fall after being …