Organizers say they would prefer to keep the enshrinement ceremony in Dayton if financially viable, and a decision on where to stage the 2017 ceremony with four new inductees could be reached next month.
An unnamed site out of state has offered the use of a venue and an event planner without charge to bring the ceremony there, officials said. Several sites have been under consideration which have not been disclosed, officials said.
“We’ve been finding our community support here has been very lackluster,” said David Brixey, enshrinement committee chairman. “Of the total budget for the enshrinement, less than 15 percent comes from the Dayton community and we are a national aviation hall of fame, not a Dayton aviation hall of fame.”
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