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New Castle, Indiana: Big Shoe

Big basketball shoe sits in the grass outside the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Turns out it is only a half-shoe.

Address:
408 Trojan Lane, New Castle, IN
Directions:
In the grass next to the parking lot just to the right of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. On the north side of Trojan Lane just east of Hwy 3/S. Memorial Drive. The show is set back away from the road, but turn into the parking lot and you'll see it.
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Big Shoe

The Big Shoe is, indeed, only a half-shoe. Still a cool photo op, and nice parking nearby.

[Kitsa, 08/22/2017]

Big Shoe.

Big Shoe

The colors of the shoe have been changed a little. It is a half a shoe as well.

[Britny, 12/07/2015]

Big shoe.

Big Shoe

Big basketball shoe sits in the grass outside the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Currently painted blue, the UCLA colors, because that is where Steve Alford coaches now.

[djrnewcastle, 08/02/2015]

The blue shoe matches an identical car-sized sneaker outside the Steve Alford All-America Inn about a mile south in New Castle. October 2015: Photo added.


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