Fontainebleau Las Vegas and Tom Brady to Debut Memorabilia Display

  • Fontainebleau Las Vegas and Tom Brady will open a temporary sports and entertainment museum in June
  • “Hall of Excellence” will feature impressive memorabilia from Brady and other notables

Fontainebleau Las Vegas announced Wednesday that it will open a temporary sports and entertainment display called “Hall of Excellence” in June. The project is a collaboration between legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady and Emmy-winning sportscaster Jim Gray.

The Hall of Excellence is announced by Fontainebleau chair Jeffrey Soffer, Tom Brady, and Jim Gray at the Fontainebleau. (Image: Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Fontainebleau Las Vegas)

Brady has donated all seven of his Super Bowl rings to the miniature museum, which will also feature Michael Jordan’s first pair of Air Jordans and his first NBA championship shoes (from the 1991 NBA Finals), a bat used by Jackie Robinson while breaking major league baseball’s color barrier in 1947, and ring-worn gloves from Muhammad Ali’s 1966 fight against George Chuvalo.

Other artifacts of note will include:

  • A golf ball used during Tiger Woods’ first Masters victory in 1997
  • Billie Jean King’s 1974 tennis dress
  • Oprah Winfrey’s Presidential Medal of Freedom from 2013
  • Las Vegas Aces WNBA Championship rings from the 2022 and 2023 seasons
  • A 2023 Vegas Golden Knights Stanley Cup Championship ring
This ring of rings belongs to Tom Brady for his seven career Super Bowl wins — the most of any NFL player. (Image: Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Fontainebleau Las Vegas)

The public will take self-guided tours narrated by actor Morgan Freeman, with drop-ins from Winfrey, Bob Costas, Snoop Dogg, and Brady, who in a press release called the exhibit a testament to “the relentless pursuit of greatness.”

“So much of this memorabilia represents the incredible journey that I, like so many others, have been fortunate enough to experience,” Brady said. “Artifacts like these do not belong hidden away, they should be shared with the fans who were along for the journey with us.”

The display will also include a room displaying genuine Vince Lombardi, Heisman, Wimbledon, US Open golf and tennis trophies, as well as a Pete Rozelle Super Bowl MVP trophy, Olympic gold medals, and an Emmy, a Grammy, a Tony, and an Academy Award (the one Clint Eastwood won in 1994 for directing “Unforgiven”).

The Hall of Excellence will open on June 20. Admission will be $35 per adult, $20 for 15, and under, and $30 for Nevada residents, seniors and military with valid ID.

Tickets go on sale at 6 am Friday, May 23 here.

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers entertainment, dining and gaming news in Las Vegas.

Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city’s history. (For “Fear and Loafing,” he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.)

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