This signature nearly 40,000-square-foot ballroom in the new Marriott Marquis Houston hotel certainly has never seen a gathering quite like this before. “In fact, I’m going to rename this room, The Million Dollar Room,” honorary co-chair Lynn Wyatt quipped while revealing the mammoth figure raised. The gala put on by the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee raised $4 million for Touchdown Houston, the host committee’s charitable giving program. On this night, there was plenty of sharing of the wealth. But even after all the tributes (including a video of Barbara Bush wondering why the McNairs insisted on naming a building at Columbia College they donated the funds for after her rather than one of them), the Texans owner tried to talk about all the other people who deserved credit. This celebration of football - 51 Hall of Famers graced the stage and received individual introductions from the never-at-a-loss-for-words Berman - turned into a celebration of Bob and Janice McNair.
This bronze version of McNair still has some hair, but it will be hard pressed to match the dignity of the real man. The statue shows McNair in a suit with a football tucked under his right arm. “Well, it probably makes me look better than I am,” McNair deadpanned when asked about the statue’s likeness of him.
Moments later, McNair sat on stage with ESPN’s Chris Berman for a more lighthearted look at the statue model.
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