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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a hall of fame and museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland , Ohio , United States . The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was established on April ___MASK83___ , ___MASK1___ , by Atlantic Records founder and chairman Ahmet Ertegun to recognize and archive the history of the best - known and most influential artists , producers , engineers , and other notable figures who have had some major influence on the development of rock and roll . In 1986 , Cleveland was chosen as the hall of fame ' s permanent home . Since opening in September 1995 , the " Rock Hall "  part of the city ' s redeveloped North Coast Harbor  has hosted more than 10 million visitors and had a cumulative economic impact estimated at more than $ 1 . 8 billion . A U . S . state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America . There are ___MASK78___ states , which are bound together in a union with each other . Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory , and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government . Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government , Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside . State citizenship and residency are flexible , and no government approval is required to move between states , except for persons covered by certain types of court orders ( e . g ., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody ). The Cuyahoga River (, or ) is a river in the United States , located in Northeast Ohio , that feeds into Lake Erie . The river is famous for having been so polluted that it " caught fire " in ___MASK48___ . The event helped to spur the environmental movement in the US . Bob Neal was an American sportscaster who worked primarily in Cleveland , Ohio . He broadcast the Cleveland Indians on radio 1957 -- 1961 and 1965 -- 1972 , and on television 1952 -- 1953 and 1962 -- 1964 . He was also the original broadcaster for Cleveland Browns football games on radio and television starting in 1946 and continuing through 1951 . He handled the 1954 Orange Bowl game for CBS television , 1955 and 1956 World Series for Mutual radio and the 1957 World Series for NBC radio . Bob Neal also worked as a sportscaster for KYW - TV ( now WKYC - TV ) in Cleveland , appearing alongside weatherman Joe Finan ; occasionally , fellow sportscaster Jim Graner would fill in for Neal . Cleveland is a city in the U . S . state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County , the most populous county in the state . The city is located on the southern shore of Lake Erie , approximately west of the Pennsylvania border . It was founded in ___MASK41___ near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River , and became a manufacturing center owing to its location on the lake shore , as well as being connected to numerous canals and railroad lines . Cleveland ' s economy has diversified sectors that include manufacturing , financial services , healthcare , and biomedical . Cleveland is also home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Ohio is an Eastern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States . Ohio is the 34th largest by area , the 7th most populous , and the 10th most densely populated of the ___MASK78___ United States . The state ' s capital and largest city is Columbus .