Florida and Kentucky are among a growing number of states to issue “Share the Road” plates, and the same goes for Florida, Minnesota, and Montana with golfing promotion. Minnesota issued an optional when it hosted the MLB All-Star Game in 1985…Idaho is an ideal spot for river rafting and skiing…Indiana allows Indianapolis Colts fans to show support…Arkansas is one a few states with a tennis specialty…Montana has promoted the rodeo, outdoor recreation, and youth hockey…Tennessee issued a plate to honor the NCAA Division I National Champion University of Tennessee football team…Utah residents could recognize snowmobiling, which can be a sport, and Washington has the very unusual wrestling plate.
California issued a limited-run optional to honor the 1984 Olympic games which took place in Los Angeles. Florida‘s Olympic Spirit plate celebrates Olympics in general. Georgia issued the “Spirit of Champions” in connection with the Special Olympics. Utah, like California, had an optional when it hosted. One could order a souvenir plate from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary with a personalized serial. The 2000 Summer Olympics souvenir plate features the mascots Olly (a kookaburra), Syd (a platypus), and Millie (an echidna).
Florida and Utah are amongst states to have specialties for professional sports teams, in these cases the NBA franchises Orlando Magic and Utah Jazz. Massachusetts has offered two basketball-related specialties. Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 while a teacher at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, where the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is located. The “Boston Celtics” plate was a joint effort between the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation and Boston Children’s Hospital; all the proceeds go to the hospital.
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