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2011 NEWSMAKER: Melangton gears up for Indy's big game

IBJ Staff
December 24, 2011
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Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee CEO Allison Melangton began 2011 with a trip to Dallas to see firsthand how the NFL pulls off its big game.

Melangton also went to the 2010 Super Bowl in Miami, but this year she and some of her staff were embedded into Dallas’ organizing committee to get a closer look.

Melangton also got to see what winter weather can do to a Super Bowl, as three days of ice, snow and cold cascaded down on the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the days leading up to the match-up between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Things were so bad that Dallas retail outlets had to close early on the Tuesday and Wednesday before the Super Bowl; some roads and sidewalks in the area were still impassible on Thursday and Friday.

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Melangton, along with Indianapolis Host Committee Chairman Mark Miles and Mayor Greg Ballard, worked with NFL officials shortly after the 2011 game to put together a more robust plan for dealing with almost any weather problem that might arise in Indianapolis during the first week of February 2012. Super Bowl XLVI is slated for Feb. 5 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

“We obviously saw things in Dallas we never thought we would,” Melangton said. “It was a good lesson on the importance of preparedness. We were prepared before Dallas, but afterward we were even more prepared. We are confident we are ready.”

The woman chosen as CEO of the city’s Super Bowl host committee wasn’t exactly a household name when she took the position in late 2008.

Melangton, 47, is charged with organizing every aspect of the event, including putting together a staff of about 15 full-time paid employees and recruiting and organizing more than 8,000 volunteers.

Melangton, a native of Maine, came to Indianapolis in 1983 to work for USA Gymnastics before joining the Indiana Sports Corp. staff in 1994. She eventually became a senior vice president in charge of such events as the men’s and women’s Big Ten basketball championships; NCAA Final Fours; and Olympic swimming, diving and wrestling trials.•

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  1. The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.

  2. I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!

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