- Home
- NEWS
- REGIONAL
- THIS WEEK'S PAPER
- BLOGS
- Multimedia
- OPINION
- A&E
- LISTS
- PEOPLE
- EVENTS
- Classifieds
- Subscribe
Welcome to The Score, your place for hard-hitting sports business news, fast-breaking updates and fuel-injected debate. Buckle up. I'm your host, Anthony Schoettle, IBJ sports reporter.
Economic development Blog Posts
Super Bowl guru wants BioCrossroads-type effort for Indy sports
May 1, 2013
Comments(7)Indiana Sports Corp. CEO Allison Melangton is challenging local sports industry leaders to "think boldly" and help
Indianapolis become an international sports mecca.
MoreCummins, MainSource throwing weight behind new running event
March 19, 2013
Comments(2)With new running races crowding the landscape, some fear the market has become saturated. This fall, a new marathon in Columbus
will do battle with two established events in Indianapolis.
MoreIndy's new soccer team blowing sales expectations 'out of the water'
March 7, 2013
Comments(5)Still 13 months from kickoff, sales are so brisk that team officials think they may sell out of season tickets for their inaugural
season.
MoreFans beating down doors to get into NFL Combine
February 20, 2013
Comments(4)The NFL Scouting Combine used to be a little-known, behind-the-scenes event used by NFL coaches, scouts and team executives
to evaluate players before the April draft. Now, 800 media members cover the event in Indy, and ticket demand far outweighs
supply.
MoreSuper Bowl guru now looking to score Olympic gold for Indy
January 9, 2013
Comment(1)The Indiana Sports Corp. is making a bold bid to host the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials inside the cavernous Lucas Oil
Stadium. And that's just the beginning of the ambitious plans the organization's new CEO is drawing up.
MoreTwo locally hosted sporting events score national recognition
October 4, 2012
Comment(1)The inaugural Big Ten Football Championship and Super Bowl XLVI, both held at Lucas Oil Stadium, were recognized as ‘Event
of the Year’ in their respective categories at the SportsTravel Awards held Oct. 4 in Detroit.
MoreIrsay clears air, says Super Bowl could return by 2016
May 2, 2012
Comments(6)Colts owner isn't demanding a downtown hotel, nor is he trying to twist arms to get his way. He, like a lot of people
here, wants another Super Bowl and is relaying the best information he has to make sure the city has the best shot at getting
it.
MoreBubba's big win lights up switchboard for Carmel event
April 10, 2012
Comments(0)Ticket sales for 2012 BMW Championship surge after dramatic victory by relative unknown at The Masters. Triumph almost guarantees
Bubba Watson will play at Crooked Stick in September.
MoreTriumph brings Tiger Woods step closer to Crooked Stick
March 30, 2012
Comments(0)The PGA's most popular golfer is back, and just in time as organizers for the 2012 BMW Championship launch an ad campaign
and begin selling single day tickets. Success at The Masters would make Tiger a near shoe-in to play at Crooked Stick this
September.
MoreVolunteer outpouring for local PGA event overflowing
March 16, 2012
Comment(1)PGA officials might have been surprised by how quickly 2,600 people lined up to help put on a Tour event at Crooked Stick.
Locals were not.
MoreHosting another Super Bowl could deliver diminished return
February 6, 2012
Comments(9)There's a thought that Indianapolis could win another Super Bowl bid as early as 2018 or 2019. But should Indianapolis
pursue the big game again after the way this week turned out?
MoreTebow could give Indy a huge economic lift
December 12, 2011
Comments(5)If the Denver Broncos somehow make it to the Super Bowl at Lucas Oil Stadium Feb. 5, TV viewership for the event will likely
be a record high. Throw in undefeated Green Bay as the opponent, and Indianapolis will be the epicenter of a global media
frenzy.
MorePenn State could sully inaugural Big Ten Football Championship
November 21, 2011
Comments(21)You have to wonder how many Big Ten and Indianapolis tourism officials will be rooting hard for Wisconsin this weekend when
the Badgers play Penn State at Madison.
MoreManning injury could sack Colts stores' sales
September 9, 2011
Comment(1)Local company that manages Colts merchandise sales operations isn't sure what to expect, but is hopeful the sale of 2012
Super Bowl items will make up for any declines.
MoreMini Marathon plagued by same problem as IndyCar Series
May 9, 2011
Comments(24)Bringing in some top American running talent, like the charismatic Ryan Hall, could make the Indianapolis 500 Festival Mini
Marathon a much bigger spectator event.
MoreJohn Force for mayor?
August 25, 2010
Comments(4)NHRA drag race champion said local city, county and state officials have helped his operation expand in Indiana, while California
officials have chased his business off. He said he loves it here so much, he may run for office.
More2012 Super Bowl, tainted or not, already paying off big
August 11, 2010
Comments(8)There's one main reason Indianapolis was chosen by the Big Ten to host its inaugural football championship game over a
handful of other cities that were clamoring to host the event.
MoreCIB, Pacers dancing toward a new Fieldhouse lease deal
May 11, 2010
Comments(7)Newly released economic impact study gives city officials hammer they need to pound out a deal, and hopefully win some taxpayers'
support.
MoreButler's march could cost city businesses $7.5 million
March 29, 2010
Comments(16)Butler's triumph has likely eliminated some of the direct visitor spending the city would have seen if Syracuse or Kansas
State would have made it to Indy for this year's Final Four. But corporate excitement could wipe away that loss.
MoreQuestions remain about Big Ten tournament's future in Indy
March 16, 2010
Comments(8)Despite a 20 percent attendance increase at this year's men's Big Ten tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse, there are
still cities looking to steal the event from Indianapolis.
MoreColts fans howling over bar manager's barbs
January 15, 2010
Comments(23)Colts fans threatening boycott after Howl at the Moon manager invites Ravens fans to come party in Indianapolis. Blue Crew
thinks invite was laced with insults to Indy.
MoreStill no lease deal done for 2010 Final Four
January 6, 2010
Comments(4)With less than three months until March Madness tips off, the NCAA and city's Capital Improvement Board are still trying to
work out a lease deal to hold the event at Lucas Oil Stadium April 3 and 5. The CIB's overhaul is slowing talks, but
the board's new president promises to get the issue on the front burner.
MoreWhiskey is flowing at baseball winter meetings
December 10, 2009
Comments(4)There's more than free shots of whiskey at the annual winter baseball meetings held this week at the Indiana Convention Center.
There's a song and dance man wearing nerd glasses and another who does amazing things with a saw and sander.
MoreDrag racer John Force driven by Dunkin Donuts
October 1, 2009
Comments(4)John Force is pleased to be growing his Brownsburg facility. He said central Indiana has everything a National Hot Rod Association
team could want. But nothing makes him happier than the new Dunkin Donuts there.
MoreTemperature remains issue in LOS
August 26, 2009
Comments(17)Two Indianapolis Colts pre-season games in the August heat have done little to cool down the questions surrounding climate
control at Lucas Oil Stadium.
More
Back to TopCopyright © All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.
Design, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing.
Additional Hosting & Delivery by
RKW's comments read like a modern "Chicken Little". As a Raintree resident for many years, "Yes, I'm ready for this." Matter of fact, I welcome The Farm because it's a development that compliments our town, brings new and desirable shopping & dining closer (specialty grocer, upscale shops, micro brew pub, etc), offers upscale condos for empty nesters who want to stay in Zionsville, is being planned and constructed by local, well-reputed firms and, of course, provides desirable non property tax benefits. We all knew the Pittman's were going to develop their property sooner than later. That one of the Pittman's will continue to live on the property helps assure The Farm will be everything promised. This also sets a standard for other developers as to the quality of future developments - which should keep an ugly Walmart at bay for decades. As we've no meglomaniac mayor, I seriously doubt Zionsville would ever aspire to over-priced statues or subsidized retail rents. And we already have a very nice public theater, the Zionsville Performing Arts Center, that meets our cultural needs quite nicely.
Do we add (or subtract) these from the bounty we recieve from RTWFL, Daylight Savings Time, corporate tax giveaways, and the crack job IEDC is doing?? Or is Mike going to blame these on Mitch?
Who makes Tater Tots? They would be a good sponsor, because $3 Million for the alleged "Greatest Spectacle In Racing" is taters. Tiny, tiny taters. But at least they are making up something of the losses accumulated over the years in this dying sport. Buttock in seat is certainly not doing it, nor eyeball on TV, as evidenced by the lack of both.
We loved lakehouse and think the Arbor Village would be a great location. It is less than 2 miles from over 1000 rooftops in the 225,000 to over 1 million range. Many people could use the great fishers trail system to bike or walk there. Just an idea Scotty -- but maybe something closer to 3 Wiseman would good. The only microbrew in area is Ram (boring)
True, it's an ESPN production, but ESPN is just another name for ABC Sports, or what used to be ABC Sports since ABC Sports no longer exists as a name. ESPN=ABC Sports= ESPN. ESPN is, according to Forbes "the world's most valuable media property" worth $40 billion. Despite that, they fired 400 people this week.