October 21, 2008
Indianapolis Colts Coach Tony Dungy likes Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. That’s just one of
the interesting nuggets from this morning’s IBJ Power Breakfast featuring Coach Dungy. The coach stopped short
of saying...
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October 15, 2008
There have been a fair number of complaints about the new home of the Indianapolis Colts since its opening
in August, from the temperature inside the stadium to traffic flow in concourses and...
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October 13, 2008
Lucas Oil Stadium yesterday afternoon was too hot to handle for some Indianapolis Colts fans—and even players.
And I’m not talking about the action on the field.
While the Colts were getting their first...
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October 10, 2008
While the economic swoon is crunching professional sports teams the way Dwight Freeney smashes quarterbacks,
it hasn’t yet put a dent in Indianapolis Colts merchandise sales. With a new team-owned retail store opened...
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September 24, 2008
Indianapolis Colts tight end Justin Snow recently opened a family fun center—Snapperz Family Fun and Sports—at
6002 Sunnyside Road in Lawrence.
The 33,000-square-foot facility features a 24-foot climbing tower, bungee trampoline, laser tag, bowling...
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September 22, 2008
Before the Indianapolis Colts beat the Minnesota Vikings on the field Sept. 14, they were schooling them
off the field.
Vikings owner Zygi Wilf and his top lieutenants spent two days the week before...
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September 19, 2008
The Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority announced today that 125 to 150 additional parking spaces
for guests with disabilities have been identified around Lucas Oil Stadium.
The ISCBA said three areas will now...
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September 18, 2008
The Indianapolis Colts have rolled back the opening of Lucas Oil Stadium by two hours on home game dates.
LOS will now open two hours before games, instead of the four hours it...
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September 16, 2008
The crash on Wall Street yesterday reverberated right through the Indianapolis Colts’ 56th Street headquarters.
How on earth are a stock market decline and the National Football League related? Here’s how.
Forbes magazine last...
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September 11, 2008
Lucas Oil Stadium has pushed the Indianapolis Colts into the upper echelon of the National Football League
in terms of team value. The team jumped from 21st most valuable team last year to...
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September 10, 2008
The Indianapolis Colts are no better than the New England Patriots—even without quarterback Tom Brady.
That’s right, the Matt Cassel-led Patriots have just as good a chance as the Peyton Manning-led Colts to
win...
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September 8, 2008
Apparently NBC’s Andrea Kremer didn’t get the memo. At least she didn’t get the one from Lucas Oil Products
Inc. founder Forrest Lucas. During a sideline segment during last night’s Indianapolis Colts-Chicago Bears...
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September 5, 2008
Pressure is mounting on the Indianapolis Colts as this Sunday’s season opener against the Chicago Bears looms.
Yes, there’s pressure to win on the field. But there’s even more pressure to make the...
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September 3, 2008
The Indiana Pacers and Indianapolis Colts have long been thought to be competitors. They compete with each
other for fans, sponsors, public and private support for their respective playing venues among other things
in...
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August 29, 2008
Congestion getting to the Indianapolis Colts games is as much a problem as congestion once fans are in the
new Lucas Oil Stadium. It appears that traffic flow and parking are real issues...
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August 27, 2008
Believe it or not, there are a few people who actually don't know anything about Peyton Manning. They wouldn't
know him if they saw him drinking Gatorade, and they wouldn't know him with or without a fake mustache.
They wouldn't...
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August 26, 2008
First and foremost Indianapolis Colts President Bill Polian is a businessman. And he’s one of the best in
the National Football League. Don’t expect Polian to get too giddy over the extra bucks...
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August 22, 2008
Marvin Harrison is a football superstar, but he sure isn’t a commercial superstar. Harrison had a deal with
Degree antiperspirant in the late 1990s and another with the Got Milk campaign following the...
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August 19, 2008
Lucas Oil Products Inc., and its owner Forrest Lucas, are taking a beating from IBJ readers after his request
that Indianapolis Colts fans and local media not call the team's new stadium "The Luke." Lucas...
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August 18, 2008
The Indianapolis Colts sell sponsorships like Peyton Manning throws touchdown passes. A lot of the credit
goes to the team’s former sales and marketing boss Ray Compton, who sold everything imaginable...
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August 15, 2008
Joe Theismann has been inside every single National Football League stadium. The former quarterback and TV announcer
said yesterday that the new Lucas Oil Stadium is a one-of-a-kind.
“I’m not saying it’s one of the best...
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August 12, 2008
One week from today, most of the Indianapolis Colts players will get their first look inside the new 63,000-seat
Lucas Oil Stadium. Players will be checking out the field surface, lighting and other...
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August 7, 2008
Chad Pennington is no Peyton Manning. He’s no Jim Sorgi either. Pennington is expected to be traded or released
today by the New York Jets, who just acquired Brett Favre from the Green...
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August 5, 2008
The company city officials hired to handle general concession sales and premium dining at Lucas Oil Stadium
could be sold before serving its first hot dog at the 63,000-seat venue set to open...
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August 4, 2008
Brett Favre is returning to Green Bay today to play for the Packers. This after Packers brass offered to
pay him $20 million to stay away.
This got me thinking. Which of the Indianapolis Colts that has retired or otherwise left ...
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.