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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.
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NBC doesn't honor Lucas' request
September 8, 2008
Comments(15)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...
MoreIRL's Detroit race shows growth
September 5, 2008
Comments(9)While the jury is still out on the success of the first unified open-wheel racing season, the organizers
of the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix last weekend are calling their event a resounding...
MoreColts sales staff feels the heat
September 5, 2008
Comments(6)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...
MoreIRL title sponsor "on the doorstep"
September 4, 2008
Comments(15)Despite switching its telecasts from ESPN to Versus next year, Indy Racing League officials remain confident
they will sign an eight-figure, multi-year title sponsorship deal by year’s end.
League officials denied rumors that some...
MoreColts, Pacers join hands
September 3, 2008
Comments(3)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...
MoreWheldon races to Panther
September 2, 2008
Comments(12)We didn't have to wait long to find out where Dan Wheldon would land. Just more than an hour after news
broke that Dario Franchitti would be replacing him at Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Wheldon announced he will
be driving...
MoreFranchitti returns to IRL
September 2, 2008
Comments(12)Former Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League series champion Dario Franchitti is returning to the open-wheel
circuit next year to drive for his former NASCAR boss Chip Ganassi.
Ganassi folded the NASCAR team that...
MoreIndians hit 8-year attendance high
September 2, 2008
Comments(5)With the books just closed on the Indianapolis Indians' 2008 season, the team’s front office is already looking
forward to next season. And why not? This team is hot. Red hot. And I’m...
MoreIndyGo Colts shuttle a no-go
August 29, 2008
Comments(9)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...
MoreUSATF putting customers first
August 29, 2008
Comment(1)The USA Track & Field headquarters in downtown Indianapolis is taking a cue from Wendy’s restaurants.
They’re staying open late.
USATF’s new CEO Doug Logan said this is the first step in creating a...
MoreFever pumps up attendance
August 28, 2008
Comment(1)The Indiana Fever re-start their season tonight with the hope of cranking up the team’s attendance even more
than it has already elevated this year.
Through 13 homes games, the local WNBA team has...
MoreOlympics hurt IRL TV ratings
August 28, 2008
Comments(7)Officials for the Indy Racing League are probably happy the Olympics happen only once every four years. This
year’s games in Beijing, IRL officials said, have done a number on their TV viewership lately.
The IRL’s Aug. 24 race in Sonoma...
MoreIRL revs effort to get in fans' ears
August 27, 2008
Comments(9)Indy Racing League officials are unveiling a new communications system using Bluetooth technology that will
beam audio messages straight into the wireless telephone earpieces of fans attending their races.
Fans at the track will...
MoreFavre hot on Manning's heels
August 27, 2008
Comments(0)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...
MoreColts cuts not made on emotion
August 26, 2008
Comments(9)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...
MoreNBC wins, Oprah seeks Olympians
August 25, 2008
Comments(2)This year’s Summer Olympics turned out to be a winner for NBC. Through Saturday night, NBC was averaging
a 16.2 rating—meaning about 27.7 million viewers tuned in for its prime time coverage. Nationally, 28 percent
of households on average tuned...
MoreIUPUI, Pacers negotiating deal
August 25, 2008
Comments(4)The IUPUI men’s basketball team appears headed across town to play home games at Conseco Fieldhouse. Officials
for Pacers Sports & Entertainment said they would let IUPUI make any announcement.
University officials said an...
MoreHarrison can catch, but won't pitch
August 22, 2008
Comments(8)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...
MoreSubway jilts Tony Stewart
August 21, 2008
Comments(4)NASCAR driver Tony Stewart is having a pretty bad week. During the same week Stewart was docked 150 points
for his team’s efforts to mask his car’s true horsepower at a recent Nationwide...
MoreIndians' prospect featured in SI
August 21, 2008
Comment(1)Indianapolis Indians outfielder Andrew McCutchen is included in a baseball prospects feature in this week’s
Sports Illustrated. The print version includes a photo of him shot by team photographer Bill Gentry.
SI...
MoreCrean chasing Hoeppner's record
August 20, 2008
Comments(3)Indiana University basketball coach Tom Crean hasn’t even coached his first game for the Hoosiers, and he’s
already breaking records. Yesterday, Crean signed the richest coaching contract in IU history, a 10-year $23.6...
MoreWill JMV drive over to The Fan?
August 19, 2008
Comments(19)A couple things became clear from reader feedback I’ve been getting about a story I wrote regarding dueling
sports/talk radio stations for this week’s print edition of the Indianapolis Business Journal. First, fans
of WNDE-AM 1260 are much more...
MoreColts fans let Lucas hear it
August 19, 2008
Comments(8)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...
MoreIndians get attention from ESPN
August 18, 2008
Comment(1)It just keeps getting better for the Indianapolis Indians this season. With attendance already on its way
to eclipsing last season’s total of 586,785, the Tribe is getting a boost from two special...
MoreColts creativity rings cash register
August 18, 2008
Comments(11)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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So the Mayor adds another non value added layer to having a vehicle towed? Whereby the City Government RECIEVES AN ILLEGAL KICKBACK FROM A LGOISTICS COMPANY THAT SUBS THE WORK TO LOCAL TOW COMPANIES? What is the service the City performs for receiving the "tribute"? This is RICO!!!!! What a corrupt and unnecessary layer. What a dirtbag Mayor and his cronies.
Owner occupied housing. Clear enough?
So people think I am paranoid. It's from experience in dealing with puds requested by developers who make major donations themselves to representatives, have nice fund raisers for those running for office and hide through pac's. then there are the public relation firms. You will note some pr comments below. You there Clyde Lee? My opinion. Commercial along 421, great. Multifamily housing, terrible idea that will change the town. Senior condos or zero lot line homes west, great. I suggest keeping all entries to commercial areas at 421. All entries to owner occupied on sycamore. Will keep the traffic on sycamore down some. Two other things. You can't trust what will be there in 10 years. Steve builds quality stuff, but areas change over time. Look at the changes at the wall mart center at 86th and 421 over the last 10 years. Look at the apartments and neighborhoods behind St Vincent's. Raintree properties WILL decrease in value if commercial and multifamily goes in near. It has already been happening around the bridges area. The houses that have been sold recently are way below market. Several deals not closed due to the Illinois construction and the whole unsurety of the bridges. It's pretty simple, Zionsville will approve the whole thing because the city council has been groomed over a LONG period of time for this. I might even suggest some are in their position as a result of this.
Esta, do you have a dog in this fight? You seem to really want to knock anyone against this project. No, I didn't move to Indiana for the architecture. I moved here for that red barn in the field. The horses and fields of corn. A place that is NOT overdeveloped. There are plenty of nearby places in Indianapolis that could be REDEVELOPED instead.
RKW - OK, we get it, you're paranoid. The question is, are you paranoid enough? Greg - Yes, Pittman(s) is (are) at it again. They are developers, they build things. It's what they do. So when you go to work tomorrow, Greg, you're at it again too. Cliff - Really? You moved to Indiana for its progressive architecture? That's like moving to England for the cuisine. Zionsvillain - The house you moved to was once a field or woods. I'm willing to bet folks were upset when that ground was plowed under and a house was built. But I guess now that you are in, everything should stop? "My house was OK, but the next one is sprawl." SE Guy - Please don't paint us with such a wide brush. Most reasonable Zionsville residents welcome planned, measured development.