Does Indianapolis experience winter? NFL owners meeting
in Atlanta today could be forgiven for wondering, if all they knew about Indianapolis was the information in the Super
Bowl bid package.
The 30-plus pages
in the executive summary have plenty of images of trees and grass in all their green glory.
Snow? Slush? Not in this document. In a tip of the hat to reality, there is one rendering of revelers
clad in light sweatshirts.
This sales
job brings to mind Chicago’s success when luring Boeing’s headquarters from the rain forests of Seattle. Not much
cold or wind in Chicago, the Boeing execs were told.
Indianapolis winters aren’t that brutal. Yet, there’s a reason that giant bonfires are part of Indianapolis’
pitch.
What do you think?
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See, I told u Indyman and Dipsicle....this 8 days is overkill. It's barely worth a weekend....great job Tony George! Your dream has been fulfilled....he fans want the I r l back. Thats how good it was.....and that sucked.
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I have been in training for a short time now but right off I can see that safety and quality are the number one issues, my experience as of late has been a positive one, the employees along with Jeff the plant manager and the operation supervisor as well as the engineers are a highly motivated group of people, what an asset for the area to have and for company's in need of a quality metal products.
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While I understand the severity of their actions as well as everyones eagerness to hold them responsible for thier lost funds, these gentlemen did know how to make money. Dispite thier poor decisions over the ownership of Fair they had made several wise investments which paid them greatly. This proves they do have the potential to rebuild so they can repay. I do not feel they should live the life of luxuary but given an opportunity could they find ways of repaying the debts? They are doing nothing now but being a burden on tax payers. Just a thought!!!!!
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You guys have some "interesting" comments to say the least. I hope you will call in and share those opinions starting June 1. I'm looking forward to having you on the air.
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These same agencies are always quick to reflexively oppose any citizen effort to preserve or create downtown parkland. Shameful hypocrisy.
I do believe that we need to focus on and take better care of the assesst that we have. Pleasant Run Grenway, Ellenberger Park, Fall Creek Greenway, etc, they all could use significant upgrades. I would love to see Kessler's original plan for Marion County recreated as much as possible.
I agree completely. We have plenty of green space in downtown Indy, and 90% of it remains vacant 95% of the time. Clearly there's a huge demand for it.
I'd love to say you can ignore the likes of Mr. Kahlo, but he's the one leading the charge to get that inspired, sloped piece of land across from the Indiana Historical Society protected, when it has the opportunity to be an interesting new hotel development with canal-side cafes. He wants it turned to a permanent park. Never mind that 1) the only time the slope is used is for outdoor concerts 12 times a year by freeloading audiences taking advantage of the fact that Indiana Finance Authority doesn't care if they use the land; and 2) there's Military Park, beautiful and empty, right across the street!
Most at IBJ seem to agree to develop the site. And if Mr. Kahlo is still unhappy, I can think of hundreds of acres of surface level parking lots I'd be happy to see turned into green space. But only if Mr. Kahlo can foot the bill for maintenance, when they too remained neglected.
We are pretty far north and with that comes blizzards, slush, and a lot of snow.