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Conventions
CIB approves 2011 budget
August 30, 2010
Scott OlsonIncluding debt obligations, the CIB's total budget for 2011 is expected to be $104.4 million. The City-County Council is set
to receive the budget at its Sept. 20 meeting and could approve it Oct. 25.
MoreThousands beat it to Indianapolis for Drum Corps competition
August 12, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinAbout 30,000 people are expected to attend the Drum Corps International World Championships over the next three days at Lucas
Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
MoreGen Con Indy expects to draw 28,000 gaming fans
August 4, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressGen Con Indy runs Thursday through Sunday at the Indiana Convention Center. It's in its 42nd year.
MoreQuick hits: Indianapolis and Kansas City are close match in tourism
July 31, 2010
Indianapolis and Kansas City, a metro area with feet in both Missouri and Kansas, are not only similar demographically, but
the cities' convention and tourism trades have some measures in common, like number of annual visitors.
MoreCity inks long-term deal with motorsports show
July 21, 2010
Scott OlsonAn agreement with the International Motorsports Industry Show will keep it in the city indefinitely. Attendance for the three-day
December convention is expected to top 20,000.
MoreFootball coaches' group to convene in Indianapolis
May 26, 2010
IBJ StaffThe four-day events in 2014 and 2019 are expected to draw about 7,000 attendees each and fill a total of more than 20,000
room nights, likely ranking among the city’s 25 largest conventions each year.
MoreCheer competition inks three-year extension with city
May 13, 2010
Jamfest Cheer Super Nationals will be held in Indianapolis through 2015. The competition is one of the city's largest annual
gatherings, attracting about 20,000 cheerleaders and spectators.
MoreCity targets Georgia Street for $12.5M makeover
May 4, 2010
The project will create an event-friendly corridor from the expanded Indiana Convention Center to Conseco Fieldhouse.
MoreConnector bridges gap between convention center and stadium
May 1, 2010
Norm HeikensDesigners of a walkway that connects the buildings are making the experience as attractive as possible in order to overcome
the psychological barrier of moving from one building to another.
MoreHotels slowly recovering from worst downturn in 40 years
May 1, 2010
Anthony SchoettleHotel occupancy rates in the last two years have plunged nationally and locally to levels not seen in decades, putting a number
of hotels at or near the financial breaking point. But relief finally appears to be on the way.
MoreIndianapolis to host conference for occupational therapists
March 27, 2010
IBJ StaffAttracting the meeting is a coup for Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association officials who are trying to pull in
more health-related events.
MoreConvention center tours part of larger tourism strategy
March 1, 2010
Scott OlsonExecutives of Gen Con, one of the city's largest conventions, visited Indianapolis last week to get their first glance
of the construction of the Indiana Convention Center expansion. Local tourism officials are using such tours to market the
larger space.
MoreLocal convention activity warming up during winter months
February 13, 2010
Anthony SchoettleOnce considered a destination only eight months of the year, Indianapolis—with its compact downtown and indoor walkways—is
emerging as a convention powerhouse even during cold weather.
MoreICVA chief: Downtown Indianapolis will need another big hotel
February 13, 2010
Scott OlsonThe 1,000-room J.W. Marriott isn’t even finished and support already is emerging for a second downtown hotel that
would rival it in size.
MoreQuick hits: Comparing tourism in Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio
February 13, 2010
A side-by-side look at infrastructure and visitor numbers.
MoreFirst hotel in downtown Marriott complex to open doors
February 2, 2010
Scott OlsonThe Fairfield Inn & Suites on West Washington Street downtown will open Wednesday. The hotel is the first of four comprising
the 1,600-room Marriott Place project to welcome guests.
MoreICVA hotel-room bookings ahead of schedule
January 19, 2010
Scott OlsonGroups that committed in 2009 to hold meetings in Indianapolis in future years booked a total of nearly 688,000 hotel-room
nights, a number that exceeded ICVA's goal by 5 percent.
MoreRacing industry trade shows won't conflict in 2010
December 19, 2009
IBJ StaffThe Performance Racing Industry Show has set its 2010 dates for Dec. 9-11. That means the International Motorsports Industry
Show held in Indianapolis will have Dec. 1-3 to itself.
MoreFledgling motorsports show growing faster than expected
December 12, 2009
Anthony SchoettleThe show held in Indianapolis Dec. 3-4 is picking up speed much faster than event organizers and local
convention and tourism officials expected. But the nation’s biggest motorsports trade show, Performance
Racing Industry Show, is considering competing with the local show head-on in 2010.
MoreMotorsports industry show to stay here through 2015
December 5, 2009
IBJ StaffThe inaugural show opened Dec. 2 at the Indiana Convention Center, and is expected to draw more than
10,000 attendees.
MoreBaseball meetings let leaders tout Indianapolis to influential audience
December 5, 2009
Anthony SchoettleIndianapolis was up against Dallas, Las Vegas, Orlando, Atlanta and New Orleans to host baseball's Winter
Meetings, which
will draw more than 200 media members from the nation’s top 30 markets.
MoreMassive CEDIA Expo returning to city after 5-year break
December 2, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisThe locally based Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association will bring its fall trade show back to Indianapolis
in 2011 and 2012—making good on a promise to return after a $275 million expansion of the Indiana Convention Center.
MoreLocal convention leaders wine, dine crucial meeting planners
November 14, 2009
Anthony SchoettleBehind every convention that rolls into Indianapolis is a tedious sales effort as intense and invisible as a riptide. Sometimes
the sale cycle lasts as long as six years.
MoreMembers of City-County Council form task force to study CIB financial problems
November 7, 2009
IBJ StaffA new task force formed this month is charged with recommending solutions to the financial problems of the Indianapolis
Capital Improvement Board and its related convention and tourism issues.
MoreNew downtown museum invites visitors to bang a drum
November 4, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Percussive Arts Society plans to open an interactive museum at Washington and Illinois streets downtown.
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It's also across the street from Fogo de Chao and Morton's....
Yep, the haters are trying to make good news bad. I guess it is hard to get people to believe the series is dying when they are gaining new sponsors.
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Don't forget this is next to an MMA gym, a pawn shop, and some abandoned spaces.
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