March 30, 2013
Anthony SchoettleUSA Swimming’s decision to torpedo a bid to host the 2016 Olympic Swim Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium casts doubts on the
venue’s chances for future big-time, non-traditional events.
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March 19, 2013
IBJ StaffIndianapolis has been eliminated as a candidate to host the 2016 U.S. Olympic swimming trials at Lucas Oil Stadium. USA Swimming
told local leaders that the venue would be "challenging for creating an intimate swimming setting."
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February 2, 2013
Greg AndrewsThe 1985 NBA All-Star Game remains the only all-star game the league has held in Indianapolis—a curious omission given
the city’s propensity for landing big-time events.
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January 5, 2013
Anthony SchoettleA local group led by the Indiana Sports Corp. is bidding to bring the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials to Indianapolis for the
fifth time. But the event wouldn’t be in the 4,200-seat IUPUI Natatorium. Instead, officials want to host the 2016 trials
in 63,000-seat Lucas Oil Stadium.
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November 10, 2012
Allison Melangton / Special to IBJIn many ways, our schedule of events defines Indiana Sports Corp. That—along with our youth initiatives that will touch
185,000 young people throughout Indiana this year—is what separates us from our competitors in 500 other markets throughout
our country.
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April 13, 2012
Anthony SchoettleLeague officials said a Super Bowl Village like the one in downtown Indianapolis will now be a requirement for future cities
hosting the big game.
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April 12, 2012
J.K. WallSince Tuesday, fans, coaches and prominent journalists have fired off more than 150 messages on Twitter or on blog posts either
blasting the Indianapolis-based NCAA or praising Greg Shaheen, who had overseen all 89 of the NCAA's championships since August
2010.
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March 23, 2012
Allison Melangton, who led organizing efforts for the 2012 Indianapolis Super Bowl, will succeed Susan Williams as president
of the Indiana Sports Corp., the organization announced Friday.
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March 21, 2012
Anthony SchoettleNCAA swimming championships being held at the IU Natatorium this week kick off six years of collegiate swimming championships
that are expected to generate millions of dollars for the local economy.
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March 13, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinUSA Track & Field has repealed restrictions on uniform advertising that angered athletes across the country, but it remains
to be seen whether athletes will take advantage of their renewed freedom.
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March 8, 2012
Scott OlsonOfficials are confident attendance at the Big Ten men's basketball tourney will top last year's total of more than 86,000
and could surpass 90,000 for the first time since 2006.
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February 11, 2012
Anthony SchoettleBarely a week has passed since Indianapolis hosted America's most popular sporting event, and already the Indiana Sports Corp.
is retooling its playbook.
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February 11, 2012
Anthony SchoettleAllison Melangton and her Super Bowl Host Committee staff helped turn a one-day football game into a 10-day celebration that
attracted 1.1 million people downtown and millions in visitor spending. But with the game over, Melangton, doesn’t know
where her own career path will lead.
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December 31, 2011
Anthony SchoettleTourism leaders in Chicago are launching an initiative some observers think is a direct shot at Indianapolis. In October,
the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau formed its own sports commission and fed it $300,000 in startup cash.
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October 10, 2011
Anthony SchoettleThe $125,000 in funds from the city’s Capital Improvement Board will help the Indiana Sports Corp. put on the Big Ten
Football Championship game in December and basketball tournament in March.
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September 24, 2011
Anthony SchoettleEarly indications suggest the inaugural championship football game will rake more money into the Indianapolis area than expected.
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September 15, 2011
Chris O'MalleyThe owner of Pan Am Plaza’s parking garage, which the city partially closed on Wednesday over safety concerns, has fought
legal battles over the damage with Indiana Sports Corp. and Central Parking System.
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June 5, 2011
IBJ StaffIndianapolis outbid Chicago for the rights to host the Big Ten Conference football championship game through 2015 and also
landed the 2014 and 2016 title games in men's and women's basketball.
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December 2, 2010
Associated PressQatar was selected as host of the 2022 World Cup, beating out a bid by the United States to bring soccer's showcase back
to America for the first time since 1994.
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September 25, 2010
Anthony SchoettleCEO Allison Melangton deliberately hired only Indiana residents to tap a deep talent pool and play up Hoosier hospitality.
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July 8, 2010
Three of the six additions are executives on loan from the Indiana Sports Corp. and the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors
Association.
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July 3, 2010
Anthony SchoettleBut promoters of effort to bring global soccer competition here in 2018 or 2022 aren't concerned about repeat of financial
failures of World Basketball Championships.
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May 29, 2010
Bill BennerRetiring Indiana Supreme Court judge Ted Boehm played a leading role in the city's emergence as an amateur sports
capital.
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March 20, 2010
Anthony SchoettleIt started as a meeting seven years ago between the NCAA, city and state officials, representatives of the Indiana
Sports Corp. and a few others. The result was an agreement
assuring Indianapolis hosts a major NCAA event every year between now and 2039.
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March 15, 2010
Scott OlsonOrganizers credit stronger ticket-selling efforts and new promotions for boosting attendance to more than 81,000, the highest
it's been since the tournament became an annual event in Indianapolis.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.