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Future of Big Ten tourneys in city unclear after 2012

March 11, 2010

The Big Ten men's and women's basketball tournaments will be held in Indianapolis the next two years, but the conference's future in the city is uncertain after 2012.

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News & Analysis

Indianapolis still in hunt to be World Cup host

January 12, 2010

Anthony Schoettle

Indianapolis was one of 18 cities included in United State's bid to host World Cup Soccer event in 2018 or 2022.

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Letters to the Editor

Indianapolis business supports community

January 2, 2010

I loved [Benner’s Dec. 14] column [about Indiana Sports Corp.]. Thirty years is not a long history, but I’ll bet most folks in Indy don’t know about this.

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News & Analysis

Critics: NCAA's reselling of suites out of sync with scalping ban

November 7, 2009

Anthony Schoettle

Lucas Oil Stadium suite holders are upset that the NCAA is taking their luxury boxes for the men’s basketball Final Four in April and reselling them on the secondary—or scalpers—market.

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News & Analysis

Circle City Classic must boost attendance, sponsorship revenue to survive

October 24, 2009

Anthony Schoettle

Dramatic decreases in sponsorship and ticket revenue this year and the recent resignation of the Circle City Classic’s new executive director have some questioning if the event can survive. Now Classic leaders are considering a bevy of bold changes.

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News & Analysis

Circle City Classic director resigns after 4 months

October 19, 2009

The director of the Circle City Classic announced his resignation Monday, just four months after taking the job.

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News & Analysis

NCAA, city haggle over Final Four rental deal

September 19, 2009

Anthony Schoettle

A little more than six months before the 2010 NCAA men’s Final Four is set to tip off at Lucas Oil Stadium, the NCAA has not yet finalized a rental deal for the facility. While officials for the NCAA and Local Organizing Committee, the group charged with operating the event in Indianapolis, downplay any problems, sports business experts say it is unusual not to have an agreement pinned down in the months leading up to the event.

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Benner on Sports

BENNER: NCAA move keeps paying dividends for Indiana

August 3, 2009

Bill Benner

Ten years ago this week, the National Collegiate Athletic Association opened the doors to its new headquarters in White River State Park.

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Year in Review

Sports veteran picked to plan Indianapolis Super Bowl

December 29, 2008

Anthony Schoettle

The woman chosen as CEO of the city's Super Bowl host committee isn't exactly a household name, but those who hired her think she'll make Indianapolis the best host city ever.

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News & Analysis

Track, tennis venue at IUPUI eyed for demolition

December 22, 2008

Anthony Schoettle

Long-range plans for IUPUI unveiled this month call for the demolition of the Michael A. Carroll Track & Field Stadium and Indianapolis Tennis Center, raising questions about the future of sporting events held at those venues that have generated tens of millions of dollars in economic activity for the city.

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Editorial

Sports vision ripe for renewal

December 22, 2008

If the city is serious about continuing to use amateur athletics as an economic tool, more collaboration among the university, city leaders and sports organizations is clearly needed.

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News & Analysis

Sports Corp. made city a sports giant, but real estate plans fell short

July 14, 2008

Cory Schouten

Construction of Pan Am Plaza in the mid-1980s was a major step in the evolution of Indianapolis into a sports town worthy of hosting a Super Bowl. But the office building, parking garage, skating rinks and public gathering place came up short over the years in other ways for both taxpayers and developer, the Indiana Sports Corp.

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News & Analysis

New Sports Corp. boss adjusting game plan

August 14, 2006

Anthony Schoettle

Tom King thinks its time to run the not-for-profit Indiana Sports Corp. with a for-profit mind-set, a change that could radically alter the organization credited with implementing the city's amateur sports strategy.

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