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Indianapolis Tennis Championships
Tennis groups seek to save some IUPUI courts
June 5, 2010
Anthony SchoettleThe U.S. Tennis Association is asking Mayor Greg Ballard and IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz to save some of the courts at
the Indianapolis Tennis Center, which is scheduled to be demolished just days after it closes Aug. 5.
MoreUPDATE: Tennis Center set for summer demolition
April 30, 2010
Anthony SchoettleSources close to the university said they expect a combination of parking facilities and a multi-use athletics venue and convocation
center to be built on the site.
MoreAtlanta dates set for former Indy tennis event
December 17, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressAs first reported by IBJ on Nov. 28, the men's tennis event that is leaving Indianapolis is heading to Atlanta, the
ATP confirmed.
MoreBENNER: Ninety years of tennis history ends with a thud
December 5, 2009
Bill BennerSay goodbye to tournament tennis in Indy. I feel bad for all those who invested their time, effort and money into sustaining
the presence
of world-class tennis here.
MoreUSTA confirms local tennis event likely headed to Atlanta
December 4, 2009
Anthony SchoettleOfficials for the Indianapolis Tennis Championships announced Friday afternoon that they have sold the sanctioning rights
for the local tournament back to the ATP Tour.
MoreTennis officials set to reveal tournament buyer
December 4, 2009
Anthony SchoettleSources told IBJ last week that the U.S. Tennis Association Southern Section was in serious negotiations to buy the event
and move it to Atlanta.
MoreTennis officials confirm sale of tournament
November 30, 2009
Anthony SchoettleOfficials with the Indianapolis Tennis Championships confirmed that they are selling the rights to host an annual
men's professional tennis event that has roots in Indianapolis dating back to 1920.
MoreSources: City will lose professional tennis tournament
November 28, 2009
Anthony SchoettleThe Indianapolis Tennis Championships—formerly known as RCA Championships—appear to be dead, with the ATP Tour
dates being shipped off to Atlanta for 2010 and beyond.
MoreTennis tournament goes on advertising offensive
February 23, 2009
The Indianapolis Tennis Championships (formerly the RCA Championships) has for the first time hired an advertising agency
to boost ticket sales.
MoreTrack, tennis venue at IUPUI eyed for demolition
December 22, 2008
Anthony SchoettleLong-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.
MoreSports 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.
MoreOnce-thriving tennis tournament struggles to stay relevant
July 21, 2008
Anthony SchoettleA dearth of name players, slumping attendance and an outdated venue have some in the local tennis community wondering if the
Indianapolis Tennis Championships--formerly known as the RCA Championships--needs some serious re-stringing. Attendance at
the nine-day event, which ran July 12-20 this year, was on pace through July 16 to be at a 20-year low.
But attendance is far from the tournament's only challenge.
MoreLilly rescues tennis tournament
July 2, 2007
Anthony SchoettleA major sponsorship upgrade by local drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. and a quartet of new corporate partners has helped the Indianapolis
Tennis Championships stem its losses after the departure of its title sponsor.
MoreRCA ends 15-year run as sponsor of tennis tournament
November 20, 2006
Anthony SchoettleAfter a 15-year run--the longest on the ATP Tour's North American Circuit--Thomson Consumer Electronics' RCA brand is ending
its title sponsorship of Indianapolis' professional men's tennis tournament.
MorePlayers' desire to shorten season could doom RCA Championships
July 17, 2006
Anthony SchoettleOfficials for the WTA, which represents women professional players, and the ATP, which represents men, are considering shortening
the lengthy tennis calendar by imposing a short offseason-possibly a three-week, midyear respite that would collide with the
RCA Championships.
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