May 8, 2013
Anthony SchoettleThe team plans to provide gold t-shirts for all in attendance for Saturday's game, which tips off at 8 p.m. Ticket packages
for next season are selling as local enthusiasm builds.
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April 23, 2013
Anthony SchoettleDespite the negative noise this year about Pacers home attendance, the team had its second consecutive season increase. Revenue
from tickets and sponsorships also rose.
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April 15, 2013
IBJ StaffThe team was in Boston Monday, preparing for its upcoming game against the Celtics. At least two people were killed and dozens
wounded in a bomb attack near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
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March 9, 2013
Bill BennerEven watching the game from home on ESPN, a casual observer might have thought Bankers Lie Fieldhouse was a neutral court.
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March 2, 2013
Anthony SchoettleIndiana Pacers General Manager Kevin Pritchard believes character is forged in losing as much as in winning. He's shared that
philosophy in a recent book he co-wrote called "Help the Helper: Building a Culture of Extreme Teamwork."
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March 2, 2013
Bill BennerI guarantee he’s closely watching the team he assembled and has a trained eye on the 22-year-old.
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February 2, 2013
Anthony SchoettleThe NBA is on the verge of allowing advertising on player jerseys, a potential source of revenue long resisted by major U.S.
sports leagues. The question now is how much money the move will generate for small-market teams like the Indiana Pacers.
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January 19, 2013
Twice named Indiana’s Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association, Boyle also
has been recognized as the top talk show host in Indianapolis by Indianapolis Monthly magazine.
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January 16, 2013
Cory SchoutenThe Indianapolis Colts are playing defense as city leaders move to hike a ticket tax on downtown events by 67 percent. The
team says raising the tax on tickets from 6 percent to 10 percent will harm its bottom line and that of local businesses that
rely on Colts fans.
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January 8, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressFrank Vogel is in his third season as head coach of the Indiana Pacers. Entering Tuesday's home game with Miami, he has
an 82-56 overall record.
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December 22, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinIndianapolis recently agreed to pay $10 million to help Pacers Sports & Entertainment run Bankers Life Fieldhouse for
another year, but Mayor Greg Ballard wants to find out in the meantime whether the city can get a better deal on the venue’s
management.
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December 10, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Capital Improvement Board of Marion County is expected to seek a one-year extension of its current lease deal with Pacers
Sports & Entertainment, according to a former board member and current Indianapolis city-county councilor.
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November 24, 2012
Anthony SchoettleThe NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement will dramatically boost the amount of money the Indiana Pacers get from
the league, but it won’t be enough to put the team in the black.
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November 10, 2012
IBJ StaffThe team's first game was the most-watched opening night game since 2007.
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October 6, 2012
Anthony SchoetleThe Indiana Pacers continued scoring long after last season ended in the second round of the NBA playoffs. The Pacers sales
staff hit high-water marks during the off-season that the franchise hasn’t seen in five years. And with almost four
weeks until the regular-season home opener Nov. 3, the Pacers are shooting for more.
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September 6, 2012
Associated PressThe NBA asked a Manhattan judge on Thursday to side with the league in a legal dispute that stems from a sweetheart deal enjoyed
by the former owners of a defunct American Basketball Association team — and despised by current owners of four NBA
franchises, including the Indiana Pacers.
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August 16, 2012
Scott Olson
The Indiana Pacers will open the season at Bankers Life Fieldhouse with a new $16 million audio and video system,
the team announced Thursday afternoon.
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August 16, 2012
IBJ StaffImprovements to the home arena of the Indiana Pacers will include a new scoreboard and a renovation of the arena's television
studios, said a source with knowledge of the planned changes.
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August 13, 2012
J.K. WallPayments on a three-year, $30 million subsidy ended this year, but discussions continue between CIB officials and Pacers officials
on future leases involving Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
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August 11, 2012
Bill BennerThoughts on this, that and the other while watching the world's athletes.
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June 30, 2012
Bill BennerJust as he did when his aching back cut his playing career short, just as he did when he left coaching, Larry Bird is abruptly
walking away.
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June 27, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe Indiana Pacers made it official Wednesday morning: They are parting ways with basketball operations president Larry Bird
and bringing back Donnie Walsh.
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June 26, 2012
Anthony SchoettleDespite a recent endorsement from his bosses, Larry Bird is set to step down as Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations,
a newspaper is reporting.
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May 26, 2012
Anthony SchoettleThe Indiana Pacers’ playoff run and a decreased player payroll—along with $10 million from the city’s Capital
Improvement Board—have brought the team closer to breaking even this year, but not out of the red, sports business experts
say.
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May 26, 2012
Bill BennerCurious, isn’t it, that Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger plays the “we don’t get any national respect”
card when he, in particular, and his team, in general, spent virtually all of this past National Basketball Association season
not getting much in the way of local respect?
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.