May 24, 2013
Associated PressFans coming to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for this weekend's Indy 500 will notice some changes in the traditional
routine in response to last month's bombing at the Boston Marathon.
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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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May 3, 2013
Scott OlsonIndianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has pledged to throw the owner of the Blue Crew Sports Grill a lifeline by paying his rent
until the football season starts in September.
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April 27, 2013
Associated PressThe Indianapolis Motor Speedway could get $100 million in state assistance for planned improvements under a plan approved
by Indiana legislators.
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April 25, 2013
Anthony SchoettleIndianapolis’ pro soccer team doesn’t make its on-field debut until April 2014, but organizers on Thursday unveiled the club’s
name: Indy Eleven.
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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 20, 2013
Anthony SchoettleProfessional hockey will be skating back to the city in less than two years if Indiana State Fairgrounds officials get their
wish.
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April 20, 2013
Anthony SchoettleThe Brickyard Battalion started informally as a support group for an imaginary soccer team. But it was the impetus for starting
a real-life North American Soccer League franchise in Indianapolis, scheduled to launch next year.
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April 16, 2013
Anthony SchoettleColts officials say local demand remains high for suites, even as other NFL teams struggle, and that season-ticket renewals
are at 95 percent. The city will foot the $2 million bill for two new suites at Lucas Oil Stadium.
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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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April 8, 2013
Mason King, Anthony SchoettleUp to $2 million of the costs for the suites project and other improvements will be paid by the Capital Improvement Board,
the city agency which owns and operates Lucas Oil Stadium.
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April 5, 2013
Mason KingThe Indiana Ice have come to an agreement with owner Kite Realty Group to use the Pan Am Plaza skating facility as a training
center and venue for games after renovations this summer. It also will be open to the public for other ice-related activities.
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March 28, 2013
Chris O'MalleyJimmy Matis wasn't sure what he would do when he lost his job after 24 years at Q95, but in this life, he says, "you just
have to understand that you constantly have to learn."
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February 22, 2013
Cory SchoutenIndianapolis sports fans and collectors lined up Thursday to buy seats salvaged from Bush Stadium, snapping up more than 300
in the first day of the three-day sale — six times as many as organizer People for Urban Progress had expected for the
entire offering.
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February 4, 2013
Anthony SchoettleAttendance this year for the Super Bowl-related NFL Experience and downtown village in New Orleans fell far short of what
was achieved in Indianapolis last year.
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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 31, 2013
Organizers of the team say they've received deposits for 1,500 season tickets just two weeks after local developer Ersal Ozdemir
unveiled his plans to launch the minor league squad.
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January 28, 2013
Associated PressIndianapolis Colts General Manager Ryan Grigson has been named Sporting News' NFL Executive of the Year, the
publication announced Monday.
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January 19, 2013
Anthony SchoettleLanding a North American Soccer League franchise might be the easiest part of Indianapolis developer Ersal Ozdemir’s
grand plan, which includes building a downtown soccer stadium and surrounding it with retail and residential space.
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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 17, 2013
Associated PressThe Arizona Cardinals have filled the NFL’s final head coaching vacancy by hiring Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator
Bruce Arians. The 60-year-old longtime assistant went 9-3 as Colts interim head coach while Chuck Pagano was undergoing treatment
for leukemia last season.
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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 15, 2013
Anthony SchoettleKeystone Group President Ersal Ozdemir plans to launch a soccer franchise in 2014 and build a soccer-specific stadium by 2017.
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January 12, 2013
The city's professional baseball team has thrived financially since 2009, bucking the woes of the economy.
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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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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.