May 25, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisDeveloper Steve Henke’s vision for Grand Park Village is grand: a 20-acre lake surrounded by an East Coast-style boardwalk
lined with restaurants and shops. He sees a carousel at one end of the lake and a Ferris wheel at the other—with a beach,
mini marina and watering hole in between.
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May 4, 2013
Lou HarryAfter more than a decade of planning, The Indianapolis Cultural Trail will have its official ribbon cutting May 10 with a
coming-out party on May 11. And that’s when boosters and skeptics alike will be watching to see what exactly Indianapolis
is going to do with its difficult-to-grasp landmark.
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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 15, 2013
Associated PressThe Indianapolis 500 and 500 Festival Mini-Marathon will evaluate security procedures for their events after explosions Monday
hit the Boston Marathon. An Indiana Pacers game in Boston was called off.
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April 10, 2013
Associated PressA southern Indiana boy has successfully spurred a change in state law that will allow sports leagues to hire youngsters like
him as referees.
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March 23, 2013
Bill BennerThe list of lightning-rod issues is long and, unfortunately, growing.
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March 18, 2013
Anthony SchoettleThe 500 Festival Mini Marathon in May will once again focus Hoosier attention on distance running—a sport where shifting
demographics and rising interest have combined to generate strong sponsorship revenue.
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March 16, 2013
Bill BennerHe has made Indiana basketball nationally relevant again. Yet with that relevance comes responsibility.
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March 11, 2013
Associated PressThe Indiana House voted 92-4 on Monday in favor of the bill adding youth sports officials to the list of jobs for which children
younger than 14 can be hired.
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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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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 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
Anthony SchoettleA long-vacant drive-in theater just east of Fountain Square soon could be home to the nation’s largest rugby facility.
The Indiana Youth Rugby Foundation has raised $1.2 million for the ambitious project and is seeking another $500,000 to break
ground this spring.
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December 29, 2012
Bill BennerThe spices of sports come from the unpredictable outcomes, the ability to rise above adversity, and the comebacks from the
depths.
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December 7, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinEagle Creek Golf Club received a long-awaited face-lift this year under a contract that will rescue the city from most of
its expenses stemming from the previous operator’s loan default.
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October 6, 2012
Bill BennerQuestions for the Colts, the Fever, and more.
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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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August 4, 2012
Bill BennerMemories of the big Indy event on the 25th anniversary
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July 21, 2012
Ellen KobeA 3-year-old Westfield has taken advantage of the adventure-race trend by staging Mudathlons--obstacle courses conducted in
the mud. More than 12,000 people were expected to participate in Mudathlon's four races this summer, up from about 2,000 at
the company’s first two races in 2010.
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July 14, 2012
Anthony Schoettle
PGA officials are keeping their eyes on Carmel's Crooked Stick as
the BMW Championship approaches. And groundskeepers are using some high-tech tactics to avoid the withering effects of drought.
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June 9, 2012
Bill BennerEven a visionary like Pete Dye couldn’t see a half-century into the future.
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May 31, 2012
Bill BennerFor this Indy guy, there is nothing that says Indy—or Indiana—like the Indy 500.
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May 12, 2012
Bill BennerWithout Sen. Richard Lugar, we might not have the Pacers.
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March 27, 2012
Associated PressConstruction on The Farm, a $7.5 million baseball and softball facility along Interstate 69, has hit another snag while city
officials and project developers continue to negotiate acceptable financing terms.
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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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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.