January 5, 2012
Anthony SchoettleThe Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association has launched a 25-day, $100,000 ad campaign to lure visitors to the city
in the days leading up to the Super Bowl. The campaign targets the Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville markets.
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January 4, 2012
Scott OlsonThe company that produces both the Indianapolis Home Show and the Indianapolis Home & Flower Show said a Super Bowl-related
scheduling conflict led it to combine the shows this year.
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January 3, 2012
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis set an attendance record in 2011 with 1.27 million visitors, topping the high mark it
set the previous year by 9.4 percent.
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January 3, 2012
Associated PressThe NFL will announce its annual league awards, including Most Valuable Player, in a two-hour prime-time special, "NFL
Honors," to air on NBC on Super Bowl eve, Feb. 4.
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December 31, 2011
Anthony SchoettleTourism leaders in Chicago are launching an initiative some observers think is a direct shot at Indianapolis. In October,
the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau formed its own sports commission and fed it $300,000 in startup cash.
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December 30, 2011
Anthony SchoettlePacers Sports & Entertainment and local tennis officials are hopeful a tennis event featuring Pete Sampras and Todd Martin
at Bankers Life Fieldhouse will be a springboard to much bigger tennis events, maybe even a Davis Cup match.
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December 28, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinLive Nation is quietly ramping up the schedule for a new 500-seat venue in the basement of Old National Centre. Managers are
putting off the grand opening until after Indianapolis recovers from Super Bowl fever.
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December 28, 2011
Francesca JaroszFor a Super Bowl-related initiative to revitalize Indianapolis’ near-east side, the hardest work will come after the
Feb. 5 game.
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December 24, 2011
Anthony SchoettleDowntown will be the focal point of Super Bowl XLVI, but communities from Zionsville to Columbus are aggressively pursuing
some of the money visitors are expected to shower on the region.
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December 24, 2011
The $275 million Indiana Convention Center expansion was completed in January, and the 1,005-room JW Marriott opened the following
month.
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December 15, 2011
Several streets in downtown Indianapolis, including part of Monument Circle and those surrounding Lucas Oil Stadium, will
be closed in the few weeks leading up to the Super Bowl on Feb. 5.
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December 14, 2011
An Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association study shows the amount of tourism dollars last year increased by $120 million
from 2009. The city also attracted more visitors in 2010.
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December 14, 2011
J.K. WallThe honorees include business leaders, former U.S. presidents, famous novelists, a Shawnee chief and a feminist pioneer.
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December 13, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressRolling Stone magazine and rum maker Bacardi say they plan to throw a star-studded party the night before the Super
Bowl at a renovated factory called The Crane Bay two blocks west of Lucas Oil Stadium.
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December 12, 2011
Scott OlsonSky Zone, a franchised all-trampoline indoor recreational complex operated by Jeff Mast, opens Monday in Fishers at Cumberland
Road and East 121st Street, just south of Interstate 69.
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December 10, 2011
Cory SchoutenWorkers finished $12.5 million in improvements between the Indiana Convention Center and Conseco Fieldhouse in November. Now
will building owners bring the entertainment spot to life?
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December 7, 2011
Scott OlsonThe annual Gen Con convention, which had a previous commitment to Indianapolis through 2015, is extending its agreement through
2020. The latest Gen Con event drew a record 36,733 visitors.
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December 6, 2011
Scott OlsonConstruction on the International Orangutan Center would start in August, with the opening set for Memorial Day weekend in
2014.
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December 1, 2011
Associated PressA recording of dispatch radio calls shows that emergency workers were expressing concern about severe weather just minutes
before winds ripped through the Indiana State Fair and caused a fatal stage collapse.
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December 1, 2011
Associated PressA central Indiana county faces a big bill to replace its fairground's grandstand after numerous safety problems were found
during an inspection prompted by this summer's deadly state fair stage collapse.
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December 1, 2011
Scott OlsonBesides individual tickets, entire suites are being offered for as much as $28,000 on various online brokerage sites for the
inaugural Big Ten championship football game.
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November 29, 2011
IBJ StaffSponsors will pay for a controversial video-art installment that is replacing a prominent artwork on the bulkhead above the
main escalator at Indianapolis International Airport.
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November 23, 2011
Associated PressU.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker has certified the victims of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse as a single class
in a lawsuit challenging a law that caps the state's liability at $5 million. However, she concluded the plaintiffs are unlikely
to win the challenge.
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November 23, 2011
Anthony SchoettleOfficials for Ripken Baseball Inc., which operates two of the country's top youth baseball facilities, are considering Indianapolis
as a location for a major complex that could cost up to $20 million to build and draw thousands of players and spectators
each year.
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November 21, 2011
Anthony SchoettleThe International Motorsports Industry Show at the Indiana Convention Center should get a jolt of publicity from Tony Stewart,
who is not only the 2011 NASCAR champ but the show's part-owner.
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Who makes Tater Tots? They would be a good sponsor, because $3 Million for the alleged "Greatest Spectacle In Racing" is taters. Tiny, tiny taters. But at least they are making up something of the losses accumulated over the years in this dying sport. Buttock in seat is certainly not doing it, nor eyeball on TV, as evidenced by the lack of both.
We loved lakehouse and think the Arbor Village would be a great location. It is less than 2 miles from over 1000 rooftops in the 225,000 to over 1 million range. Many people could use the great fishers trail system to bike or walk there. Just an idea Scotty -- but maybe something closer to 3 Wiseman would good. The only microbrew in area is Ram (boring)
True, it's an ESPN production, but ESPN is just another name for ABC Sports, or what used to be ABC Sports since ABC Sports no longer exists as a name. ESPN=ABC Sports= ESPN. ESPN is, according to Forbes "the world's most valuable media property" worth $40 billion. Despite that, they fired 400 people this week.
The Prestige was a great flick.
Larry - even though the race is on ABC, ESPN does all of the work, so that is why ESPN is mentioned. Most sports on ABC are called something like "ESPN on ABC."