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King to play transitional role at state museum
January 7, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinNew interim CEO, the former president of the Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation, hopes to pave way for stability at the institution,
which has seen five CEOs in the past decade.
MoreIndianapolis Zoo blames crowd drop on bad weather
January 6, 2010
Associated PressThe zoo says it drew 1.05
million visitors during 2009, down from 1.1 million in 2008.
MoreVolunteers sought to host dinners
January 2, 2010
Central Indiana residents are being invited to host informal dinners for small groups of foreign visitors.
MoreIndy Visitors Channel sponsors contest for businesses
January 2, 2010
IBJ StaffThe contest offers businesses a chance to promote something about themselves that might be of interest
to hotel guests in the area.
MoreRacing industry trade shows won't conflict in 2010
December 19, 2009
IBJ StaffThe Performance Racing Industry Show has set its 2010 dates for Dec. 9-11. That means the International Motorsports Industry
Show held in Indianapolis will have Dec. 1-3 to itself.
MoreFledgling motorsports show growing faster than expected
December 12, 2009
Anthony SchoettleThe show held in Indianapolis Dec. 3-4 is picking up speed much faster than event organizers and local
convention and tourism officials expected. But the nation’s biggest motorsports trade show, Performance
Racing Industry Show, is considering competing with the local show head-on in 2010.
MoreAirport adds events to draw more people, revenue for vendors
December 5, 2009
IBJ StaffOne of the first things new airport CEO John Clark said he wanted to do was to squeeze more use—and revenue—out
of the new airport terminal’s Civic Plaza space.
MoreMotorsports industry show to stay here through 2015
December 5, 2009
IBJ StaffThe inaugural show opened Dec. 2 at the Indiana Convention Center, and is expected to draw more than
10,000 attendees.
MoreBaseball meetings let leaders tout Indianapolis to influential audience
December 5, 2009
Anthony SchoettleIndianapolis was up against Dallas, Las Vegas, Orlando, Atlanta and New Orleans to host baseball's Winter
Meetings, which
will draw more than 200 media members from the nation’s top 30 markets.
MoreIndiana Historical Society lands $2M for new exhibits
December 4, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinDubbed the "Indiana Experience," the exhibits represent the first ticketed tourist attraction at the society's headquarters
building.
MoreConstantino's and City Market reach settlement
December 4, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerCity Market has agreed to forgive Constantino's $27,000 in unpaid rent if the meat and produce stand shuts down by Dec.
24.
MoreState Museum to close on most Mondays
December 3, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe museum has been facing tight budgets and dropping attendance.
MoreMassive CEDIA Expo returning to city after 5-year break
December 2, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisThe locally based Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association will bring its fall trade show back to Indianapolis
in 2011 and 2012—making good on a promise to return after a $275 million expansion of the Indiana Convention Center.
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.
MoreTopping off planned for JW Marriott hotel
November 28, 2009
IBJ StaffThe 34-story hotel, the city's largest, is scheduled to open in 2011.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: A new attraction wants to drum up business
November 21, 2009
Lou HarryThoughts on Rhythm! Discovery Center and Bands of America.
MoreIndianapolis looks to Cleveland, Philadelphia for City Market examples
November 21, 2009
IBJ StaffThe troubled Indianapolis City Market is looking East for a new direction. This summer, its executive director, Jim Reilly,
visited Philadelphia and Cleveland to observe their successful urban markets and seek pointers that might be applied here.
MorePizza restaurants in works; wine shop heading to Fishers
November 21, 2009
IBJ StaffHot Box Pizza plans to open a downtown location in the Harness Factory Lofts building, and WineTyme, a new local shop selling
wines, craft beers and gourmet food, is coming to Fishers.
MoreIndianapolis lawyer to open bar and lounge in 3Mass building on Mass Ave
November 21, 2009
IBJ StaffThe bar, which isn't yet named, will be Baker & Daniels lawyer Trevor Belden's first bar.
MoreHotel TV program touts Indianapolis, helps businesses reach travelers
November 21, 2009
Brock BenefielIndianapolis Visitors Channel, which airs on closed-circuit networks
in more than 6,400 area hotel rooms, highlights some of the city’s most popular attractions and promotes local businesses—both
through traditional advertising and sponsored features.
MoreConner Prairie reports rising attendance, revenue
November 18, 2009
Scott OlsonConner Prairie is ending 2009 in relatively better health than last year, as attendance and revenues are up at the same time
donations are lagging, executives of the living history museum said Wednesday.
MoreIndiana tourism sites staying busy despite soft economy
November 14, 2009
Norm HeikensHoosiers are shrugging off hard times and heading out on vacation, so much so that some of the state's top attractions actually
are seeing attendance boomlets. But the travelers are sticking close to home, and they're clenching their dollars tightly.
MoreLocal convention leaders wine, dine crucial meeting planners
November 14, 2009
Anthony SchoettleBehind every convention that rolls into Indianapolis is a tedious sales effort as intense and invisible as a riptide. Sometimes
the sale cycle lasts as long as six years.
MoreIndianapolis Zoo attendance clipped by weather, economy
November 14, 2009
Norm HeikensIndianapolis Zoo attendance is down in 2009, but poor weather may be to blame as much as the weak economy.
MoreMILLER: Travelers still want experiences despite proliferating technology
November 14, 2009
Denise MillerConsumers are using technology to look for the greatest value, not necessarily the lowest price.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.