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Welcome to The Score, your place for hard-hitting sports business news, fast-breaking updates and fuel-injected debate. Buckle up. I'm your host, Anthony Schoettle, IBJ sports reporter.
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Pacers + Obama = hectic schedule
October 7, 2008
Comments(2)The Indiana Pacers are running into a pick even before their pre-season tips off tomorrow at the Indiana
State Fairgrounds. The Secret Service—preparing for presidential candidate Barack Obama’s appearance at the Fairgrounds'
grandstand—is...
MoreTime for IU to move the chains
October 6, 2008
Comments(24)It’s time for Indiana University leaders to make the same commitment to football they've made to basketball.
And I don’t want to hear any more excuses about this being a basketball state. I’d say the...
MoreHelio case could engulf NASCAR
October 3, 2008
Comments(8)Indy Racing League officials are about to find out if the old adage “There is no bad PR” holds true. The
tax dodging scandal involving Helio Castroneves is about to get ugly. Very,...
MoreDenver sniffing at Tinsley
October 3, 2008
Comments(5)At last, there could be a team interested in trading for Indiana Pacers castaway guard Jamal Tinsley. League
sources said the Denver Nuggets are interested. Nuggets officials like Tinsley’s defense and think he...
MorePacers reacting to economic crunch
October 2, 2008
Comments(6)Let it not be said that the Indiana Pacers are not community minded. Team officials yesterday released several
initiatives the team recently has launched to reach out to fans during these “difficult economic...
MoreIRL TV ratings revved up
October 1, 2008
Comments(10)In the first season of open-wheel racing unification, the Indy Racing League registered viewership increases
on its telecasts on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2. For the 17 races on the IRL schedule this year,...
MoreMeasuring up to Larry Legend
October 1, 2008
Comments(6)Larry Bird has long been a measuring stick for Hoosier high school hoops hopefuls. Today, the Indiana Pacers,
in conjunction with the National Federation of State High School Associations, the Indiana High School...
MoreND as good as gold?
September 30, 2008
Comments(10)The Notre Dame football team hasn’t won a bowl game since January, 1994, but the private university’s gridiron
gang still sets the gold standard when it comes to money making collegiate sports programs.
The...
MoreDakich not done coaching
September 29, 2008
Comments(4)On Oct. 6, Dan Dakich will begin a new career as a radio talk show host. The former Indiana University
basketball player and coach will host a sports talk show from 10 a.m....
MoreVelodrome becomes slippery slope
September 26, 2008
Comments(3)You have to give the folks at Indy Parks and Recreation credit for creativity. How many people would consider turning
a world-class sporting facility into a glorified sledding hill and hope to profit from it? Shiver...
MoreBusiness community honors Fisher
September 25, 2008
Comments(0)Indy Racing League driver and team owner Sarah Fisher this afternoon was honored at the fifth annual Indy’s
Best & Brightest under 40 Awards in front of a crowd of 650 business professionals...
MoreHerb Simon moves team to Reno
September 25, 2008
Comments(4)The Tucson Sidewinders are getting a new name and address. The AAA affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks
next year will be the Reno Aces.
Indiana Pacers co-owner Herb Simon is an equal partner in...
MoreColts tight end opens fun center
September 24, 2008
Comments(0)Indianapolis Colts tight end Justin Snow recently opened a family fun center—Snapperz Family Fun and Sports—at
6002 Sunnyside Road in Lawrence.
The 33,000-square-foot facility features a 24-foot climbing tower, bungee trampoline, laser tag, bowling...
MoreTinsley issue hangs over Pacers
September 23, 2008
Comments(7)In a campaign rolled out this week, the Indiana Pacers are trying to spur ticket sales by selling their
11-game Slam Dunk Sampler for the price of eight games. While sports marketers think...
MoreColts: Getting a stadium 101
September 22, 2008
Comments(6)Before the Indianapolis Colts beat the Minnesota Vikings on the field Sept. 14, they were schooling them
off the field.
Vikings owner Zygi Wilf and his top lieutenants spent two days the week before...
MoreParking for disabled Colts fans ID'd
September 19, 2008
Comment(1)The Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority announced today that 125 to 150 additional parking spaces
for guests with disabilities have been identified around Lucas Oil Stadium.
The ISCBA said three areas will now...
MoreColts roll back stadium opening
September 18, 2008
Comments(4)The Indianapolis Colts have rolled back the opening of Lucas Oil Stadium by two hours on home game dates.
LOS will now open two hours before games, instead of the four hours it...
MoreIzod rolls out IRL clothing line
September 18, 2008
Comments(6)Izod rolled out a new line of Indy Racing League-themed jeans and shirts at a leading fashion show in Las
Vegas last month.
This week Izod announced they will rev up a major marketing...
MoreFisher racing to sign sponsors
September 17, 2008
Comments(19)Popular Indy Racing League driver Sarah Fisher is making plans to drive at least 10 races next year. Fisher
is currently in negotiations with Dollar General and other unnamed sponsors to get back...
MoreWall Street woes crash Colts' value
September 16, 2008
Comments(8)The crash on Wall Street yesterday reverberated right through the Indianapolis Colts’ 56th Street headquarters.
How on earth are a stock market decline and the National Football League related? Here’s how.
Forbes magazine last...
MoreDespite weather, IMS rings up profit
September 15, 2008
Comments(7)MotoGP’s open approach to disclosing attendance figures finally gives us a clear view on the revenue generation
of an Indianapolis Motor Speedway event. IMS President Tony George and his legion of lieutenants are...
MoreMotoGP economic impact soaked
September 12, 2008
Comments(3)Rain is putting a damper on the economic forecast for the first MotoGP motorcycle race held at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway Sunday. The first motorcycle race at the Speedway in 99 years will...
MoreDon't call her Danica
September 12, 2008
Comments(2)Ana Beatriz is not out to become the next Danica Patrick. But that doesn’t mean the Brazilian open-wheel
racer—who took third in this year’s Indy Lights Series driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports—isn’t bent...
MoreColts climb NFL valuation ladder
September 11, 2008
Comments(7)Lucas Oil Stadium has pushed the Indianapolis Colts into the upper echelon of the National Football League
in terms of team value. The team jumped from 21st most valuable team last year to...
MoreCassel as good a bet as Manning
September 10, 2008
Comments(5)The Indianapolis Colts are no better than the New England Patriots—even without quarterback Tom Brady.
That’s right, the Matt Cassel-led Patriots have just as good a chance as the Peyton Manning-led Colts to
win...
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First, let me say that I love the idea of communities being self-sufficient and people in the community not needing cars, living, working and shopping all in their neighborhood. To sum it up; I love good urban planning and hate urban sprawl. However, there are two reasons that I am against this development. First, this building doesn't fit. Density can occur in Ripple by building up top the street and better use of land. The scale of this project should be downtown. Secondly, I would be willing to bet that if a whole foods in Ripple is built, the Nora store would be closed. Here's my reasoning. The Nora Whole Foods expansion plans have been put on hold. I'm guessing they are waiting to see what happens with the Ripple proposal. Communities next to each other should work together to end sprawl and not work against each other and take other neighbors assets. Develop something both communities can be proud of and will attract more development and density. There's my soap box for the day.
My apologies, Lou - it was the Indy Star that printed cost for entertaining "celebrities" during Indy 500. Sorry for confusing the always timely IBJ with Indy's Gannett reprint news source.
That's fine if you want a grocery store that has festivals and live music. I guess with the prices they charge, they can afford to host such activities. As for me, I choose to spend my money more wisely and if I want to go to a festival or a concert, I will pay for that separately - not through my grocery bill.
TIF is not just to attract development but to attract a higher use for that development. Carmel wisely is using TIF for numerous public parking garages. Asphalt seas of parking pay little taxes and bring even less value to a commercial area. Also density is what is going to save Indy and Broad Ripple. The days of trying to compete with burbs are long gone.
The Prestige was an awesome movie.