Indianapolis Business Journal

You might not recognize the Mile Square once festivities for the NBA’s All-Star Weekend get under way Feb. 15. Real estate brokers are filling vacant retail spaces with corporate parties, personal events and a wide assortment of fan-focused pop-ups, anticipating the largest crowds downtown since the 2012 Super Bowl. John Russell and Mickey Shuey detail the preparations. Also in this issue, Peter Blanchard explains the big fight between beer wholesalers and liquor and wine wholesalers over ready-to-drink cocktails. And Dave Lindquist explores author John Green’s switch in focus from young-adult fiction to an initiative to improve health care in Sierra Leone.