JULY 27-AUGUST 2, 2015

The annual Gen Con convention in Indianapolis has become a powerhouse in the growing $880 million international hobby game business. Lou Harry takes you behind the scenes. Also in this week’s issue, Anthony Schoettle examines how area golf courses are dealing with persistent rains and flooding. And in A&E Etc., Mike Lopresti visits Victory Field to meet an all-star groundskeeper annually voted as the best in the business.

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Hamilton County’s residential boom leaves affordability behind

July 23, 2015 | Lindsey Erdody

Only about 2 percent of the avalanche of residential units built in Hamilton County the last five years is dedicated to affordable housing.

Indy firm joins FBI in race to secure stolen cyber-spying tools

July 23, 2015 | J.K. Wall

Security analysts and software developers at Rook Security worked with other IT security firms and the FBI’s Indianapolis office to develop a tool that can detect if any of the cyber-spying tools stolen from Italian surveillance firm Hacking Team programs have infected a computer.

Once-fringe Gen Con powers game industry

July 23, 2015 | Lou Harry

Indy’s annual Gen Con convention has become a powerhouse in the growing $880 million international hobby game business—and a boon for homegrown gaming startups, including Plowgames.

Rounds played, revenue plummet at flooded golf courses

July 23, 2015 | Anthony Schoettle

The season has been so bad, some central Indiana courses are facing significant financial losses—and perhaps ruin.

Deal crowns Klipsch ‘Cadillac’ of headphones

July 23, 2015 | Marc D. Allan

The Indianapolis-based manufacturer will supply Klipsch Image One headphones to be part of a rear-seat DVD entertainment system for Cadillac’s 2015 and 2016 Escalade Platinum edition.

Land bank successor aims for openness

July 23, 2015 | Scott Olson

A startup not-for-profit has begun returning vacant and tax-delinquent properties to the city’s tax rolls, stepping into a void left by the disgraced Indy Land Bank.

Anthem’s next challenge: getting regulators to say OK

July 23, 2015 | J.K. Wall

The next challenge for Anthem Inc. in its quest to marry Cigna Corp. is to get its legal guardians to allow the ceremony to happen.

Ameriana shareholders sue over First Merchants buyout terms

July 21, 2015 | Jared Council

Ameriana shareholders said in the complaint that the $69 million offer is “inadequate” and that the deal deters competing bids.

Indianapolis-area office market showing signs of a rebound

July 21, 2015 | Scott Olson

Stronger absorption in the metro area is pushing vacancy down and rental rates up, mid-year office reports show, even though downtown’s vacancy rate remains above 20 percent.

Now departing Indy: 22 new nonstop flights

July 23, 2015 | Anthony Schoettle

A local coalition lobbying airlines for convention-boosting service notches has a series of victories.

MORRIS: We’re fortunate to keep Riggs in city

July 23, 2015 | Greg Morris

The city’s outgoing public safety director will continue to play a role in solving city’s crime problem.

KENNEDY: Playing ‘Who’s the Bigot?’

July 23, 2015 | Sheila Suess Kennedy

Opponents of the 1964 Civil Rights Act claimed that their religious beliefs required separation of the races, and that those beliefs should trump the rights of black citizens who wanted to shop in their stores or eat in their restaurants.

WHITE: An important gate is still locked

July 23, 2015 | Drew White

The Indianapolis Museum of Art recently locked its beautiful and symbolic pedestrian/cycling gate at 42nd Street and Michigan Road in April to better secure the campus and sell more memberships. Unfortunately, the locked gate prohibits cyclists and pedestrians from entering the campus safely across 42nd Street.

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