Plans for parties are taking shape across central Indiana and the rest of the state to view the national championship game, but organizers report they’re hot tickets.
The governor is expected to address the Bears situation during his speech Wednesday night, although the Governor’s Office is keeping specifics—and the names of the guests it has invited to the event—under wraps.
Saks Fifth Avenue closed its store at The Fashion Mall at Keystone in April 2024, but it operates The Fifth Avenue Club at Ironworks Hotel Indy at 2721 E. 86th St.
The incident occurred the night of June 22, 2025, when thousands of people were downtown to watch the broadcast of the championship game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Pacers.
Projected to open in 2028, the 170-room Ritz-Carlton is expected to be one of the most upscale hotels in central Indiana, along with the InterContinental Indianapolis and the Conrad Indianapolis.
Led by investments at and around Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Herb Simon and his family have spent over $26 million the past two years buying more than a half-dozen downtown properties.
The report suggests that the “low-hire, low-fire” job market remains in effect, with workers enjoying some job security but those out of work struggling to find new jobs.
Boxcar Development, an investment group for the Simon family, will formally break ground on the project Wednesday, although site work—including demolition of the former CSX railroad building—began in mid-2024.
Several downtown development projects are in their infancy or just getting started. IBJ takes a look at a handful that could draw buzz throughout 2026.
Fox, which has been sued for negligent hiring, is requesting the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana take jurisdiction after asserting Huse Culinary was “fraudulently joined” to the lawsuit to keep the case in state.
Boxcar Development LLC, a holding company for a group of investors led by the Simon family, plans to officially break ground on the $320 million hotel complex at Georgia and Pennsylvania streets next spring, but work to clear the former CSX building from the site and prep it for construction is well underway.
Lawmakers in both parties view simmering fury over the cost of living as the top issue in next year’s midterm elections and are pitching a growing profusion of proposals to tackle the notoriously difficult problem of affordability.
The authorized facilities—some of which might host multiple teams—will serve as a home-away-from-home of sorts during the World Cup’s initial, group-competition stage,
