This week, one of the Midwest’s most unusual music contests swings into high gear with the start of the final round of the
American Pianists Association’s 2009 Classical Fellowship Awards.
This week, one of the Midwest’s most unusual music contests swings into high gear with the start of the final round of the American Pianists Association’s 2009 Classical Fellowship Awards. Staged every three years by the Indianapolis-based APA, the Classical Fellowship Awards are structured to minimize the tension of head-tohead combat by stretching the competition […]
Hoosiers’ long ride on the gambling gravy train finally may be coming to an end. Casinos have swelled into a $2.7 billion industry here – one that paid $838 million in state and local taxes last year and ranked as the third-largest revenue source in the Indiana budget. That tax take has risen 126 percent […]
The developers of a new convention hotel complex plan to brand the four new hotels and existing Marriott Indianapolis as Marriott Place Indianapolis. The 2,200-room complex will be anchored by the 1,005-room, 34-story JW Marriott. All the hotels are slated…
Today starts a big four-day weekend for Indianapolis. Given the sports-business strategy this city is built on and the soft economy, this weekend dotted with NCAA and high school state championship basketball events…
New York-based Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. will roll out its new Izod/Indy race-inspired clothing collection in Macy’s stores nationwide in April. The launch will be accompanied by a national multi-million dollar advertising campaign as…
One of the biggest winners in the first two rounds of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament: Downtown Indianapolis restaurants, hotels and other local businesses, not to mention those counting on event revenue to…
Local developer Halakar Properties Inc. is seeking tax abatement to save an endangered property.
If the Pacers want the city to support it with more money, the organization needs to provide more information to the city,
and perhaps a future cut of event proceeds.
This week, pirates take over Indianapolis Opera, and a trio of plays isn’t the half of it at the Humana Festival of New American
Plays.
This week, pirates take over Indianapolis Opera, and a trio of plays isn’t the half of it at the Humana Festival of New American Plays. There is no logical reason for a man to be accidentally indentured to a pirate king because of a minor error…and stay on board for years. There is no logical […]
This week, pirates take over Indianapolis Opera, and a trio of plays isn’t the half of it at the Humana Festival of New American Plays. There is no logical reason for a man to be accidentally indentured to a pirate king because of a minor error…and stay on board for years. There is no logical […]
Call it March Madness-NBA style. The Indiana Pacers franchise needs $15 million a year beginning in 2010-presumably from the public-to fund the operation of Conseco Fieldhouse. The franchise says it can’t afford to operate the venue, where it claims to have lost money every year but one since moving in 10 years ago. That’s madness. […]
A 10-story downtown building that’s been vacant more than five years and labeled one of the state’s most endangered historic structures soon may see new life. Local developer Halakar Properties Inc. has put the Illinois Building under contract, and has been meeting with city officials about a tax abatement that could help return retail space […]
Now that IU is out of the Big Ten basketball tournament, local organizers and tourism officials have to hope that Ohio State can make a run. A successful run by Purdue probably wouldn’t hurt either, but history has shown that…
St. Elmo Steak House is a downtown dinner destination that typically has little trouble attracting patrons tempted by its signature shrimp cocktail. The next four days will be no different. But this weekend’s reservation list is heavy on out-of-town guests hungry for both filet mignon and Big Ten basketball. All told, visitors in town for […]
St. Elmo Steak House is a downtown dinner destination that typically has little trouble attracting patrons tempted by its signature shrimp cocktail. The next four days will be no different. But this weekend’s reservation list is heavy on out-of-town guests hungry for both filet mignon and Big Ten basketball. All told, visitors in town for […]
A raft of special offers, including meals under $4, a daily milkshake “happy hour” and a $2.89 Steakburger snack-pack apparently are paying dividends for Indianapolis-based The Steak n Shake Co. The 490-store chain today reported its customer traffic so far this quarter is up 6.2 percent and same-store sales have jumped 1.8 percent. The jump […]
The city’s Capital Improvement Board approved cutting an additional $1.5 million from its annual budget yesterday and may have moved a step closer toward funding its annual operating budget with an increase in hospitality taxes. Local sports teams have been reluctant or noncommittal about shouldering a bigger financial load, CIB officials said. As a result, […]
The city’s Capital Improvement Board approved cutting an additional $1.5 million from its annual budget today and may have moved a step closer toward funding its annual operating budget with an increase in hospitality taxes. Local sports teams have been reluctant or noncommittal about shouldering a bigger financial load, CIB officials said. As a result, […]
