Indianapolis Super Bowl organizers raised $28 million from 131 mostly corporate donors to put on the NFL’s showcase event by simply asking—and promising almost nothing in return.
Two pedestrians hit by a sport-utility vehicle Tuesday night on a busy road in Castleton died in the hospital Wednesday. Sydney Campbell, 19, and her boyfriend, 21-year old Jason Uhrin, were crossing East 82nd Street, heading home to the Lakeshore Apartments, when the accident occurred about 9:20 p.m. Tuesday. The victims were crossing the street just west of Allisonville Road in a dark area without a traffic light or crosswalk. No charges were filed against the driver.
Two pedestrians are in critical condition after being hit by a sport-utility vehicle Tuesday night on the north side of Indianapolis. Police say the pedestrians, a male and a female, were crossing 82nd Street just west of Allisonville Road about 9:20 p.m. when they were struck by an eastbound GMC Envoy. The SUV’s driver, a woman in her 40s, cooperated with officers at the scene. Witnesses said the victims were crossing in a dark area in the middle of a block.
The year started with a sense that slowly—not fast enough for anyone’s liking—but steadily, Indiana’s economy was coming back. But then a spike in gas prices and the never-ending sovereign debt crisis in Europe created a summer of setbacks.
Eli Lilly and Co. lost patent protection on its $5-billion-a-year best-seller Zyprexa in October, plunging the company into the long-awaited zone of uncertainty that it calls “Years YZ.”
IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard racked up a number of accomplishments early in 2011 but was buffeted by challenges late in the year—most notably a crash at a Las Vegas race in October that left one driver dead and the future of the series mired in uncertainty.
The aircraft-engine maker will occupy Eli Lilly and Co.’s former Faris Campus on South Meridian Street, which is being renamed the Rolls-Royce Meridian Center.
The highest-profile Hoosier initial public offering was staged by Angie’s List Inc., the online provider of consumer reviews. The Indianapolis-based company raised $76 million by selling new shares, and existing stockholders raked in another $31 million by selling some of their holdings.
It was another rough year for the real estate sector in 2011, as the homebuilder Estridge filed for bankruptcy, strip-center specialist Broadbent struggled to hold onto its headquarters, and Centre Properties faced a $43 million foreclosure suit.
There’s a pitched battle under way in K-12 education as reform advocates and charter schools challenge traditional institutions such as teachers’ unions and education schools.
Advancement of right-to-work legislation during this year’s legislative session caused Indiana House Democrats to flee to Urbana, Ill., where they remained for 36 days in what became the longest walkout in Indiana history.
Nordstrom, which opened with the mall in 1995, left a gaping 210,000-square-foot hole in Circle Centre mall. It is a particularly tough space to fill since department stores have seen their market share decline more than half in 20 years and need less space.
