Westfield Mayor Andy Cook is proposing a $60 million youth sports complex with a 4,000-seat multipurpose outdoor
stadium, indoor sports facilities and sports fields with the goal of establishing the Hamilton County community as the "Family Sports Capital
of America."
Lucas Oil Stadium area Integrating bus, rail at downtown station This concept by Wes Perkins would bring perhaps the most ambitious and transformative change to downtown since Circle Centre mall. Here the rail line ends at a transportation hub that also ties in bus routes, Amtrak trains and even a monorail system that could run […]
IUPUI officials are negotiating with the Indiana Pacers to play home basketball games at the nearby 18,000-seat Conseco Fieldhouse. The Jaguars normally play home games at their 1,200-seat campus gymnasium, and coach Ron Hunter said the program “will not be able to move forward any further unless we get a new facility.” The Summit League […]
Congratulations to Lucas Oil Stadium Director Mike Fox, assistant Andy Arnold and the amazing crew at the stadium for transforming the venue into an intimate, 40,000-seat basketball venue for the NCAA’s Midwest Regional.
Of this, that and the other as we transition from March Madness to, uh, what? April Anxiety? Perhaps with the tax-filing date approaching, that would be true. Anyway, congratulations to Stadium Director Mike Fox, assistant Andy Arnold and the amazing crew at Lucas Oil Stadium for transforming the venue into an intimate, 40,000-seat basketball venue […]
The major colleges that ring Central Indiana often host touring shows that aren’t part of the Broadway in Indianapolis series (the Reuben Studdard/Frenchie Davis tour of “Ain’t Misbehavin’ is next at Purdue).
For me, the appearance of a yet-unseen show…
Cameras are set to roll downtown next month when a local production company begins filming its first motion picture. Adrenaline Motion Pictures LLC wrote and financed the independent feature film “Amanda.” Production is expected to begin April 13 and last about four months. Steve Marra, an Indianapolis native who founded the company in 2005, said […]
At a time when the field of journalism is shedding thousands of jobs, Indiana University’s journalism department is seeing
record growth.
At a time when the field of journalism is shedding thousands of jobs, Indiana University’s journalism department is seeing record growth. The growth is so strong, IU officials said the journalism school will have to abandon its home of the last 65 years for a facility twice its size. What appears to be an anomaly […]
The Indianapolis Airport Authority has tapped the head of Jacksonville, Fla.’s airport authority as its new executive director and CEO. John D. Clark III also serves as chairman of the Airports Council International North America, the primary trade group for airports. Clark will replace John Kish, who will head the redevelopment of a municipal stadium […]
Several venture capitalists — a generation younger than most in the profession — are establishing themselves in Indianapolis.
Raising Indianapolis’ tax on hotel rooms — already one of the highest rates in the nation — could be the tipping
point that causes conventioneers to bypass Indianapolis, some industry experts say.
This week, familiar objects take on new looks and meaning at the Indianapolis Art Center.
Two-year-old tech startup Compendium Blogware has launched its first out-of-state sales force and said it signed on 70 new
customers in the fourth quarter.
Indiana University has released a master plan for its Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses that suggests some dramatic changes over the next several years. The plan…
Local contractors will be ready to pounce when bidding on the first parts of the combined overflow project begins in 2011. They’re hungry for more mega projects following completion last year of the $1.1 billion midfield terminal at Indianapolis International Airport and the $720 million Lucas Oil Stadium. Members of the Indiana Construction Association are […]
City engineers and consultants are fine-tuning plans to build a colossal tunnel to temporarily store water and raw sewage that now shoots into local waterways during rain storms.
Local contractors will be ready to pounce when bidding on the first parts of the combined overflow project begins in 2011.
Jim, you could engender so much good will if you would step forward and provide some short-term relief by paying more toward the operating costs of Lucas Oil Stadium.
Dear Jim:It’s me again. You probably don’t remember, but 2-1/2 years ago-Sept. 4, 2006, to be precise-I penned my fi rst open letter to you in this very space. I never heard back from you on that one, not that I expected to. Hey, you’re a busy guy. I wrote that letter when perhaps only […]
