Pacers near 22-year attendance low
The Indiana Pacers are in two races: one to make the playoffs and the other to keep their average home attendance above 12,000.
Last night against the Atlanta Hawks–arguably their biggest game of the…
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Casinos hit by slow economy
Northwest Indiana casinos are not holding up in weak economic times like they have in the past, according to The Post-Tribune of Merrillville. Typically resistant to economic cycles, the casinos since December have struggled to maintain revenue levels. Revenue at Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City, for example, is down $5 million to $8 million […]
Fife to lobby Crean for IU match-up
Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne officials have been trying to schedule a game with Indiana University for the last three years. Putting IU on the schedule would be an important recruiting tool, bring immediate marketing…
Steel Dynamics stock continues climb
Shares of Steel Dynamics Inc. are climbing higher, egged on this week by Morgan Stanley’s starting coverage and encouraging investors to buy. The Fort Wayne steel recycler, which operates a mill in Pittsboro, west of Indianapolis, picked up the buy rating as Morgan Stanley slapped a downgrade on a giant competitor, Charlotte, N.C.-based Nucor Corp. […]
Middle class visiting Johnson County food banks
Soaring gas prices, a tough job market and job cuts – plus high medical costs – are driving more middle-class people to food banks in Johnson County, reports The Daily Journal of Franklin. At least one food pantry has seen a doubling of those seeking the services for the first time, with 53 families – […]
Walsh expected to fire Isiah
Donnie Walsh has spent the last few days in Indianapolis cleaning out his Conseco Fieldhouse office and gathering his belongings to head back to New York where he will begin his post this…
IBJ’s “Smart” Night @ the Movies
What did you think of “Smart People,” Monday’s IBJ Night at the Movies sneak preview?
Comments most welcome below.
Whether you made it or not, act now to be a part of the next one. We’ll be hosting a screening of the…
UPDATE: Kite plans retail at Pan Am site
A local developer hopes to add restaurants and retail space and possibly a hotel to Pan Am Plaza to capitalize on a growing convention center and the new Lucas Oil Stadium. Kite Realty Group Trust joined with Sacramento, Calif.-based Coastal Partners LLC to buy the plaza and two adjacent ice skating rinks from Indiana Sports […]
NCAA, NBA unveils youth hoops pact
The NCAA and National Basketball Association announced today from the site of this year’s Final Four in San Antonio that they are going in business together.
As reported in the March 17 Indianapolis Business…
Kite eyes retail, hotel for Pan Am
A local developer hopes to add restaurants and retail space and possibly more to Pan Am Plaza to capitalize on a growing convention center and the new Lucas Oil Stadium. Kite…
IRL innovation a life saver
NASCAR rookie Michael McDowell owes Indy Racing League leaders—and especially Tony George—a measure of gratitude.
If not for research funded by the IRL and George, and led by the University of Nebraska, McDowell, 23,…
Exclusive: new at W.R. State Park
IBJ reporter Jennifer Whitson offers this interesting piece of news.
Look for an announcement, likely next week, from White River State Park about a new summer series featuring local performing arts groups with shows geared toward family audiences.
The free offerings will…
Kite, partner buy Pan American Plaza
Pan American Plaza and two adjacent ice skating rinks have been sold by Indiana Sports Corp. to a joint venture of locally based Kite Realty Group Trust and Sacramento, Calif.-based Coastal Partners LLC. Terms were not disclosed. Sports Corp. President Susan Williams said the not-for-profit sold the property because its proximity to the soon-to-be-expanded Indiana […]
Old National fires Indianapolis lender
Evansville-based Old National Bancorp said this morning that it has fired a loan officer operating from an Indianapolis office after an internal investigation revealed that the banker falsified loan documents. Bank CEO Bob Jones said a routine internal review in the middle of the first quarter discovered a loan document that had been forged by […]
Genesco to distribute Finish Line stock
Genesco Inc. won’t be a major Finish Line Inc. stockholder for long. Tennessee-based Genesco received a 12-percent stake in Indianapolis-based Finish Line under a settlement the two companies negotiated last month. The pact canceled the agreement Finish Line struck in June 2007 to buy Genesco for $1.5 billion. Regulatory filings show the settlement requires that […]
IRT plans $3M renovation
The Indiana Repertory Theatre has won a $3-million grant from the Lilly Endowment to fund renovations of the Indiana Theatre building at 140 W. Washington St. IRT plans to…
IDEM under fire from environmentalists
Environmentalists are accusing the Indiana Department of Environmental Management of putting economic development above its core mission of protecting human health and the environment, reports the Post-Tribune of Merrillville. In particular, environmentalists say, the agency is playing soft with petroleum giant BP and steelmaker U.S. Steel. “They make it clear they see it as their […]
You-review-it Monday 4/7
Did you get to the final performances of Roundabout Theatre’s outstanding “Twelve Angry Men?” Catch Michael Cavanaugh with the ISO? Patrick Ball (and harp) with Storytelling Arts?
Were you part of the mob at the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Project Runway…
Blockbuster deals drive interest in Anson: Developers seeking Target, theater, home builder
Executives at locally based Duke Realty Corp. fielded questions for years about what was taking so long with Anson, a $1.4 billion residential, retail and industrial development along Interstate 65 in Whitestown. Not anymore. A string of blockbuster new tenants including MedcoHealth Solutions Inc. and Amazon.comInc. have fired up interest in the 1,700-acre project, particularly its industrial component known as Allpoints at Anson. Together, the companies plan to invest more than $175 million-Medco is building an automated pharmacy and Amazon…
Area air quality given mixed reviews
Helped by a combination of plant closures and better emission controls, industrial air pollution in the nine-county region
has fallen 14 percent since the economic boom of the late 1990s, a federal database shows. But even with the reductions, the
metro area will struggle to comply with reduced ground-level ozone limits announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
March 12.