U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh has a news conference scheduled for 2 p.m. at IUPUI’s
University
Place Conference Center and Hotel, where he will announce that he won’t run for re-election. "I do not love
Congress," he said in a prepared statement.
With Lucas Oil Stadium and other new city amenities to show off, local sports and tourism officials are considering making
a bid for the NBA’s midseason blowout weekend.
The expanded service shuttling air travelers and airport workers to and from Indianapolis International Airport began Feb.
3, to the newly opened Fairfield Inn & Suites at West and Washington streets.
Hoosier businesses have
stepped up for the citizens of Haiti, the island nation that was literally shaken to pieces by a massive earthquake Jan. 12.
The essential issue is to get out of the cycle where governments plan to spend money they don’t know they
will receive.
Thieves broke into dozens of cars parked at two hotels on Indianapolis’ west side early Thursday morning. Police say they
hit at least 30 cars at Crowne Plaza Hotel near Indianapolis International Airport, and about 20 other vehicles at a nearby
hotel. The break-ins happened between midnight Wednesday and 4 a.m. Thursday.
Multimedia products maker World Media Group Inc. will invest more than $2 million to expand its manufacturing operations on
the east side of Indianapolis, increasing its workforce by 20 percent.
The 1,000-room J.W. Marriott isn’t even finished and support already is emerging for a second downtown hotel that
would rival it in size.
Once considered a destination only eight months of the year, Indianapolis—with its compact downtown and indoor walkways—is
emerging as a convention powerhouse even during cold weather.
A side-by-side look at infrastructure and visitor numbers.
A Ball State architect thinks Indianapolis residents will like what they see in the new J.W. Marriott hotel downtown and beat
drums for more interesting buildings.
We can promise, at game time, a perfect environment: 70 degrees and dry.
The big question for many politicians isn’t about ethics. Rather, it’s whether to shell out $800 per ticket, plus hotel costs
and airfare.
Security measures for Sunday’s Super Bowl will be extreme, and somewhat akin to those at airports, according to officials.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano gave her seal of approval during a tour of Sun Life Stadium in Miami on
Monday. The security team features federal, state, and local officers, as well as bomb-sniffing dogs at stadium checkpoints.
The Colts have plenty of eyes watching over them, including a team of deputies to patrol the team’s hotel and a motorcade
for traveling around the city.
The Fairfield Inn & Suites on West Washington Street downtown will open Wednesday. The hotel is the first of four comprising
the 1,600-room Marriott Place project to welcome guests.
A vacant former Country Inn & Suites along Interstate 69 just north of I-465 is getting a new owner with plans to reopen
the 85-room property in the Spring.
Locally based The Precedent Cos. in recent months has landed build-to-suit deals for locally based Mays Chemical Co. and Elona
Biotechnologies Inc.
