Local hotel rooms are virtually sold out this weekend for the Final Four in Indianapolis, and property owners who rent out their homes on sites like Airbnb and Vrbo say they’re also seeing high demand.
Two of the of schools in the Final Four don’t have official mascots. One has already won five national championships. Another boasts Linda Ronstadt as an alumnae. And yet another made maps for NASA.
CEO Tim Spence says the design firm does not stray from its core industries of health care, higher education and scientific research. In BSA lingo, that’s healing, learning and discovery.
The builder and dozens of partner vendors recently collaborated to build Indiana’s first St. Jude Dream Home Showplace, part of a program in which all net proceeds from the home’s sale are donated to the children’s hospital.
“Clean zones” have been created around tournament venues, where police are prepared to toss out vendors without a permit and others selling unlicensed gear bearing NCAA branding.
