“She has taken the Final Four to a new level and made it part of our culture,” Indiana Sports Corp. President Patrick Talty said. “It’s on people’s bucket list to go to the Final Four, and that’s in part due to her planning and making that event bigger and better than it was.”
The 2026 Men’s Final Four Sustainability Plan is a collaboration between the NCAA, Indiana Sports Corp., environmental groups, corporate partners and student researchers to max out the event’s carbon-reduction efforts and recycling programs.
From helping pack supplies used throughout the NCAA tournament to guiding thousands of visitors through downtown during Final Four weekend, students will play dozens of roles tied to college basketball’s biggest event.
The members of the Indiana University team that won the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in 1976 with a 32-0 record are experiencing a revival as the NCAA Final Four approaches.
About 1,000 volunteers will come together to pull off an epic weekend of college sports in Indianapolis when the city hosts the Division I, II, III and NIT men’s basketball championships. IBJ talked with four of them.
The Indians have spent the past few years working on these changes, conducting personal surveys with focus groups and online to measure public opinion on a variety of topics. Foremost among them was whether to keep a nickname that has fallen out of favor in some places.
A proposed resolution could mean eminent domain for the long-delayed development but prioritizes negotiations with the property’s owner, town officials told IBJ on Friday.
Miriam Acevedo Davis has helmed La Plaza, Indianapolis’ largest and oldest Latino-serving nonprofit, since 2004. And over the years, Davis has served with myriad local and national organizations, including the Teach for America Advisory Board, The Mind Trust and the Indiana Sports Corp.
Indiana regulators on Tuesday spent hours questioning the state’s biggest energy providers on their rates, customer service and more amid rising frustration from ratepayers.
The report found there are fewer primary care physicians practicing in Indiana than in neighboring states of Ohio, Michigan and Illinois and in the nation overall
The Indianapolis Capitols are part of the new Continental Football League, a developmental professional outdoor league that plans to begin playing games this summer.
