Eric Holcomb told IBJ while he is hopeful Indianapolis will secure a Major League Soccer club—an effort Joe Hogsett announced during a public address on April 25—it will have to do so without having him play facilitator.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration could pursue a plan to turn the proposed Indy Eleven stadium property into a memorial park to honor its history as an early cemetery grounds rather than let it be developed, the mayor’s spokeswoman confirmed Friday.
Keystone Group said it planned to use the historic Mount Jackson Cemetery about three miles away for “reinterment and memorialization” of the remains before moving forward with “transformational riverfront development.”
When the board hired Pamela Whitten in 2021, they knew significant changes were necessary for IU to thrive in a quickly changing higher education landscape.
The overhaul is part of an effort to draw interest from national governing body USA Rugby, both for a potential headquarters relocation and for upcoming World Cup events.
Mayor Joe Hogsett’s plan to create an additional professional sports development area in downtown Indianapolis was introduced to the City-County Council on Monday with two additional council sponsors—and questions over the committee assignment for the proposal.
The Hogsett administration has found a sponsor on the City-County Council for the mayor’s plan to create a new taxing district that could be used to fund a new downtown soccer stadium. Without a council sponsor, the measure could not move forward.
Braun said he’ll ask delegates at the Republican State Convention to confirm Rep. Julie McGuire of Indianapolis as his running mate for the November general election.
Less than two weeks ago, everything that we had assumed about the future of pro soccer in Indianapolis and the creation of a publicly owned downtown stadium for the Indy Eleven soccer team received a swift kick between the stitches.
The approval, the first step in the legislative process, came with nearly 100 Indy Eleven supporters packing a portion of the City-County Building Public Assembly Room to show their support for the team.
Democrats on the Indianapolis City-County Council say they need more information about Mayor Joe Hogsett’s decision to pursue a Major League Soccer franchise.
A proposal to develop a Major League Soccer stadium on the east side of downtown Indianapolis is facing some early resistance from the owner of a historic property in the heart of the proposed development area.
MLS is the highest level of men’s professional soccer in North America, with 29 teams in the United States and Canada. The league’s 30th team, which reportedly came at the cost of an $500 million franchise fee, will begin play next year in San Diego.
The map specifies more than 120 non-contiguous addresses throughout downtown that would be incorporated into a new professional sports development area, or PSDA.
Indianapolis-based TWG says it has all four of the parcels comprising the site under contract, pending city approval to rezone them from the current I-2 industrial classification to a more apartment-friendly designation.
