Local hotel bookings fell in 2010, projected to rise in 2011
Weak economy blamed for 5-percent decline. With Indiana Convention Center expansion set to be complete this month, booking should be on the rise.
Weak economy blamed for 5-percent decline. With Indiana Convention Center expansion set to be complete this month, booking should be on the rise.
The minor-league professional baseball team continues to pull in fans and sponsors as Hoosiers seek affordable family entertainment.
Dec. 31-Jan. 22
Theatre on the Square
Yes, most theater seasons kick off in September—and Theatre on the Square is no exception. But the winter/spring 2011 portion of the performance year at TOTS has its own flavor, with a string of high-profile contemporary work.
First up is Christopher Durang’s latest black comedy, which concerns a woman who wakes up in a hotel room to find she’s married to, well, let’s not give too much away. OK, I’ll give a little away: Guns, code names, fallen panties and (possibly) explosive devices are involved. Sounds like a twisted way to start the new year.
Still to come at TOTS: Tracey Letts’ “Superior Donuts,” “Jerry Springer: The Opera,” and more. Details here.
Starting in January, more than 10,000 baby boomers a day will turn 65, but many are facing a personal finance disaster just as they’re hoping to retire.
As of mid-December, the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association had hit about 93 percent of its 2010 goal of booking 650,000 room nights for future conventions. The group is stepping up its efforts to meet the demands of the new JW Marriott hotel and convention center expansion.
Construction on the walkway that will connect the downtown PNC Center with the Indianapolis Artsgarden should begin in March. Plans to pave the gravel parking lots on the former site of Market Square also received approval.
The city should not approve another hotel development until it is clear the hotel operator will not pursue the same low-wage path of those who came before it.
Much-hyped study won’t portend immediate investment, but will help steer development on and around airport through 2040.
The following is a list of Indianapolis-area not-for-profit organizations and the things each needs most.
Traditional analysts are high on the electronics retailer, but short-sellers, those who profit when a stock falls instead of rises, couldn't disagree more.
The Metropolitan Development Commission agreed to rezone 14 acres of land, which houses a parking lot north of South Street between Delaware Street and Virginia Avenue downtown, to accommodate the $155 million mixed-use project.
Grant from Lilly Endowment will create a workforce training center, space for distance education and administrative offices at 45-year-old former hotel on North Meridian Street.
The Capital Improvement Board, through the first nine months of the year, was running $12.3 million ahead of budget, by posting $6.5 million more revenue than planned while cutting $5.8 million in expenses.
The following is a list of Indianapolis-area not-for-profit organizations and the things each needs most.
The Indianapolis Colts—and the team’s National Football League brethren—this month laid out plans for how teams would refund money to season-ticket buyers in the event owners lock out players and games are canceled next season.
Women’s golf tour, other sports properties turn to local firm for language, cultural skills
Colfin NW Funding LLC claims in a court filing that it is owed $6.4 million by the borrower that operates the Courtyard By Marriott Hotel Northwest under Indianapolis-based Schahet Hotels Inc.