State lawmakers are looking for ways to bail out the financially struggling group that runs professional sports stadiums in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Capital Improvement Board is facing a $35 million deficit in its operation of Lucas Oil Stadium, Conseco Fieldhouse, Victory Field and the Indiana Convention Center. The board is already $20 million short this […]
The NCAA tournament is expected to pump more than $7 million into the local economy, and some downtown business owners are counting on that cash to help them through the recession. Downtown officials say Indianapolis caught a big break in the way the tournament has shaped up. With a shorter travel time, fans of teams […]
One visitor to this weekend’s Sweet 16 basketball tournament in Indianapolis won’t be as welcome as other guests and, in fact, may be considered a downright intruder. The University of Louisville Cardinals play the University of Arizona Wildcats tomorrow evening at Lucas Oil Stadium in the NCAA men’s basketball tourney. Louisville tourism leaders are taking […]
Today starts a big four-day weekend for Indianapolis. Given the sports-business strategy this city is built on and the soft economy, this weekend dotted with NCAA and high school state championship basketball events…
Lilly Endowment Inc. will give $20 million to an affiliate of the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne to develop workforce-training initiatives, the Indianapolis-based endowment announced today. The aim of the program, dubbed Talent Opportunity Success, is to better prepare northeast Indiana’s workforce for job opportunities in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. […]
New York-based Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. will roll out its new Izod/Indy race-inspired clothing collection in Macy’s stores nationwide in April. The launch will be accompanied by a national multi-million dollar advertising campaign as…
If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Ball State’s Nate Davis might be asking that very question this week. His pro…
One of the biggest winners in the first two rounds of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament: Downtown Indianapolis restaurants, hotels and other local businesses, not to mention those counting on event revenue to…
When was the last time you took your child or teen-ager to hear classical music, or see a contemporary dance performance a
la Dance Kaleidoscope? When was the last time you went to see a play?
Indianapolis’ hard-earned title of amateur sports capital seems to be peeling away like the paint on some of the city’s sports
venues.
Crime is not random, according to public safety experts, and bank security strategies focus primarily on deterrence.
Banks prefer not to talk about it. But during the last three years, 97 Marion County branches have been robbed. That’s more than one in three. And a few unlucky institutions have been robbed repeatedly. “One of the things we know, if you think about crime in general, it’s not random,” said Terry Baumer, director […]
Once upon a time, Pan Am Plaza was one of the most vibrant gathering spaces in our city. No longer. Awaiting the redevelopment that depends on an economic recovery, it is virtually empty, its bricks and concrete crumbling. Unabated winds blowing through it carry with them the whisper of past glories, when anything in our […]
Since I first started writing about arts in Indianapolis in the mid-90s, I’ve been baffled as to why the American Cabaret Theatre offered so little traditional cabaret.
The format of cabaret is fairly simple: A singer and an accompanist (sometimes a…
After two mega-mergers last week among pharma companies, the buzz grew deafening with speculation about future mergers, including the possibility of Eli Lilly and Co. linking up with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Indianapolis-based Lilly has steadfastly said it’s not interested in big mergers. But even if Lilly wanted to merge, does it have the capital to […]
Cameras are set to roll downtown next month when a local production company begins filming its first motion picture. Adrenaline Motion Pictures LLC wrote and financed the independent feature film “Amanda.” Production is expected to begin April 13 and last about four months. Steve Marra, an Indianapolis native who founded the company in 2005, said […]
Former PGA of America Rules Committee Chairman, Don Essig III, is among the eight-member 2009 class of inductees in the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame. Essig is the PGA Director of Golf at South Grove Golf Course in Indianapolis…
The expected closure of two area automotive supply plants in May will result in the loss of more than 200 jobs. Sumco Inc. notified the state Friday that it would close its metal-plating operation in Indianapolis on Girls School Road on May 12, if a buyer for the plant cannot be found. The closure would […]
This week I’m going to be
your own, personal Pollyanna and try to cheer you up with some good news.
At a time when the field of journalism is shedding thousands of jobs, Indiana University’s journalism department is seeing
record growth.
