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Downtown sees blitz of new and planned hotel projects

The Indianapolis hotel market is booming, with about 2,800 new rooms slated to come online downtown alone in the next five years.

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Gen Con wants tech upgrades at convention center to stay in Indy

Whether Seattle-based Gen Con and local officials can now reach an understanding on technology could spell the difference between Indianapolis’ hanging onto its most prized convention and potentially losing it to another city.

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Groups launch planning for redevelopment of White River in Marion, Hamilton counties

Visit Indy, the Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development and Visit Hamilton County are leading the effort in partnership with other communities.

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Four developers vying to build hotel at Indianapolis International Airport

The hospitality market is booming—so is it finally time for Indianapolis International Airport to add an on-site hotel? Airport leaders are examining pitches from four developers that think it is.

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New and improved attractions in Indiana give Hoosiers a reason to hit the road

Throughout the state, event planners, attraction programmers, restaurateurs, tourism commissions and many more—from small towns to not-quite-as-big-as-Indy cities—are working hard to offer new amenities.

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ARTICLES

Heading to a convention in Indy? Here are some side trips to try

September 21, 2018

Lou Harry

Any earnest local or up-to-date guidebook can steer you toward obvious offerings for a uniquely Indy experience. But here are other options to consider.

Q&A: Catering is all about ‘controlled chaos’

September 21, 2018

Marc D. Allan

Renee Miner says there’s nothing better than making clients happy.

Indiana Convention Center may be just big enough—for now

September 21, 2018

Sam Stall

Since its first iteration opened in 1972, it’s undergone four major expansions. The last one, completed in 2011, increased its size to six city blocks and more than 566,600 square feet of exhibit space—or 745,210, if you include nearby Lucas Oil Stadium.

Art house cinema/restaurant project now calls for demolition of 1924 church

September 19, 2018

Hayleigh Colombo

The Battista family's plan to redevelop a Prohibition-era church building on the east side into an independent cinema and eatery has changed dramatically. And so has the project's price tag.

Council panel OKs $16.7M in financing for $141M in Keystone Realty projects

September 17, 2018

Hayleigh Colombo

Keystone Realty Group’s plan to spend $141 million on two high-profile downtown redevelopment projects passed a hurdle Monday night as an Indianapolis City-County council committee unanimously approved $16.7 million in financing to help fund the project.

French Lick Resort plans $17 million expansion project

September 17, 2018

IBJ Staff

The six-story addition will add 56 guestrooms and a sports bar to the southern Indiana tourist destination.

Drury plans to demolish Caribbean Cove hotel/water park, build new inn

September 17, 2018

Mason King

The mammoth hotel and conference center abruptly closed last year, leaving a huge hole in the Michigan Road corridor south of I-465. Drury Hotels wants a tax break from the city for its plans to fill it.

Opponent fires another volley in fight over Nickel Plate corridor

September 13, 2018

Samm Quinn

A not-for-profit group is taking legal action against Fishers, Noblesville and Hamilton County, saying officials violated public-access laws when making decisions regarding the future of the Nickel Plate Railroad corridor.