After All-Star showcase, what’s left for Indy to host?
While Indianapolis hasn’t yet exited the haze of NBA All-Star Weekend, local sports and tourism officials are already pondering what comes next.
While Indianapolis hasn’t yet exited the haze of NBA All-Star Weekend, local sports and tourism officials are already pondering what comes next.
Known as NBA House, the 9,000-square-foot club at the northwest corner of Meridian and Georgia Streets will be fully taken over by the league for the NBA All-Star Weekend.
The approach from the Indiana Economic Development Corp. is similar to those taken for prior events such as the Indianapolis 500, the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship game and the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four.
The event, scheduled for Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. at Bicentennial Unity Plaza, is free and open to the public, but only 5,000 tickets are being distributed.
The competitive event featuring 1,500 home cooks, professional chefs and BBQ teams is scheduled Nov. 8-12 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
Nearly 90 public artworks will be installed to celebrate the NBA All-Star Game scheduled for Feb. 18 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Hendricks Live, a component of the new Plainfield Civic Center, on Tuesday announced three concerts and a series of community open houses.
All-Star Weekend has become synonymous with parties that attract celebrities and people who gravitate to celebrity. And demand is high for venues downtown, an area long celebrated for its compact layout and track record of hosting large events.
Visit Indy said the city is tracking to have more than 550 conventions, meetings and events in 2024, with many expected to be booked closer to their respective dates.
Opening day for the German-themed Christmas festival and the adjoining public skating at the Ice at Carter Green is set for Nov. 18.
Candy giant Hershey Co.—which has raised its prices by 7% or more in each of the last seven quarters—acknowledged this week that higher prices are taking a toll on demand.
The mission of “Creative Crossroads: Indiana Creative Economy Summit,” organizer Polina Osherov said, is to elevate film, music and other creative pursuits on Indiana’s economic landscape.
During a press conference Wednesday to discuss the 2024 NBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the All-Star game will return to its classic Eastern Conference-vs.-Western Conference format with a traditional game.
Deion Sanders is part of speakers series that also will bring Shannon Sharpe and Jackie Joyner-Kersee to Indianapolis.
Next year’s gala, which is slated for April 26, will feature an awards show in the Murat Theatre followed by a community celebration and afterparty in the Egyptian Room inside the venue.
Kaila Austin is reimagining one of John Wesley Hardrick’s murals for an exhibition that opens Friday at Tube Factory Artspace.
The stop in Carmel marks the course’s first time hosting the Senior in nearly 20 years, and seventh time the course will host a USGA championship event.
The guitarist will do double duty at Saturday’s Farm Aid at Ruoff Music Center, playing in bands of John Mellencamp and Jim Irsay.
October festival will open with a screening of “The Lionheart,” a film that explores the aftermath of Dan Wheldon’s on-track death in 2011.
Butter, an event that requires no fees paid by artists and collects no commissions on sales, displayed work by 49 Black artists.