The race, known as the Wienie 500, inspired many Carb Day attendees to wear hot dog costumes and hot dog headgear.
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The second Indianapolis Pizza Festival is scheduled for Oct. 17 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, coinciding with the World Food Championships.
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The competitive eating sensation was accused of slapping a man across the face during a late night out at a Westfield bar.
The Westfield City Council voted this week to allow two temporary vendors in the city’s downtown Designated Outside Refreshment Area, or DORA, for special events. But the vote wasn’t unanimous.
Former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning emceed the event, which took place before about 500 attendees at the new Lilly Event Center in downtown Indianapolis.
The expansion of the tournaments will be bankrolled by around $300 million in extra funding courtesy of new sponsorship opportunities for beer, wine, spirits and hard seltzer.
LIV Golf tournament is scheduled to play a tournament Aug. 21-23 in Westfield at The Club at Chatham Hills.
The Colts have seven picks in this year’s NFL Draft, but the first won’t come until the second round, at No. 47 overall, unless the team makes some moves.
Speaking at the Economic Club of Indiana on Thursday, local tech leader Scott Dorsey said Indiana needs to develop a higher density of founders, and investors who can support those founders.
Westfield Mayor Scott Willis said he’s heard nothing from LIV Golf officials to indicate that the tour’s planned stop in Westfield won’t take place as scheduled despite reports of financial problems.
LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil said the 2026 season will continue as planned without interruption and “at full throttle.”
Elevate launched Rally in 2023 as an annual event aimed at advancing the state’s innovation economy.
Connecticut fell short in its effort to become the first program since Coach John Wooden’s dominant UCLA teams of the 1960s and 1970s to win three championships over a four-season span.
The 6-foot-4 junior is confident he will be able to play Monday night, but the decision will ultimately come down to the opinion of the Connecticut medical staff.
While the four teams playing in the Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium are getting most of the attention, there are other championship games this weekend in Indianapolis.
Hundreds of events will take place all year throughout the state in celebration of 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
Triple-A baseball club the Indianapolis Indians will serve as title partner for the Indiana State Fair, scheduled Aug. 7-23.
“She has taken the Final Four to a new level and made it part of our culture,” Indiana Sports Corp. President Patrick Talty said. “It’s on people’s bucket list to go to the Final Four, and that’s in part due to her planning and making that event bigger and better than it was.”
Fans may not notice the work of the 20 people involved, but the NCAA does. It has asked other cities hosting games to try a similar approach.
The 2026 Men’s Final Four Sustainability Plan is a collaboration between the NCAA, Indiana Sports Corp., environmental groups, corporate partners and student researchers to max out the event’s carbon-reduction efforts and recycling programs.
About 1,000 volunteers will come together to pull off an epic weekend of college sports in Indianapolis when the city hosts the Division I, II, III and NIT men’s basketball championships. IBJ talked with four of them.
Thousands of basketball fans will begin arriving in Indianapolis next week for an unprecedented weekend in college men’s basketball, and public officials have a plan to keep them safe.
