Photo gallery: Construction work progresses on Signia hotel, convention center addition
The $510 million hotel, the Indiana Convention Center addition and a skybridge across Capitol Avenue are on pace to be completed this autumn.
Read MoreThe $510 million hotel, the Indiana Convention Center addition and a skybridge across Capitol Avenue are on pace to be completed this autumn.
Read MoreElevate launched Rally in 2023 as an annual event aimed at advancing the state’s innovation economy.
Read MoreThe event — part of the NCAA Final Four — features games, celebrity and athlete appearances and more at the Indiana Convention Center.
Among those who make, sell, use or repair work trucks and equipment, Indianapolis has been at the center of the universe this week.
Other announcements made at Visit Indy’s annual State of Tourism event include the addition of two medical conventions to the city’s slate.
The announcement was made during the kickoff event for the 98th National FFA Convention & Expo, which is expected to bring more than 71,000 FFA members, advisers, alumni and supporters to Indianapolis from across the country.
Exterior construction on the 38-story Signia by Hilton hotel tower is expected to conclude by the end of September. The project as a whole is about 50% completed, with work on the interior just getting underway.
Organizers for the Prolific Growth Summit—a new event scheduled as part of this year’s Rally innovation conference in Indianapolis—have revealed a full list of speakers for the summit.
Indiana’s Miss Basketball, Maya Makalusky, a rising freshman forward for Indiana University, was among the current and former Indiana stars who played in the Legends Game at the Indiana Convention Center.
Throughout All-Star Weekend, users can accumulate points by visiting 25 locations across the city and redeeming them for merch or the chance to win a signed basketball or tickets to a 2026 Indiana Fever game.
Elevate Ventures and Indianapolis-based marketing, strategy and investment firm Prolific have merged their fall conferences.
Cuban visited Indianapolis on Wednesday to speak to a standing-room-only crowd at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress at the Indiana Convention Center.
The Global Entrepreneurship Congress kicked of Monday with a discussion led by Gov. Mike Braun and companies including Eli Lilly. An associated event featured a fireside chat between High Alpha Managing Partner Scott Dorsey and business author Brad Feld.
The event, organized by the National Confectioners Association, is expecting thousands of attendees from the snack and confection industry and an all-time high count of exhibitors.
The 14,000-pound structure was the largest project undertaken by the Latinas Welding Guild, which designed and built the tower.
More than 550 vendors are set to showcase their products at the Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America, but experts told IBJ the conference goes far beyond the walls of the Indiana Convention Center.
A program of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, the event is an annual convening of business and investment leaders from around the world.
More than $1 billion in hotels and associated projects is under construction or set to begin in the next 12 months. Another several hundred million dollars’ worth of investment is under consideration or in the planning stages.
All in, the cost of the redevelopment of Pan Am Plaza is expected to be about $780 million, with the convention center expansion cost covered through bonds backed by the city’s consolidated tax-increment financing district.
The local host committee of the WWE Royal Rumble detailed collaborations, public artwork, ancillary wrestling shows and other activities ahead of the main event at Lucas Oil Stadium.
McGowan led the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association from 1984 to 2002 and was instrumental in the city’s efforts to land the 1987 Pan American Games, the 1980 and 1991 Final Fours and the Indianapolis Colts.
Local fans waited in line Wednesday at the Indiana Convention Center to secure limited-edition Taylor Swift T-shirts, hoodies, tote bags, friendship bracelets and other bracelets.