Pacers TV ratings plummet 35 percent, but there’s reason for hope
Heading out of the All-Star break, the Indiana Pacers have the third biggest local TV ratings decline among 30 NBA teams. But the February numbers signify a turnaround.
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Pacers hire former Super Bowl host committee executive
Pacers Sports & Entertainment taps a Hoosier native with deep roots in sports and politics to be its new boss of Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Pacers fans’ patience, commitment tested by early season woes
The bottom hasn’t entirely fallen out in terms of the Indiana Pacers’ home attendance this year, but it may only be hanging on by a thread or two.
Pacers, McDonald’s launching splashy ad campaign
A new campaign touting the blue and gold and the golden arches will be featured on 130 billboards, and on menu boards and employees’ uniforms at 158 McDonald’s restaurants across the region.
George injury will cost Pacers plenty of money
If rising star Paul George is lost for the entire 2014-2015 season, his absence will likely trigger an eight-figure loss for the Indiana Pacers.
Pacers have some explaining to do to their fans
More than a few Indiana Pacers fans complained the team isn't doing enough to make good on Larry Bird's promise to improve this off-season. Pacers marketers find themselves in a sticky situation.
Two major factors drove Stephenson to Charlotte
Lance Stephenson's agent says his client's spurning the Pacers' contract offer in favor of a shorter-term deal in Charlotte is not all about the money. Then what is it about?
Fans will expect changes if Pacers flame out to Heat
Many Pacers fans have become tired of the team's inconsistent play over the last half of this season. The team risks losing part of that fan base if it doesn't make some big changes this off-season.
One way or another, Pacers fans want off roller coaster
Game 2 of the Indiana Pacers-Washington Wizards second-round playoff series on Wednesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse is a lock to be a sellout. But some Pacers fans are tiring of the team's up-and-down performance.
Pacers’ Hibbert deserves standing ovation
Despite having no points, two rebounds and four fouls in just more than 12 minutes, Pacers center Roy Hibbert's performance in Atlanta Thursday is deserving of fans' admiration. He did what so few stars before him have.
Despite on-court collapse, Pacers TV ratings still soaring
The two Pacers playoff games this year aired on Fox Sports Indiana were the second and fifth highest rated Pacers games ever televised on the cable network.
Larry Bird more popular than any Pacers player
It’s kind of amazing to consider that the most popular member of the Indiana Pacers doesn’t even don a uniform. And he hasn’t since 1992. Heck, he hasn’t even coached since 2000.
Pacers set to score 28 sellouts; attendance up 15 percent
With the regular season concluding, the Indiana Pacers have exceeded their own ticket sales expectations, drawing more fans to the fieldhouse in any one season since 2000-2001. The team has sold out more games this year than in the last three years combined.
Pacers, Colts execs travel to Mexico to help jazz up water polo
International water polo leaders are counting on two top executives from the Pacers and Colts to bring a new level of show-time entertainment to one of the Olympics’ oldest sports.
Pacers’ hard-earned success requires continued vigilance
The Pacers—and most especially the team’s young players—must remember the types of gains achieved by this team are hard earned and delicately maintained. Especially in a family oriented—some would say fickle—market like Indiana.
Indy Eleven takes big gamble with stadium finance plan
By asking for tax money to help finance an $87 million, 18,500-seat venue, soccer team owner Ersal Ozdemir is gambling with one of his franchise's most valuable assets.
Indy fans don’t yet bleed for Colts’ Luck, Pacers’ George
Neither Andrew Luck nor Paul George have yet earned the fan adoration of the star athletes they have supplanted on their respective rosters. It may take more than winning for the duo to rise to the level of Peyton Manning and Reggie Miller?
Pacers owner says ‘We have a lot of work to do’
While Herb Simon is pleased with the team's hot start, he emphasized that more must be done to improve attendance at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Cost of attending Pacers game rated as NBA’s best bargain—for now
A California consumer research firm concluded this week that the cost of attending an Indiana Pacers game is is well below the NBA league average. But that same firm warned the price of admission is bound to spike soon.
Pacers attendance is up, but should it be even higher?
Eight games into the NBA season, and there’s a lot for the blue and gold to be happy about. Still, with the team undefeated, you have to wonder what else the team must do to fill Bankers Life Fieldhouse.