A change to long-standing NBA regulations regarding marketing areas could mean a solid seven-figure windfall for the Indiana Pacers. The team can now market to places like Fort Wayne, Louisville, Lexington and Champaign.
Fieldhouse staffers will work around the clock to host 54 youth, high school, college and NBA games during an unprecedented 43-day stretch. The events are projected to score the city an economic impact of more than $40 million.
The Pacers are the only professional sports team that owes its survival to a telethon, and that strange story is being told between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday as part of ESPN’s “30 for 30” shorts series.
There will be pressure on the new agency to increase attendance in Tamika Catching’s final year. Last season the Fever’s attendance declined 5.3 percent.
Indiana Pacers President Rick Fuson’s trip to Toronto next week is the first outward sign the team and perhaps the city have a serious interest in hosting the NBA All-Star Game for the first time since 1985.
The Pacers have more reason to be merry than grinchy this holiday season. The team’s TV ratings this year are up 27 percent and attendance is 500 fans per game ahead of this time last year.
The new-look Capital Improvement Board–which owns Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Victory Field and Lucas Oil Stadium as well as the Indiana Convention Center–will probably be less cheerleader and more watchdog.
New York-based Nielsen Media Research reported the rating for the game was the highest for a regular season Pacers contest on Fox Sports Indiana since the April 11, 2014 match-up against the Miami Heat.
Tickets to Tuesday night's game have been sold out for more than a week, and most ticket brokers aren't taking less than $90 for a ticket—even in the upper reaches of the 18,165-seat fieldhouse.
Herb Simon, who earned his spot on the Forbes 400 list as part of Simon Property Group, is buying an expansion franchise in the United Soccer League, a professional league with a player-development agreement with Major League Soccer.
Although the Pacers have beaten expectations through 14 games and are sitting in position to contend for a top playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, tickets for its games on the secondary market are still fetching some of the lowest prices in the NBA.
Indianapolis microbrewery Tow Yard Brewing Co. and Denver-based Factotum Brewhouse are partnering to make a Peyton Manning-themed beer—named Oatmaha—ahead of this Sunday’s Broncos-Colts clash at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Pacers and Sun King officials think the commemorative blue-and-gold cans will be as popular at Bankers Life Fieldhouse this season as the beer inside. The new brew debuts Thursday.
Hickory merchandise has been sold and shipped to fans in 41 states and seven countries as the Indiana Pacer's merchandise sales surged 55 percent in August compared to the same period a year ago. Team officials think sales could get even hotter.
Play-by-play announcer Mark Boyle has called a lot of action during a career spanning three decades. Once in a while he even ends up in the center of it all.
Despite the trend of NBA teams buying NBA D-League teams and rebranding them with their own name, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants will remain the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.
Former Indiana Pacer Jonathan Bender is returning to Indy to give new entrepreneurs a fast-break start. The event is designed to connect minority and women-owned startups with investors.
Pacers officials are formulating an ad campaign to highlight a new style of play and players, preparing to replace the Roy Hibbert-themed Area 55 and sign a multi-year pact for a new naming rights deal. The up-tempo era has begun.
Monta Ellis is the embodiment of the Indiana Pacers’ new direction. Both appear to have lots of potential upside but also are plenty risky.
Pacers front office honchos will base part of their free agent and trading decisions on what they see in Myles Turner during the Orlando Summer League, which tips off July 4.
