Local economy takes lumps with Colts failings
A single Indianapolis Colts home playoff game helps sell nearly 15,000 hotel rooms, tens of thousands of meals and reams of merchandise while scoring the city and state a seven-figure tax windfall.
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Colts kicker teams up with two IndyCar veterans to launch racing team
Adam Vinatieri is joining forces with two-time Indy 500 runner-up Scott Goodyear and Jack Miller, the racing dentist, to give young drivers an entry into open-wheel racing.
New mayor means CIB changes are likely
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.
Manning, Polian could team up in Tennessee next year
If Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay doesn’t hire Peyton Manning to be a part of his front office, Manning, with the help of Bill and Chris Polian, could take over football operations for a conference rival.
Colts could cash in big from NFL migration to L.A.
The Indianapolis Colts could rake in tens of millions of dollars from a fee the NFL plans to charge the team or teams moving to Los Angeles. And the cash could start coming in soon.
London trip to cost Colts hundreds of thousands of dollars
A trip to London for an Oct. 2 game against Jacksonville will cost the Indianapolis Colts hundreds of thousands of dollars more than a typical away game due to increased expenses for an international flight, daily charter buses and a long hotel stay.
Pacers ticket prices on secondary market baffling
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.
Colts aggressively selling season-ticket waiting list
The billboards showing up around town urging Indianapolis Colts fans to join the season-ticket waiting list have nothing to do with the fact that the team has stumbled a few times this year and has largely underperformed.
Manning-themed beer hits market, Mountain Dew sponsors Pacers’ fan space
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.
Colts set to break ground on $3.2M training complex expansion
The Indianapolis Colts are adding a swimming pool and administrative office space as well as expanding the cramped lobby at its 30-year-old training facility.
Statehouse lobbyist starts campaign to attach asterisk to Patriots’ record
Indianapolis resident Jim Purucker has launched a bold marketing plan to get the attention of NFL executives. He’s already drawn the ire of New England Patriots fans.
Patriots may get revenge against Colts, but that won’t make them righteous
Members of the national media have labeled the Indianapolis Colts, and General Manager Ryan Grigson in particular, as instigators of the DeflateGate fiasco. And for that, Jackie MacMullan says on ESPN, it's time for the Colts to pay the price. How messed up is that logic?
Reporters’ tweets in response to Lucas Oil Stadium incident unfortunate
Graham Watson, Joey Chandler and Katie McInerney were at the Colts-Jaguars game Sunday as part of an Associated Press Sports Editors diversity fellowship weekend. The first lesson for Watson and Chandler might be to appreciate diversity in all its forms.
OneAmerica supplants Vectren as Colts Radio Network title sponsor
Financial terms of the agreement between OneAmerica and the Indianapolis Colts were not disclosed, but sports marketers pegged it in the mid- to high-six-figure range over the duration of the deal.
Luck saying all the right things about his coach in wake of team’s first victory
Andrew Luck showed maturity again on Sunday and demonstrated why he is the Indianapolis Colts’ MVP on and off the field.
Lucas: Colts stadium naming rights deal a bargain
Seven years into a 20-year agreement, Lucas Oil Products founder Forrest Lucas thinks his company has already gotten its money’s worth from the $121.5 million naming rights deal for the Indianapolis Colts’ home. Or at least nearly so.
Is Wayne just a pawn in Belichick’s war on Colts?
Some conspiracy theorists are bound to jump to the conclusion that the New England Patriots are signing Reggie Wayne just to get dirt on the Colts.
Lawyer with local roots turning out to be master marketer with DeflateGate goods
Ten days after launching his company selling goods commemorating the New England Patriots’ and Tom Brady’s part in a football deflating scandal, Mike Lieber has gotten coverage in the Boston Globe, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and ESPN.
Colts ink millions of dollars in new sponsorship deals
Bolstered by the emergence of all-star quarterback Andrew Luck and the billing as a legitimate Super Bowl contender, the Indianapolis Colts signed 25 new sponsors expected to add a low seven-figure sum to the team’s coffers.
Colts to expand 56th Street training complex
The expansion includes a swimming pool and office space. Team officials also are hoping to enlarge the facility’s main entry area and lobby.