Indianapolis recently agreed to pay $10 million to help Pacers Sports & Entertainment run Bankers Life Fieldhouse for another year, but Mayor Greg Ballard wants to find out in the meantime whether the city can get a better deal on the venue’s management.
Colts fans earlier this year were ready for mutiny if Jim Irsay's gamble to cut Peyton Manning and turn to Andrew Luck didn't work. Now all is well in the horseshoe kingdom. Still, you have to wonder if this teams' fickle fan base doesn't set it up for a future fiscal fall.
The donations from Jim Irsay and Herb Simon, combined with a $500,000 challenge grant from symphony board member Yvonne Shaheen, bring the orchestra nearly halfway toward its goal of raising $5 million by Feb. 3.
The two-year trial of the Crossroads Classic doubleheader basketball event has drawn capacity crowds to Indianapolis. But there are still scheduling concerns to be worked out if the fledgling event is to become a long-term college basketball tradition.
Butler University President James Danko has said little to counter reports that Butler is considering leaving the Atlantic 10 Conference for a newly formed league.
Zipping from the Super Bowl Village to a federal fraud trial, IBJ counts down its most-watched online videos in a year of triumph and retribution.
News media is getting ahead of itself in reporting Butler's imminent departure from the Atlantic 10 conference. But the Bulldogs' athletic director, Barry Collier, can't afford to stick his head in the sand on this issue.
Marian University of Indianapolis captured its first national title Thursday night in only its sixth season of football.
What had looked like a bleak scenario for renewals took a positive turn thanks to wins racked up by the team and rookie quarterback Andrew Luck.
The score was 107-2. I repeat: 107-2.
At last week's International Motorsports Industry Show, officials for Lakeville-based company said they are interested in and capable of supplying tires for the high-speed IndyCar Series.
While new Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles said his first priority is to grow the IndyCar Series, there’s no doubt he plans to do the same for the IMS. And growth means change.
The Capital Improvement Board of Marion County is expected to seek a one-year extension of its current lease deal with Pacers Sports & Entertainment, according to a former board member and current Indianapolis city-county councilor.
Forrest Lucas, owner of Lucas Oil Products Inc., intends to launch an Internet TV network in June 2013 that would offer a heavy dose of racing programming.
IndyCar has released Lotus from its contract, leaving Chevrolet and Honda as the only two engine suppliers for the upcoming season.
IU Athletic Director Fred Glass should get some credit for the increase in pay for Purdue's coaches.
Eagle Creek Golf Club received a long-awaited face-lift this year under a contract that will rescue the city from most of its expenses stemming from the previous operator’s loan default.
In a matter of a few months, operators of the Performance Racing Industry show and its upstart rival, the International Motorsports Industry Show, went from being bitter rivals to merging—a deal that will return the world’s largest motorsports trade show to Indianapolis next December.
New Hulman and Co. CEO Mark Miles will focus in his new role on all of Hulman & Co.’s ventures—including real estate holdings and Clabber Girl. But his biggest challenge will be turning around the money-losing IndyCar Series and bolstering one of the region’s most famous landmarks—the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
It was the flashbulbs. That’s what he remembers. That’s what everyone remembers who witnessed the moment nearly 50 years ago in East Lansing, Mich.
