The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the NFL are partnering to turn football stadiums across the country into emergency shelters, temporary hospitals and other venues needed during disasters.
The 120-acre project features the involvement of outgoing Indiana Fever President Allison Barber, former Fever star Tamika Catchings and Suzy Kolber, a former anchor and analyst for ESPN.
Pacers executive Todd Taylor was the keynote speaker at IBJ’s Tech Exec of the Year event, which honored 10 technology leaders from business and government.
A large portion of the board’s new expenses are tied to major ongoing projects, including the hotel and convention center expansion project at Pan Am Plaza, as well as efforts to secure an MLS expansion club.
The retractable roof at Lucas Oil Stadium has been repaired after a system malfunction prevented it from opening for the Indianapolis Colts’ preseason opener Sunday.
Indianapolis has hosted the Big Ten’s men’s basketball tournament 13 times and the women’s tournament 25 times over the past 30 years.
Rugby Indy LLC expects to begin a $45 million revamp of Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium, at 1502 W. 16th St., this summer.
The deal is expected to run at least eight years and will include Royal Rumble in 2025, WrestleMania, which has taken place in Indianapolis only once before in 1992, and SummerSlam.
Indianapolis-based USA Track & Field, a national governing body for the sport, will also move its headquarters to the new building.
Mickey Shuey and FIFA announced Wednesday that Westfield’s Grand Park Sports Campus was selected as one of 24 potential locations to serve as a team base camp training site during the early rounds of the 48-country soccer tournament that will be played in the United States, Mexico and Canada in June and July 2026.
Keystone Group said it planned to use the historic Mount Jackson Cemetery about three miles away for “reinterment and memorialization” of the remains before moving forward with “transformational riverfront development.”
The overhaul is part of an effort to draw interest from national governing body USA Rugby, both for a potential headquarters relocation and for upcoming World Cup events.
The Hogsett administration has found a sponsor on the City-County Council for the mayor’s plan to create a new taxing district that could be used to fund a new downtown soccer stadium. Without a council sponsor, the measure could not move forward.
The plaintiff seeks compensation from IMS to cover medical expenses, lost wages and other special expenses as well as future medical expenses and court costs.
The higher price for the women’s games is partly due to the ticket supply for the men’s games being greater, a Logitix spokesman said. He added that demand for women’s tickets is unprecedented and driven by fanfare for the University of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark.
While central Indiana has its share of large arenas and stadiums, the region has long been short on venues for events that draw only a few thousand spectators.
The Metropolitan Development Commission’s approval, which came by a 8-0 vote, sends the proposal to the City-County Council, where it will be introduced Nov. 13.
The NFL Players Association has called on all NFL venues to use natural grass for their playing surfaces, but that type of switch isn’t practical for Lucas Oil Stadium, officials say.
Plans call for the nets at Gray Eagle’s 38-acre driving range to be almost as tall as those used by TopGolf at its Fishers facility along Interstate 69. Gray Eagle also plans to build a 5,000-square-foot bar and restaurant inside a new clubhouse.
For years, Ersal Ozdemir has pursued a Major League Soccer expansion franchise, but each time the league has rejected his overtures, in part because the team has lacked its own venue,
