Indiana’s Miss Basketball, Maya Makalusky, a rising freshman forward for Indiana University, was among the current and former Indiana stars who played in the Legends Game at the Indiana Convention Center.
Nine players from seven teams took part, including former Indiana Miss Basketball Skylar Diggins, former Indiana Fever Erica Wheeler and the Fever’s Lexie Hull
Meanwhile, tickets for other weekend entertainment options are becoming increasingly difficult to come by.
IBJ reporters and editors captured images of fans enjoying WNBA entertainment zones across downtown on Friday.
The founder of Meeting Services Unlimited launched her company at a time when Indiana had no established firms in the field, turning it into a go-to planning partner for major conferences and associations.
As it has been with most of the WNBA’s big moments since early 2024, the spotlight is once again on Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark, who was sidelined just a day before All-Star Weekend was set to tip off.
Four Fever players—Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston, Kelsey Mitchell and Sydney Colson—chatted with Robin Roberts during the telecast.
Indianapolis sports-business officials say if they achieve their goal of becoming an epicenter of women’s sports by 2050, they’ll likely look back at this WNBA All-Star Weekend as the spark.
Jenkins: The surest way to kill the league’s popularity and halt its commercial momentum is to put star players like Caitlin Clark in ice packs and traction. Yet that’s what is happening as the All-Star break arrives.
WNBA All-Star Weekend organizers are doing their best to work around an abundance of construction on Indianapolis streets and real estate developments both downtown and on interstates.
The injured Indiana Fever star said she was “incredibly sad and disappointed” that she wouldn’t be able to play in the game or participate in Friday’s 3-point contest in Indianapolis.
Some 750 volunteers are being deployed throughout the city to help pull off the event. But their work started long ago.
Clark sat out the Indiana Fever’s 98-77 loss in New York on Wednesday night with her fourth muscle injury of the season.
Indianapolis is hosting the WNBA All-Star Weekend July 18-19, and dozens of events have been announced to celebrate the occasion.
Officers will activate the detention center this weekend, when both the WNBA All-Star Weekend and the Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration are scheduled.
Clark, who has already missed nine games this season with injuries, is scheduled to participate in Friday night’s 3-point contest as part of the WNBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis. Then, on Saturday, she is expected to play in the All-Star Game.
The Fever guard will join several other big names in the contest, led by last year’s champion, Allisha Gray of the Atlanta Dream, and noted sharpshooter Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty.
The Dean’s Steakhouse restaurant chain has three other locations in North Carolina and Texas.
Plans for the 26-room hotel are still in the early stages, with the owner set to request feedback on its proposal during an Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission meeting.
With little to no vacancy and multiple events downtown, hotel rooms are about as hard to come by as tickets to the WNBA All-Star Game.
