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Lebanon fieldhouse hosting first tournaments following opening this month

February 22, 2024

The Farmers Bank Fieldhouse opened Feb. 9 and features eight basketball courts, 12 pickleball courts, one turf field and pitching and hitting tunnels.

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First Baptist Athletics campaign gets big gifts from Lilly Endowment, real estate firms

May 5, 2023

Mickey Shuey

More than a dozen major gifts have been made for the youth sports facilities project, with most coming from real estate companies and associated foundations whose leaders have connections to the organization.

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Sheridan adventure park inks partnership with Westfield’s Droplight Grand Park

March 19, 2026 |

Mickey Shuey

Skylake is scheduled to open this summer, starting with its water attractions that include a 6-acre manmade lake, water slides, cabanas and a floating obstacle course. Other components like its high ropes course and a year-round tubing hill are expected to roll out later.

Westfield chooses potential developer for Grand Park District ice hockey facility

March 4, 2026 | IBJ Staff

Westfield officials expect the proposed ice hockey arena to help turn the Grand Park area into a year-round hub of entertainment and recreational activity that would thrive outside of the soccer and baseball seasons.

Q&A: Upper Hand co-founder talks about company’s recent acquisition

February 27, 2026 |

Susan Orr

Kevin MacCauley, the co-founder of Indianapolis sports-tech firm Upper Hand, talked to IBJ about the company’s recent acquisition and why he thinks AI is spurring acquisition activity right now.

Love for the game fuels sports complex development across Indiana

June 2, 2025 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Sports tourism projects have popped up all over the state—from Columbus and Noblesville to Hammond and Newton County. But the recent push to make Indiana a go-to destination for youth sport competitions started, arguably, in Westfield.

Boxer Alphonso Bailey’s redemption story fuels philanthropic rally

May 23, 2025 | Daniel Lee

The 1979 Shortridge High graduate fell in with the wrong crowd and eventually landed in prison. He found redemption there by embracing boxing and faith, and is now helping others through those same tools.

Women-focused $98M sports campus in Indiana to include VIP leadership

September 19, 2024 |

Mickey Shuey

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.

Free weekend clinic to educate youth about non-playing basketball careers

February 14, 2024 |

Susan Orr

Spots are still open for The Business of Basketball, a free clinic that’s part of the NBA’s effort to develop youth interest in basketball.

Greenlight Guru CEO offers top-flight gym to boost young basketball players

September 8, 2023 | Megan Fernandez

David DeRam has used his Progeny Foundation and contributions from clients and partners to invest $10 million in a private, world-class training arena for youth basketball in Indianapolis that opened last year.

Youth-racing initiative that focuses on children of color aims to gear up

September 1, 2023 |

Mickey Shuey

NXG Youth Motorsports has signed an option to purchase a 2.2-acre, city-owned plot just west of the former Central State Hospital site on the west side of Indianapolis.

Westfield forms new sports commission

May 4, 2023 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

Mayor Andy Cook said the commission is a natural progression of the city’s sports tourism industry, which has been built around Grand Park Sports Campus.

ACLU drops court challenge to Indiana trans sports ban

January 18, 2023 | Associated Press

The ACLU said it stands by its arguments that the Indiana law violates federal Title IX protections—and indicated that it could file future legal challenges on behalf of other transgender students.

Inflation putting tighter squeeze on already pricey kids sports

November 3, 2022 | Associated Press

Sticker shock in youth sports is nothing new, but the onslaught of double-digit inflation across America this year has added a costly wrinkle on the path to the ballparks, swimming pools and dance studios across America.

Westfield names bidders for Grand Park Sports Campus

September 19, 2022 | IBJ Staff

The city of Westfield announced that seven proposals are under consideration from bidders interested in acquiring Grand Park Sports Campus or operating it through a public-private partnership.

Indiana officials appeal ruling against trans sports law

September 8, 2022 | Associated Press

The appeal filed this week argues that U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson in Indianapolis was wrong in granting a preliminary injunction against the law and allowing a 10-year-old transgender girl to rejoin her school’s all-girls softball team.

Indiana lawmakers override governor’s veto of trans sports bill

May 24, 2022 | Associated Press

State senators voted 32-15 in favor of overriding Gov. Eric Holcomb following the same action in a 67-28 vote by the House earlier in the day.

Owner of fieldhouse in Grand Park nears resolution with developer of $42M youth sports park in Auburn

May 10, 2022 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business and IBJ Staff

Grand Park Fieldhouse’s lawsuit alleges its former president of operations used confidential information from his time in Westfield in his new role as a principal with the developer of a planned sports park in northeast Indiana.

Indy Premier Soccer Club to open new HQ facility in Noblesville

March 31, 2022 | Daniel Bradley

The facility at 15193 Cumberland Road will house two indoor soccer fields, a training field, Indy Premier’s offices and meeting room space in Washington Business Park.

Indiana lawmakers to weigh bill banning transgender athletes

January 20, 2022 | Associated Press

The ACLU of Indiana said in a statement Thursday that the bill “sends trans youth the message that they’re not worthy of the same opportunities as their classmates.”

NinjaZone operator returning to Grand Park with new athletics facility

June 24, 2021 | Kurt Christian

The company behind NinjaZone and Wright’s Gymnastics is set to build a 37,000-square-foot gymnastics, dance, preschool and athletics facility in Westfield’s Grand Park Sports Campus.

Legacy project brings refurbished court, library to Boys & Girls Clubs’ LeGore unit

March 19, 2021 | Markus Miller

The far-west-side club will also receive new basketballs and backpacks full of school supplies and Degree deodorant and antiperspirant products.

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