State slots $89M for 5,000-seat arena at IU Indy

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10 thoughts on “State slots $89M for 5,000-seat arena at IU Indy

  1. This lot has been slated for a fieldhouse in IUPUI’s master plan since at least 2019 – which is long before the split. I was coincidentally talking about it with a labmate/co-worker yesterday.

    1. It is very interesting how The City of Indianapolis and The State of Indiana made this happen as opposed to the university itself. Obviously, they either read the 2019 IUPUI master plan or influenced its creation, and then went off on their own to make this part of the plan happen.

  2. Just curious,
    Why not build a larger arena that seats around 8,000 or more.

    Second, It seems that the current arena will have to many different functions and serve too many sports teams.

    1. What’s wrong with the fairgrounds arena? It was just upgraded? The new swine barn is already set to host indoor track and field.

  3. Mickey,

    The follow up story to this could be, how big an event can Indianapolis host? The Vic, Nat, LOS, 11 Park, The Fieldhouse, this new arena, are all in close proximity. Another Pan Am Games? Add in the large venues on college campuses within a 90 minute drive and you get an enormous amount of hosting capacity. An Olympic Games?

    We keep adding to our hotel room count.

    1. Tokyo estimated they needed around 185,000 rooms for the 2020 Olympics.

      In the most recent article about the redevelopment of Pan Am Plaza, it was implied that downtown Indianapolis had around 7000 rooms.

      I get an Olympic Games would be a regional effort, yadda yadda, but …

  4. I am in support of the proposed IU Indianapolis arena. However, it would be in the city’s best interest to increase the capacity from 5,000 to 7,000 or 8,000 seats. Indianapolis has a track record of attracting diverse sporting events and the larger arena will allow for more opportunities. There is only “one” chance to get this right.

  5. The coliseum is no more than a 15 minute drive from the IU campus and they still can’t fill it. Isn’t that part of what our public transit (Red Line) is supposed to address. If there is an override in expense of the 89.5 million, who pays? The stadium is leased by IU, the state or the city ? Why are the Pacers and the Sports Corp. interested in this stadium ? The economic impact that Hogset wants mostly stays with downtown hotels, restaurants and bars. Then you still have the funds created with food, beverage and hotel taxes for The Capitol Improvements Board that funnels all their money back to the cash poor Pacers and Colts, and soon to the new hockey franchise.

    Way too many questions. Anybody float this funding past areas of the state that really need economic assistance?

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