Horizon League Commissioner Jon LeCrone never envisioned himself getting into the television business. But that
changed in 2004 when he saw a Butler University women’s basketball game being aired on a laptop computer.
The IndyCar Series’ new title sponsor brokered one wild element in its new deal. They’re putting a fan in front of the starting
grid of each race.
Though NFL executives have concerns about the 2012 Super Bowl in Indianapolis, Allison Melangton, CEO of the local organizing
committee, thinks perfect execution of the game and all that surrounds it will take the Circle City to a new level.
Despite a swooning economy that has hammered the time-share condominium industry over the last 18 months, Resort Condominiums
International continues to outperform its market. That’s not to say there hasn’t been some pain at
the company formerly headquartered in Carmel.
IRL races on Versus garner 59.5 percent fewer viewers than ESPN and ESPN2 attracted in 2008. Viewership on ABC is down 3 percent.
The disappointing debut of “The Jay Leno Show” at 10 p.m. on NBC has hammered ratings for the 11 p.m. newscast
of local affiliate WTHR-TV Channel 13, cutting its average audience by nearly half. But the Indianapolis NBC affiliate says
it will rebound in the fight with its CBS rival because the Leno show has fresh programming year around.
Dramatic decreases in sponsorship and ticket revenue this year and the recent resignation of the Circle City Classic’s
new executive director have some questioning if the event can survive. Now Classic leaders are considering a bevy of bold changes.
Purdue basketball coach Matt Painter has used a slow-growth, high-yield formula to build the Boilers into a top-five program.
The latest Arbitron Inc. radio ratings show the central Indiana market is becoming far more competitive, with the top
stations separated only by fractions of a point. WFMS-FM slipped, but remained No. 1, while urban stations WHHH-FM and WTLC-FM
climbed into the next two spots.
Ten years ago, the Indiana Pacers sold out their 69 Conseco Fieldhouse suites and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
barely touched a phone to sell its 120 luxury boxes. But entertaining at luxury suites is out of vogue
now, thanks to the recession and companies keeping a closer eye on spending.
A state-run program aimed at boosting business for local artisans—ranging from painters to syrup makers—and
turning them into a draw for tourists is in jeopardy because of dramatic funding cuts.
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said today that there’s no place for Rush Limbaugh among the ranks of Nationsl Football
League team owners.
One year after emblazoning its name on the Indianapolis Colts’ mammoth new home, Lucas Oil Products Inc. has leveraged
that sponsorship into a pact with Jiffy Lube that company founder Forrest Lucas thinks will score huge profits for his company.
A new eye-grabbing advertising design in The Indianapolis Star has some wondering where ad content stops and news
content begins.
New NASCAR start times may cause Indy Racing League to choose between pleasing its TV partner or local promoters.
Basketball Coach Matt Painter says Purdue may not be "sexy," but adds that the blue collar approach is getting it
done in West Lafayette.
The prospect of a 2010 National Football League season without a players’ salary cap could cause high-profile free
agents for the Colts and other small-market teams to gallop off for greener pastures.
When local radio industry veteran Charlie Morgan stepped down as president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions last
month, it could’ve appeared he was trying to escape the daunting problems of open-wheel racing. Unless you considered
where he was going.
John Force is pleased to be growing his Brownsburg facility. He said central Indiana has everything a National Hot Rod Association
team could want. But nothing makes him happier than the new Dunkin Donuts there.
Indy Racing League television ratings on cable channel Versus dipped below average at Japan race. Now open-wheel series’ new
TV partner is picking up NASCAR programming. So what gives?
