VS-IRL telecast gets solid marks
While Indy Racing League officials are still awaiting the Nielsen ratings from the open-wheel series’ first race on cable station Versus, this much is clear: The coverage of yesterday’s race in St. Petersburg,…
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Senator hits nerve in CIB debate
In the quintessential exchange at yesterday’s Senate committee hearing about a potential solution to the Capital Improvement Board’s revenue shortfall, Sen. Lindel Hume, D-Princeton, asked Indiana Pacers Chief Operating Officer Rick Fuson about…
Kenley gets pushback on CIB tax plan-WEB ONLY
This morning’s debate about solving the Capital Improvement Board’s $47 million shortfall attracted so many people to the Statehouse that dozens watched the proceedings on television monitors outside Room 431. Sen. Luke Kenley (R-Noblesville) presented a plan that would raise various taxes, including doubling the alcohol tax, increasing hotel taxes and upping the admission tax […]
IRL: Sweet home Alabama?
While Indy Racing League teams and officials are heading to St. Petersburg, Fla. for the April 5 season opener, their mind may be wandering to not-so-far away Alabama.
In March, IRL teams made their…
Kenley set to drop CIB bombshell
Sen. Luke Kenley will introduce his plan to solve the $37 million Capital Improvement Board revenue shortfall to area reporters today at 5 p.m. at the Statehouse. But mums the word. Reporters will…
Indians balk at Louisville promo
Update: The Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau apparently isn’t giving up yet on marketing to Indianapolis residents. This afternoon, LCVB said they still plan to bring their motor coach to Indianapolis on April 14 to try to lure locals to the…
BSU coach scores hefty payday
Ball State women’s basketball coach Kelly Packard, who today was named Maggie Dixon Div. I Rookie Coach of the Year, earned herself a nice payday this month. The first-year Cardinals coach earned a $10,000 bonus…
IRL signs four new sponsors
Down economy or not, the Indy Racing League sales staff is in overdrive. In the last week, IRL officials finalized four new sponsorship deals.
First, IRL officials Thursday night (March 26) inked a deal with…
Indians buck recession, score more sponsor dollars
Despite the bad economy, the Indianapolis Indians’ franchise could make a record amount of money in 2009.
Minority, women contracts rise for Convention Center project
The hiring of minority- and women-owned
businesses to work on the $275 million Indiana Convention Center expansion is far ahead of state requirements and has surpassed
rates that were registered for the $715 million Lucas Oil Stadium project.
Hiring goals on track-WEB ONLY
The hiring of minority- and women-owned businesses to work on the $275 million Indiana Convention Center expansion is far ahead of state requirements and has surpassed rates that were registered for the $715 million Lucas Oil Stadium project. More than 28 percent of the $215 million in bids awarded so far has gone to minority- […]
Indians buck recession, score more sponsor dollars-WEB ONLY
At a time when many professional sports teams are seeing their revenue drop in the wake of a rocky economy, the Indianapolis Indians are driving in runs. The AAA minor-league baseball team’s sponsorship revenue this year has already nearly matched what the franchise brought in all of last year, and could be on its way […]
Media icon departs Speedway
Bill York, who has worked in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway press room since 1958, is no longer with the Brickyard. IMS spokesman Ron Green confirmed that York and the Speedway parted ways, but…
Hoop dream: Big economic impact
Today starts a big four-day weekend for Indianapolis. Given the sports-business strategy this city is built on and the soft economy, this weekend dotted with NCAA and high school state championship basketball events…
Izod touts IRL promo amid worries
New York-based Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. will roll out its new Izod/Indy race-inspired clothing collection in Macy’s stores nationwide in April. The launch will be accompanied by a national multi-million dollar advertising campaign as…
Fans get say on Victory Field design
The Indianapolis Indians are rolling out a new online poll that allows fans to choose what mowing pattern will appear on the Victory Field playing field for the Tribe’s April 9 season opener…
Colts show interest in drafting QB
If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Ball State’s Nate Davis might be asking that very question this week. His pro…
NCAA tourney results kind to Indy
One of the biggest winners in the first two rounds of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament: Downtown Indianapolis restaurants, hotels and other local businesses, not to mention those counting on event revenue to…
Indy golf icon makes PGA Hall
Former PGA of America Rules Committee Chairman, Don Essig III, is among the eight-member 2009 class of inductees in the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame. Essig is the PGA Director of Golf at South Grove Golf Course in Indianapolis…
Mays upset with ex-owner of Pathway Productions
Pathway Productions, purveyors of some of the highest-profile documentaries to come out of the Indianapolis area in the last
decade, is on the brink of extinction.