Rolling the dice in Indiana
A new electronic casino opens for business at Hoosier Park in Anderson today, and another at Indiana Downs in Shelbyville is set to open next week. The…
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IRL wins again in Milwaukee
The Indy Racing League is continuing its popularity growth.
After a strong month of May in Indianapolis, the IRL saw a 30 percent attendance increase at its race yesterday in Milwaukee, to just more than 30,000.
While…
Pacers sell $6 tickets
The Indiana Pacers today began offering season tickets for about $6 per game. That’s one of the lowest ticket prices in the National Basketball Association. The cost is cheaper if you figure in preseason games, which are included in the…
Indy Star loses another sports vet
The Indianapolis Star is about to lose its third sports department veteran since April.
Star Sports Editor Jim Lefko announced this week that assistant sports editor Pat McKee will depart the state’s largest daily…
Local restaurants land at airport
Top-name Indianapolis restaurants including Shapiro’s Deli, Harry & Izzy’s, Scholar’s Inn and Slippery Noodle Inn could land restaurants at the new…
Big Ten shoots for corporate deals
The Big Ten Conference recently hired Dallas-based Learfield Sports to bring in more revenue from sponsorships, hospitality and other corporate initiatives.
Big Ten and Learfield Sports officials announced they have signed a pact where Learfield will develop an exclusive corporate partner…
Steak n Shake shares hit 52-week low
A dissident group of investors in The Steak n Shake Co. continues to add to its stake in the locally based restaurant chain even as share prices sink to new lows. Steak n Shake stock hit a 52-week low of $6.51 per share yesterday, down from more than $15 at this time last year. The […]
IRL has new problem, new race
The Indy Racing League has a new problem.
Too many cars.
Twenty-seven car-driver combos are expected to show up for this weekend’s Milwaukee Mile. The problem is, the short oval only has room for 26…
Pacers cool on IU’s Gordon
The Indiana Pacers won’t likely have a shot at Indiana’s Eric Gordon in next month’s National Basketball Association draft. Most hoops prognosticators project Gordon to go seventh or eighth in the June 26…
There’s something about Sarah
People are still fascinated with open-wheel racer Sarah Fisher despite the problems she’s had during the month of May in Indianapolis.
Actually, sports marketers think people might be fascinated with her because of the…
L’explorateur, Scotty’s & Tango
I’ve got a couple of downtown restaurant nuggets. But first, mark your calendars: The summer edition of Devour Downtown starts Monday. Enjoy a special $30 menu at many of downtown’s top eateries for two weeks. Bon appetit!
Bottle of milk cool at Indy
College football has the Heisman Trophy, hockey has the Stanley Cup and The Master’s has the green jacket. But none are as cool as the bottle of milk awarded to the winner of…
Read and discuss latest headlines
This week’s print IBJ is heavy on real estate news, just the way I like it. Check out some highlights:
Big plans for Lafayette Square
Lafayette Square Mall could look a lot like the…
New Lafayette Square owner pitching major expansion
Lafayette Square Mall could look a lot like the revitalized Glendale Town Center in a few years if the mall’s new owners get
their way. A proposed site plan shows that New York-based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. doesn’t intend to settle for filling
the mall’s ample vacant space.
Veteran apartment pro starts development firm: Sebree teaming with Thompson Thrift on venture
John Sebree is launching Watermark Residential as a partnership with the owners of Carmel-based Thompson Thrift, a development and construction firm best known for its retail strip center projects. Thompson Thrift was eager to diversify its business, and apartments are as attractive as ever: The subprime mortgage meltdown has reduced the volume of new single-family homes, and the condo market also is hurting. Meanwhile, apartment occupancy rates are sky high in many markets, including Indianapolis, and the prospects for rent…
Pats fan shown Hoosier hospitality
New Hampshire teen-ager Anna Grant, treated like a villain in the RCA Dome four months ago, is being treated like a queen today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Grant, 14, made news when she…
State drops canal development
A 1-acre site along the Central Canal will not be developed, at least for now, a state official said in an e-mail. The state’s public finance director, Jennifer Alvey,…
Indy developers, out-of-town deals
Check out a few of the projects local developers are working on outside Indy:
Kite Realty Group broke ground this week on Eddy Street Commons, a mixed-use village…
Rain doesn’t stall Carb Day party
Rain today didn’t dampen attendance at the Indianapolis Motors Speedway. Cars lined up for more than two hours along 16th Street to get in to the famed Brickyard for Carb Day.
And crowds did not…
IRL, Honda sign deal through 2013
Honda and the Indy Racing League officials announced today they have reached a deal to make the Japanese auto maker the engine supplier to the open-wheel racing series through 2013.
Honda officials said they still hope IRL officials will bring in…