CIB expects to lose money during Super Bowl
The Capital Improvement Board, which manages Lucas Oil Stadium, is budgeting for an $810,000 loss on expenses related to the game. The city, however, expects a $200 million economic impact.
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You-review-it Monday: Sandi Patty/ISO, ‘Radio Golf’ and more…
It was a terrific week to be an A&E audience member in central Indiana. What did you see?
Review: ‘Hello, Dolly!’ with Sandi Patty and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
It’s so nice to have a concert musical back where it belongs….on the ISO schedule.
Review: “Current Economic Conditions” at the Phoenix Theatre
When I compare “Current Economic Conditions” to a sitcom, I’m not being a sneering scribe, looking down at the form.
Indiana fair concerts going to expanded coliseum
The Indiana State Fair Commission decided Thursday to permanently move its outdoor grandstand concerts indoors and authorized spending $3.8 million to help prepare their new home: The Pepsi Coliseum located nearby on the north side Indianapolis fairgrounds.
LOU’S VIEWS: Very different stages at Theatre on the Square
Where else but TOTS can you choose between a porn musical and a hostage drama? Reviews of “Debbie Does Dallas” and Acting Up’s “Two Rooms.”
Downtown businesses make adjustments for Super Bowl weekend
Downtown businesses that are not in tourist-dependent industries are girding for Super Bowl weekend, hoping their spot in the big game’s storm shadow brings only a light dusting of logistical, scheduling and personnel hassles.
DINING: Ambassador bar gets Mexican makeover
Third in a month-long series of looks at newer downtown eateries. This week: Azul.
BENNER: NCAA suffers under the sport it can’t control
The oft-maligned NCAA absorbs much of its criticism from football.
Double ticket giveaway: Kingston Trio and American Spiritual Ensemble
This week, the winners gets tickets to two shows at the Warren Performing Arts Center.
Review: ‘School House Wrong’ and the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival
How did Indy-based Three Dollar Bill’s Fringe fest hit hold up surrounded by dozens of other comedy groups in the Windy City?
You-review-it Monday: $3 Bill in Chicago, ‘Two Rooms’ in Indy
What did you see, hear or do this weekend?
Workers sue 10 hotels, allege wage violations
The lawsuit alleges that the hotels and subcontractor Hospitality Staffing Solutions regularly failed to pay employees for all the hours they worked and forced them to work off the clock without breaks.
Outlying Super Celebration sites prepare for fans
Twenty Super Celebration sites — selected by the Indianapolis Super Bowl XLVI Host Committee with visitors in mind — include seven located outside the metro area in Anderson, Bloomington, Columbus, Lafayette-West Lafayette, Muncie, Richmond/Wayne County, and Shelbyville.
Premium prices sought for parking during Super Bowl
Fans who come to downtown Indianapolis on Super Bowl Sunday had better be prepared to pay some big prices to park during the big game.
LOU’S VIEWS: Walls of fame
Have you picked your favorites from among the “46 for XLVI" murals? I have.
DINING: Et tu, Bru?
There’s very little that hasn’t been piled betwixt beef and bun, but while Bru Burger Bar doesn’t break any new ground, it does bring a shot of dining energy to mid-Mass Ave.
Throng of volunteers involved in staging Super Bowl
The city’s biggest event of the year will be run almost entirely by an army of volunteers. Some 8,000 volunteers are helping to execute the preparations for the Super Bowl, which is expected to draw 150,000 visitors.
Performers set to take to streets
Indianapolis has its occasional street musician or juggler, but the Super Bowl will bring out a new breed of performer–more theatrical, more cutting-edge. Local arts supporters hope the taste will leave city officials and residents wanting street theater year-round.