The two organizations reached an agreement announced Monday that will bring a trio of top-rung WWE events to Indianapolis over the next eight years.
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The deal is expected to run at least eight years and will include Royal Rumble in 2025, WrestleMania, which has taken place in Indianapolis only once before in 1992, and SummerSlam.
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The new president of the Indiana Sports Corp said 2022 was a big year for sports in Indianapolis. But Patrick Talty said the organization also spent the year looking ahead, including the potential for Indy hosting a future NFL Draft.
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Vaughn will oversee day-to-day operations for the firm as well as handle contracts and legal matters.
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The plan, revealed during the group’s State of Sports event, follows more than two years of internal discussion and engagement with more than 100 community leaders and advocates.
The third annual Indy Classic will feature the men’s basketball programs of Purdue University playing Texas A&M University and Butler University taking on the University of Wisconsin at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Indianapolis has hosted the conference’s football championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium every year since its inception in 2011.
“Not a month next year is going to go by where we don’t have something significant happening in our city from a tourism perspective, whether that’s a large annual conference that’s coming back, or something new,” said Chris Gahl, executive vice president of Visit Indy.
Nearly a year after Indiana launched its Sports Tech HQ initiative, organizers say they have built relationships with leaders throughout the sector and hope to lure four related companies to the state by the end of the year.
Susan Baughman served as president of the 2022 College Football Playoff Indianapolis Host Committee, which made her the primary point of contact for stakeholders, including the city, state, the Indianapolis International Airport, Visit Indy, Downtown Indy and Indiana Sports Corp. Baughman has played a key role in six international and world championship events and also […]
Patrick Talty replaces Ryan Vaughn, who stepped down after leading the organization since 2014.
IBJ reporter Mickey Shuey (in for vacationing host Mason King) talks with Vaughn about what he’s learned during his eight years as president of the Indiana Sports Corp. and why he’s leaving to take a job in the tech sector.
Ryan Vaughn, who has led the Indiana Sports Corp. since 2014, plans to resign from his role as president on July 1. There has been speculation that Vaughn might someday run for mayor.
The trials are slated for June 2024 at Lucas Oil Stadium, the largest venue ever to be selected for the event, with expectations of up to 35,000 spectators.
An announcement is set for Tuesday at Lucas Oil Stadium featuring local sports officials, city leaders and business executives.
The Legislature is considering a bill that could give tourism groups statewide another tool in trying to lure dozens of additional events every year.
The Indiana Sports Corp. would be responsible for administering a grant program to disperse the funds, with the organization giving money to groups across the state as well as using a portion of the funding for its own bidding efforts.
Hospitality officials had expected an economic impact approaching $100 million for the NCAA Final Four alone, but that estimate was made before the pandemic put severe attendance limits on the tourney.
This year’s hackathon, to take place Oct. 22-24 at Butler University, will focus on sports-related applications for 5G wireless technology.
The submissions—which are forerunners to formal bids—detail the city’s interesting in hosting the NFL scouting combine from 2023 to 2027 and the the draft in either 2025 or 2027.
During Vaughn’s time as president, the Sports Corp. has hosted or won bids to host an NBA All-Star Game, multiple Big Ten championships, the College Football Playoff national championship, and myriad NCAA tournaments and championships—including the 2021 Men’s Basketball Championship, which took place wholly in Indiana.
Jennifer Baker took a leave from her job as executive director of the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana to help the Indiana Sports Corp. host the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament this spring in Indianapolis.
IBJ chose the Indiana Sports Corp.’s president, Ryan Vaughn, and board vice chairman, Jennifer Pope Baker, as the first recipients of the Forty Under 40 Alumni Award in recognition of their work to pull off the unprecedented NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament this spring. IBJ talked to Vaughn and Baker about how the process went.
While they’re sequestered during March Madness, teams are ordering everything from pizza to soul food—and local restaurants are seeing a much-needed bump in business as a result.
