NCAA moves early-round basketball tourney games to Indy in 2022
The games had been scheduled for Cincinnati, but the NCAA said the city needs time to complete renovations of its arena.
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They’re going for it: Indy to make pitch for NFL Draft
Visit Indy has held preliminary talks with the NFL about the city’s hosting the three-day event as soon as 2024.
Once a pioneer, Indiana Sports Corp. now faces stiff competition from other cities
With a big assist from the Indiana Sports Corp., Indianapolis has had quite a run, hosting more than 450 sporting events over four decades, including a Super Bowl, seven NCAA men’s basketball Final Fours and dozens of amateur world championships.
Local sports groups, franchises team up with tech biz-accelerator operator
Local partners will include the Pacers, Colts and NCAA. But state officials declined to specify the contribution from Indiana’s Next Level Fund, a new state-backed venture pool with $250 million to invest.
City to host Olympic diving team trials in 2020
The event, to be held at the newly renovated IU Natatorium, will determine the divers who will represent the United States at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Pacers president says city will ‘break new ground’ hosting NBA All-Star Game
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Lucas Oil Stadium was “briefly considered” as the site of the 2021 NBA All-Star Game. But a desire to have the game in a more intimate facility led the league and team officials to choose the 18,165-seat Bankers Life Fieldhouse to host the game.
Organizing committee to seek $16M in corporate support for college championship
That compares to $30 million the Indianapolis business community contributed in cash and in-kind services to support the 2012 Super Bowl held at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Downtown’s Pan Am Plaza building hits market
At 138,800 square feet, it’s downtown’s 19th-largest office complex. But the building played a major role in the city’s efforts in becoming a sports town worthy of hosting a Super Bowl.
UPDATE: Pacers hope to lap field with splashy bid for NBA All-Star Game
Pacers President of Basketball Operations Larry Bird on Monday delivered the city’s bid to host the 2021 NBA All-Star Game to NBA executives in New York City in a specially-themed IndyCar.
NBA All-Star Game would mean global marketing bounce
The NBA All-Star Game is broadcast to 215 countries and territories in 49 languages, according to NBA officials. In China alone, nearly 40 million people watch the game and another 10 million do so in Europe.
Indy officials confident city measures up to NCAA’s new standards
Local officials say Indianapolis should continue to host NCAA events despite rules adopted by the association on Wednesday to assure LGBT rights and protections.
All-star team of local officials joining NBA All-Star Game mission
In a sign of the city’s serious intent to host the game, Pacers President Rick Fuson will be accompanied by presidents and vice presidents of Visit Indy and the Indiana Sports Corp. as he travels to Toronto this week.
NBA chief wants all-star event here, but Indy hasn’t put forth proposal
Indianapolis hasn’t hosted the NBA All-Star Game since 1985—when it was in the Hoosier Dome—something the league’s commissioner, Adam Silver, wants to change. But local officials haven’t pulled the trigger on a bid.
Indy opts not to bid on college football championship
Indianapolis leaders have decided that they won’t try to land the College Football Championship Game, despite the hundreds of millions of dollars in potential economic impact for the city.
Final Four payoff from 2004 NCAA pact continuing to escalate
A deal struck 10 years ago to bring the men’s Final Four to Indianapolis every five years has become a much-beefier cash cow for the city than any of the pact’s architects could have imagined.
Top-flight runners may take to Indy’s downtown streets
USA Track & Field is sprearheading an effort to bring a unique outdoor track and field competition to the streets surrounding Monument Circle.
Q&A: Departing CIB prez looks back on crisis
Ann Lathrop explains why she’s stepping away from the city’s Capital Improvement Board after helping pilot its recovery and cutting a deal to heavily subsidize the Indiana Pacers’ operation of Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
2014 NEWSMAKERS: Allison Melangton and Ryan Vaughn
After Allison Melangton stepped down as president of the Indiana Sports Corp. to become a Hulman & Co. executive, Ryan Vaughn resigned as Mayor Greg Ballard's chief of staff and succeeded her.
New CEO Vaughn reworks Sports Corp. playbook
Ryan Vaughn says one of the not-for-profit’s first considerations under his tenure, when going after or creating any sporting event, will be opportunities for area businesses beyond the usual benefits to hotels and restaurants.
Sports Corp., Speedway make way for new leadership
The change of guard at Indiana Sports Corp. will take place in late October, giving Ryan Vaughn time to finish out negotiations for the city’s 2015 budget, currently under review by the City-County Council.