Indy Eleven’s women’s soccer team captures championship
The crowd of of 5,419 was the largest to ever see a women’s soccer game in Indiana, according to the Indy Eleven, topping a previous mark set by Team USA in 1996.
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Keystone holds groundbreaking ceremony for $1B Eleven Park development
The project is set to occupy the 20-acre Diamond Chain manufacturing site along Kentucky Avenue, just blocks from Lucas Oil Stadium, with some portions—including the stadium—set to be completed by summer 2025.
Indy Eleven inks deals to create youth soccer academies
The Indy Eleven on Monday announced plans to further grow the club’s involvement in youth soccer across the state with entry into top-tier academy programs starting this summer.
Indy Eleven planning to field women’s team in new USL Super League
Eight markets have been approved for the inaugural season, while Indianapolis is among a group of five markets approved for subsequent seasons, pending completion of a stadium.
Building across from future Eleven Park site expected to house new restaurant
A local entrepreneur is in the early stages of redeveloping a 5,400-square-foot building, anchored by a pizza restaurant, directly south of the Indy Eleven and Keystone Group stadium district project at the former Diamond Chain Manufacturing Co. site.
Indy Eleven owner still interested in MLS as part of stadium project
For years, Ersal Ozdemir has pursued a Major League Soccer expansion franchise, but each time the league has rejected his overtures, in part because the team has lacked its own venue,
Keystone unveils renderings for $1B Eleven Park; demolition to start in May
The developer plans to put a 20,000-seat soccer stadium for the Indy Eleven right along the White River, which is on the western edge of the former Diamond Chain manufacturing site.
2022 Newsmaker: Ozdemir’s flurry of projects includes plans for downtown stadium district
Ersal Ozdemir—the real estate developer who brought professional soccer to Indianapolis—has married his two passions in a proposed $1 billion mixed-use project planned for the Diamond Chain manufacturing site downtown.
IBJ Podcast: What lies beneath downtown’s Diamond Chain site?
Of course, there are the usual concerns about environmental impacts that come with any industrial site. But this particular spot—now earmarked for the Indy Eleven’s 20,000-seat stadium—was also the city’s first burial ground.
Former uses of Diamond Chain site could pose ‘bit of a sticky situation’ for developers
Experts are optimistic that the property’s redevelopment will spur growth in housing and entertainment, but the industrial site’s environmental and historical factors must be considered in the aggressive timeline set for Eleven Park.
Developer buys Diamond Chain site for Indy Eleven soccer stadium, mixed-use district
The redevelopment of what is now an 18-acre manufacturing site downtown is expected to include apartments, a hotel, an office building and retail space—in addition to a 20,000-seat stadium. Keystone Corp. CEO Ersal Ozdemir said the project’s cost will likely top $1 billion.
Indy Eleven hire El Paso leader Lowry as new head coach
Mark Lowry becomes the fourth head coach in Eleven team history. The 36-year-old native of Birmingham, England, has coached El Paso Locomotive FC in United Soccer League Championship play for the past three seasons.
Indy Eleven commits to fielding women’s team for new league
The “pre-professional,” or developmental league, called the USL W League, is expected to have at least 30 teams when it begins play in May 2022. At least 17 teams have already committed to the league.
Rennie out as head coach for Indy Eleven
The Indy Eleven on Wednesday announced the team was parting ways with head coach Martin Rennie eight games into his fourth season with the soccer squad. The team said it had “mutually agreed to end his tenure,” effective immediately.
Indy’s pro sports teams find ways to welcome gamblers
Teams are trying to earn indirect revenue from mobile sports betting, carving out areas in their facilities that cater to fans who want to follow their bets while taking in a game downtown.
Indy Eleven reaches sports betting deal with BetRivers
The agreement provides for a sleeve logo on the Indy Eleven’s 2021 jerseys, along with sponsorship of the 30-minute postgame TV show following every home game broadcast.
Indy Eleven limiting first home game to season ticket holders
The team is set to host all 16 of its regular-season home games at IUPUI’s Michael A. Carroll Stadium this season after playing the past three seasons at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Greg Stremlaw: Indy’s moment is so ubiquitous it even has its own T-shirt
While some other areas across the country might have been interested in hosting the NCAA tournament bubble, by the time they could have raised their hands, Indianapolis already had the playbook in the hands of the NCAA.
Legislation to extend timeline for Indy Eleven stadium heads to governor
The Indiana House on Thursday voted 83-6 to approve Senate Bill 385, which adds two years to a 2019 bill that had called for a new special tax district—known as a professional sports development area, or PSDA—to be established in Marion County by mid-2022.
Indy Eleven soccer team moving home games back to IUPUI campus
The team’s return to the IUPUI campus follows challenges in scheduling weekend games at Lucas Oil Stadium, which already has a busy slate of conventions and other sporting events throughout the year—including Indianapolis Colts home games.