We need to provide some perspective. If Brickyard 400 attendance was, as estimated, somewhere between 130,000 and
150,000, that still makes it the second-largest single-day sporting event in the world and represents a healthy influx of
cash, much of it coming from elsewhere, spent in the area over the weekend.
There's a debate over which one of the city's professional sports teams delivers more bang for the buck in terms of economic impact.
Three days after witnessing the smallest Brickyard 400 crowd in the race's 17-year history, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
CEO Jeff Belskus said he intends to cut ticket prices for about 75 percent of fans at next year's race.
There are key issues not directly related to players' salaries that could derail negotiations between the NFL owners and
players for a new collective bargaining agreement, and Indy's 2012 Super Bowl.
NASCAR boss Brian France indicated Indy's July date could be shipped to Kentucky. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway
CEO Jeff Belskus may have to consider dramatic changes to re-energize the Brickyard 400.
With Jamie McMurray's victory in the Brickyard 400 on Sunday, owner Chip Ganassi claimed the first
team triple crown
in American auto racing: winning the Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same year.
The win was huge for Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, which this time last year was struggling to prove the team was stable and capable
of competing for wins. On Sunday, Chip Ganassi became the first team owner to win the Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard
400 in the same season.
Minor-league baseball team could be in line to register another $1 million profit thanks to improvements in sponsorship sales
and attendance.
Financial terms of the deal were not released, but motorsports business experts said it was a six-figure deal.
Let me be the last (quasi) sports journalist in America to weigh in on Tiger Woods.
An agreement with the International Motorsports Industry Show will keep it in the city indefinitely. Attendance for the three-day
December convention is expected to top 20,000.
Motorsports marketer Zak Brown, once a driver, feeds his competitive fire in the board room, and believes big egos are
good for business.
There's one man controlling the contracts of Colts' quarterback Peyton Manning and overall No. 1 draft choice Sam
Bradford. And he'll use that leverage to squeeze as much cash as he can from the Colts and St. Louis Rams.
The three-year agreement is designed to help the franchise shoulder the costs of operating Conseco Fieldhouse. One dissenting
voice called the team and city back to the negotiating table for a longer-term deal.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association must face a lawsuit by consumers claiming the organization unlawfully profits
from a ticket lottery.
State officials decided to reduce the interest rate on a $9 million loan to the city's Capital Improvement Board by 1
percentage point. The news couldn't come at a better time for the agency, which is trying to find money to assist the
Indiana Pacers.
The $33.5 million the Capital Improvement Board is providing the Indiana Pacers is merely a Band-Aid that will do little to
solve serious short-term and long-term issues facing the team.
Winning will not, as some have suggested, cure all, because the NBA business model is so horribly awry.
Kellogg is a broadcaster for Pacers and CBS college basketball telecasts. He’ll continue his responsibilities with Pacers
TV and as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS.
The racing company’s only operations outside of Italy could create more than 80 new jobs in the Indianapolis area.
