Choosing a new chassis formula for the 2012 IndyCar Series season may be the least of new CEO Randy Bernard's challenges.
The decision will be announced today at 12:30 p.m. and acrimony may follow.
Two of the so-called “First Four” games will match the lowest seeds, between 65 and 68. The other two games will include the
last four at-large qualifiers.
A combination of taxes targeting downtown visitors and users of the city’s professional sports complexes are expected to generate
the bulk of the subsidy.
IndyCar racer turned NASCAR Nationwide Series driver needs to lose the defiant tone in her ESPN ad and rev up a little humility
until she starts winning.
The city will contribute $10 million annually for three years toward Conseco Fieldhouse operating expenses. It also will provide
at least $3.5 million for capital improvements.
A plan to build a 28-acre sports complex on the southeast side is sparking hopes that a polluted parcel across the street
that formerly housed a Citizens coke plant can be revived as a retail and industrial center.
Here’s the business plan: Expand from hat retailing into two new segments—licensed sports apparel and team-sports
equipment—and benefit from the synergies among them.
Three of the six additions are executives on loan from the Indiana Sports Corp. and the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors
Association.
The spotlight has burned brighter and hotter on the NBA this summer than during any off-season in recent memory. But will
all the free agent hype light a fire under local hoops fans or just plain burn them out?
IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard is demanding more support from track partners in an all-out effort to strengthen the series
in 2011 and beyond.
Avis will take an active role in promoting the series through e-mail campaigns, displays at select airports, and other large-scale
promotions, company officials said.
But promoters of effort to bring global soccer competition here in 2018 or 2022 aren’t concerned about repeat of financial
failures of World Basketball Championships.
When glaring, outcome—or history-altering—gaffes can be almost immediately rectified, why wouldn’t anyone want to
get it right?
The agreement between NBA players and owners governing players' salaries expires one year from today. If a new deal doesn't
get done, any money the city pays to operate Conseco Fieldhouse could have a diminished return.
A June 30 deadline imposed by the basketball team passed with no agreement on who will pay Conseco Fieldhouse operating expenses,
but both sides remain optimistic a deal will get
done soon.
After four months under the leadership of a new CEO, the IndyCar Series is still up against the wall. Series partners are
demanding more results and fewer excuses.
Flooding from a drainpipe malfunction caused extensive damage to Lucas Oil Stadium’s data center prior
to its opening in August 2008.
The Indiana Pacers still are renegotiating the team's lease of Conseco Fieldhouse with a Wednesday deadline approaching.
It's stylish these days to critcize Pacers player personnel boss Larry Bird. But those observing closely can see that
he's changing the culture within the Blue and Gold franchise. And his latest draft pick should accelerate the change.
Ruling prevents industry-certification group from breaking contract with Brownsburg-based company founded by Bill Simpson.
