Velodrome becomes slippery slope
You have to give the folks at Indy Parks and Recreation credit for creativity. How many people would consider turning a world-class sporting facility into a glorified sledding hill and hope to profit from it? Shiver…
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Business community honors Fisher
Indy Racing League driver and team owner Sarah Fisher this afternoon was honored at the fifth annual Indy’s Best & Brightest under 40 Awards in front of a crowd of 650 business professionals…
Herb Simon moves team to Reno
The Tucson Sidewinders are getting a new name and address. The AAA affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks next year will be the Reno Aces.
Indiana Pacers co-owner Herb Simon is an equal partner in…
Colts tight end opens fun center
Indianapolis Colts tight end Justin Snow recently opened a family fun center—Snapperz Family Fun and Sports—at 6002 Sunnyside Road in Lawrence.
The 33,000-square-foot facility features a 24-foot climbing tower, bungee trampoline, laser tag, bowling…
Tinsley issue hangs over Pacers
In a campaign rolled out this week, the Indiana Pacers are trying to spur ticket sales by selling their 11-game Slam Dunk Sampler for the price of eight games. While sports marketers think…
Colts: Getting a stadium 101
Before the Indianapolis Colts beat the Minnesota Vikings on the field Sept. 14, they were schooling them off the field.
Vikings owner Zygi Wilf and his top lieutenants spent two days the week before…
Trio of leaders tackles new role at Sports Corp.: Long-timers tapped to mentor young board members
Three of the Indiana Sports Corp.’s highest-profile board members are stepping down, but that doesn’t mean they won’t continue to be involved in the organization. ISC President Susan Williams is tapping them to mentor the organization’s next generation of leaders. On Sept. 24, at the ISC’s annual meeting at Tech High School, George McGinnis, Michael Browning and Jack Swarbrick will be named ISC life members. They are just the second group of ISC life members named, and the first in…
SPORTS: Time to deflate that which inflated city’s image
Last week’s column looked ahead to the limitless possibilities of Lucas Oil Stadium. This week’s topic is a last look back at the Hoosier/RCA Dome because, this Wednesday, the Dome will be deflated and it will pass forever from our skyline. But not from our memories. Imagine our city without it. There would be no Indianapolis Colts. There likely would be no forthcoming Super Bowl, no Final Fours and no NCAA headquarters. There likely would have been no Pan American…
Parking for disabled Colts fans ID’d
The Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority announced today that 125 to 150 additional parking spaces for guests with disabilities have been identified around Lucas Oil Stadium.
The ISCBA said three areas will now…
Colts roll back stadium opening
The Indianapolis Colts have rolled back the opening of Lucas Oil Stadium by two hours on home game dates. LOS will now open two hours before games, instead of the four hours it…
Izod rolls out IRL clothing line
Izod rolled out a new line of Indy Racing League-themed jeans and shirts at a leading fashion show in Las Vegas last month.
This week Izod announced they will rev up a major marketing…
Fisher racing to sign sponsors
Popular Indy Racing League driver Sarah Fisher is making plans to drive at least 10 races next year. Fisher is currently in negotiations with Dollar General and other unnamed sponsors to get back…
Wall Street woes crash Colts’ value
The crash on Wall Street yesterday reverberated right through the Indianapolis Colts’ 56th Street headquarters. How on earth are a stock market decline and the National Football League related? Here’s how.
Forbes magazine last…
Despite weather, IMS rings up profit
MotoGP’s open approach to disclosing attendance figures finally gives us a clear view on the revenue generation of an Indianapolis Motor Speedway event. IMS President Tony George and his legion of lieutenants are…
SPORTS: Venue menu could be as limitless as the sky above it
Of this, that and the other while pondering the fact that the Indianapolis Colts have not yet been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs: So I’m sitting in Lucas Oil Stadium before that seasonopening loss to the Bears and my mind wanders, not to the present, but to the future. Yes, the stadium already is home to the Colts as well as upcoming NCAA basketball, including a men’s regional next spring, the men’s Final Four in 2010, and the Women’s Final…
VIEWPOINT: Coach, teach, mentor, make a difference
I have in my desk a piece of notebook paper. When I unfold it, I see the handwriting of an early-teen boy. It’s a letter of apology. The young man who wrote the note played on a middle school football team that I helped coach. A kid with a lot work ing against him, he was a likable guy who worked hard in practice. Unfortunately, he had trouble keeping his grades up. When they fell below eligibility level, he was…
MotoGP economic impact soaked
Rain is putting a damper on the economic forecast for the first MotoGP motorcycle race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Sunday. The first motorcycle race at the Speedway in 99 years will…
Don’t call her Danica
Ana Beatriz is not out to become the next Danica Patrick. But that doesn’t mean the Brazilian open-wheel racer—who took third in this year’s Indy Lights Series driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports—isn’t bent…
Colts climb NFL valuation ladder
Lucas Oil Stadium has pushed the Indianapolis Colts into the upper echelon of the National Football League in terms of team value. The team jumped from 21st most valuable team last year to…
Cassel as good a bet as Manning
The Indianapolis Colts are no better than the New England Patriots—even without quarterback Tom Brady.
That’s right, the Matt Cassel-led Patriots have just as good a chance as the Peyton Manning-led Colts to win…