BENNER: Hoping for serendipity as NFL season dawns
As the season begins, we can’t help but think about where it will end—Lucas Oil Stadium—and who might be playing in the Super Bowl.
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A&E SEASON PREVIEW: Talking points for local arts community
A sudden change in leadership at the Palladium, a new maestro for the ISO, and the impact of a big football game promise to have the Indy arts scene buzzing.
Super Bowl party space scramble begins
Owners and operators of Indianapolis meeting venues are in the midst of a high-stakes game of musical chairs. The winners will land the biggest parties and events affiliated with Super Bowl XLVI.
Art advocates will take advantage of Super Bowl spotlight
An exhibition inside the unused former city hall is one of several art happenings planned around Super Bowl XLVI. The host committee, through its arts and culture subcommittee, is trying to integrate the arts to a degree not seen in other host cities.
Hampton Inn to become Bud Light Hotel during Super Bowl
The Bud Light name and logo will replace Hampton's all over the hotel, from the outside signage and canopies to the in-room soap, shampoo and pens.
City considers tougher ticket-scalping regulations
A proposal in front of a City-County Council committee would require ticket brokers to purchase an annual license to sell tickets within one mile of an event venue.
Former Nordstrom space could find Super Bowl use
The massive space in Circle Centre mall vacated by high-end retailer Nordstrom could be used to host corporate events surrounding the big game.
BENNER: Fans get jilted in NFL’s player, owner lovefest
Allow me to interject this sentiment into the euphoria surrounding the agreement among the National Football League owners and players to end their labor dispute.
MORRIS: Super Bowl inspires collaboration
In anticipation of what I’m sure will be an awesome event, I thought this would be a good time to talk about some unique collaboration that is taking place in the city leading up to the big game.
UPDATE: Players vote to OK deal to end NFL lockout
The NFL Players Association executive board and 32 team reps have voted unanimously to approve the terms of a deal to the end the 4½-month lockout.
BENNER: Will Super Bowl truly leave a lasting legacy?
The countdown clock on my desk tells me there are now just 200 days and change remaining until the Super Bowl in Indianapolis. But I already have begun to think about the 200 days after the Super Bowl … and beyond.
Local homeowners trying to cash in on Super Bowl
The approach of the 2012 Super Bowl has prompted some Indianapolis-area property owners to start looking for a chance to lease their homes and condos for the big game.
2012 Super Bowl merchandise unveiled
Items ranging from T-shirts and sweat shirts to mugs and pennants are available exclusively through ColtsProShop.com, at the Colts ProShop in Lucas Oil Stadium and at Circle Centre mall.
NFL sees signs fans are turned off during lockout
Ten weeks into the owners' lockout of the players, the NFL is seeing the early signs of cracks in fan loyalty. "Fans want certainty," Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday at the end of the league's spring meetings in Indianapolis.
Straub: Funding cut poses no threat to Super Bowl security
The Indianapolis metropolitan area is among 33 nationwide that have been eliminated from a federal Homeland Security grant program for 2011.
NFL tells future Super Bowl hosts to prepare for extreme weather
After seeing how snow and ice storms hurt the Super Bowl in Dallas this year, the National Football League is requiring that future host cities be better prepared to deal with inclement weather or disasters.
Colts owner wants negotiations, not litigation
Jim Irsay said Monday he's "optimistic" the league will not lose the 2011 season or next year's Super Bowl in Indianapolis because of the lockout, though he is "disappointed" that players have resorted to making their case through the legal system.
Players’ union decertifies as talks break down
NFL labor talks broke down just hours before the latest contract extension expired Friday, putting America’s most popular sport on a path to its first work stoppage since 1987, and raising questions about Indianapolis’ hosting of the 2012 Super Bowl.
Super Bowl Host Committee lays out winter weather plans
Jim Schellinger, chairman and CEO of CSO Architects, has been appointed to handle weather preparedness for the Super Bowl to be hosted in Indianapolis in February.
NFL, players face expiration of labor contract
With the NFL on the brink of its first work stoppage in nearly a quarter of a century, Commissioner Roger Goodell and union head DeMaurice Smith met at a federal mediator's office Friday, the day the league's twice-extended labor contract was set to expire.