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What’s to love about Indianapolis?
Plenty.
There are big-time professional and
college sports, led by the NBA Indiana
Pacers, the WNBA Indiana Fever and
past NFL Super Bowl champion
Indianapolis Colts.
There is the world-famous
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home to
the world’s two largest single-day
sporting events (the Indianapolis 500
and the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard)
as well as Indianapolis Red Bull Moto
GP motorcycle race. The Speedway’s
Hall of Fame Museum is a year-round
attraction.
There is the city’s renowned
reputation as an amateur sports capital,
serving as home to the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, four
national sports governing bodies, Super
Bowl XLVI, NCAA Men’s and Women’s
Final Fours, the Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Basketball
Tournaments and numerous regional, national and international
championships.
It boasts three of the finest sports venues in the world: Bankers
Life Fieldhouse (home to the Pacers and Fever), Lucas Oil
Stadium (home to the Colts) and Victory Field (home to the Triple-
A Indianapolis Indians), not to mention historic Hinkle Fieldhouse
on the campus of Butler University. Just a short walk from the
NCAA offices and NCAA Hall of Champions are another pair of
world-class venues downtown, on the campus of Indiana
University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). The IUPUI
Natatorium has been a frequent host to U.S. Olympic Trials, and
the Michael Carroll Track & Field Stadium is a frequent host of
Olympic Trials events and the USA Outdoor Track & Field
Championships.
Indy is home to six unique “cultural districts,” each bustling with
its own distinct flavor, flair and mix of pubs, restaurants, shops,
arts and attractions.
Then there is a world-class urban park, White River State Park,
with five major attractions within steps of each other. Stroll from
the Indianapolis Zoo to the Indiana State Museum to the NCAA
Hall of Champions to the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians
and Western Art to the Medal of Honor Winners Memorial. In the
summertime, you can also catch a concert performed by renowned
recording artists at The Lawn or a baseball game at Victory Field.
White River State Park also serves as the portal to the
enchanting Central Canal, an ideal place to walk, jog or ride its
one-and-a-half-mile length on a pedal boat or gondola.
The park is just one of 50 major attractions located within
Indy’s deliberately designed downtown that places dozens of
hotels, more than 200 restaurants, shopping (including the 100
stores and shops of Circle Centre mall), cultural attractions and
sports venues such as Bankers Life Fieldhouse and Lucas Oil
Stadium within a few blocks. Even better, most are connected by
the city’s system of enclosed skywalks.
Just a short distance from downtown, the Children’s Museum
of Indianapolis, the world’s largest, beckons to the young and
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young of heart. Nearby is the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which
houses one of the largest general collections in the United States.
Other major attractions ring the city, including the delightful
Conner Prairie, a living history museum that instantly transports
visitors to 19th century Indiana; Traders Point Creamery, an
organic farm featuring award-winning dairy products, or the
enchanting village of Zionsville.
But as much as there is to love about Indiana’s capital city, it’s
only getting better.
The 63,000-seat Lucas Oil Stadium opened in August 2008.
Featuring a retractable roof, this multi-function stadium is not just
home to the Colts, but the 2010 NCAA Men’s Final Four, the 2011
Big Ten Football Championship Game, the 2012 Super Bowl,
music competitions, conventions, trade shows and concerts.
The new $1 billion Weir Cook Terminal also has opened at
Indianapolis International Airport. It is the first terminal to be
constructed post-9/11 and features state-of-the-art security and
convenience.
Recently completed is a complex of four hotel properties
known as Marriott Place. The complex, adjacent to White River
State Park and the Indiana Convention Center, includes 1,600
rooms and brings to 4,700 rooms (most in the country) connected
to a convention center complex.
Also under construction and scheduled to be completed in
2011 is Indy’s “Cultural Trail.” The landscaped trail will link the
city’s six cultural districts with biking and pedestrian pathways that
will feature public art.
Whatever your pleasure – nightlife, museums, sports, music,
arts, dining, shopping – it can be found in Indianapolis, all
contained in a remarkable package of ease and convenience.
Go to www.visitindy.com for information, events, contests,
hotel deals and podcasts.
The The Fever City roster of Indianapolis includes four played former host Fever to the first-round 2005 and 2011 draft picks: NCAA Catchings Women’s (’01), Final Fours, January and (’09), hosts Morris the event (’10) and again Pohlen in 2016.
(’11).