To the surprise of exactly no one, word began to get around on Tuesday that Indianapolis would be submitting a bid to host another Super Bowl. Most reports suggested that the bid would be for Super Bowl LII in 2018.During and after the completion…
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First Detailed Numbers Released on Super Bowl Costs
Shortly after the Super Bowl, I wrote about the possibility for Indianapolis to get an ROI on their hosting of Super Bowl XVI. The newest report on the cost associated with that event seem to make the possibility of an ROI more plausible.Accordin…
We Just May Get an ROI on This Super Bowl, After All
Thursday night at the CircleWow, Indianapolis. Wow. I have been a critic of the Indy Super Bowl from the beginning. Sure, I was excited the city was getting a Super Bowl, but I hated the cost involved in them doing so. Although th…
Renaming Georgia Street…
By joshfeatherstone on September 26, 2011 in Erika Smith, Georgia Street, Indy Star, Matthey Tully, Mayor Ballard, NFL, Super Bowl
There’s been plenty of discussion on the renaming of Georgia Street. It has been one of the heated topics currently circulating Indy politics that I have thus far been silent on. Sunday the Indy Star’s Matthew Tully and Erika Smith offered …
Rivera’s Proposal Attacks Indy’s Poor, Neighborhoods, and Private Property Owners so the City Can Kiss a Little NFL Butt
By joshfeatherstone on August 9, 2011 in Angel Rivera, City-County Council, Indianapolis, NFL, Super Bowl
On June 27th, At-Large City-County Councillor Angel Rivera introduced what became Proposal #188. According to the digest of the proposed ordinance, it “amends portions of the code pertaining to the perm…