Comments on Advance Indiana™: Indianapolis Indians Doing Just Fine And Not Asking For Bailouts

I also think Victory Field is more poised to have ...

2010-07-28T09:52:33.636-05:00

I also think Victory Field is more poised to have people go out afterward (or before the game) and spend money. You can easily walk there from IUPUI or find parking elsewhere in downtown. Or spend an afternoon at the Zoo and then go to the Indians.

Compare that to LOS, which has a few bars nearby, and that's about it.

And hey, a sports team that uses their facility more times a year is fine in my book. I think it's ridiculous we have these palaces that are only guaranteed to be used a few dozen days a year. And the non-sports events always seem to be horribly underbooked.

The attendance figures just caught my eye. Guess ...

2010-07-28T07:53:36.262-05:00

The attendance figures just caught my eye. Guess what? More people go to Indians games each year than go to Colts games.

2009 NFL Attendance"

Colts: 532,498
Indians: 549,522

So go one, someone, point out 'the Indians play more games so the numbers are misleading.'

What this means is:

(a) More people are downtown (and available to spend their money at downtown merchants) for baseball than football

(b) The cost/benefit ratio of The Vic is WAY more favorable than it is for LOS

In Return On Investment terms, the Indians beats the Colts 'six ways from Sunday' as the saying goes.

But the Colts get all the perks and special considerations. Despite that, for some reason, the Indians are 'doing well in tough times.'

We had a company outing there once in a suite. Ho...

2010-07-27T18:22:21.642-05:00

We had a company outing there once in a suite. Howard Kellman - their long-time announcer - came down, gave a short talk (he does motivational speaking engagements as a 'day job') then we toured the facility and finally went down to the announcer's booth and checked it out before we settled in to watch the game.

All in all it wsa a very nice time and not expensive.

I haven't been to an Indians game in several y...

2010-07-27T16:47:33.942-05:00

I haven't been to an Indians game in several years, but I've been hearing good things about their concessions, and I don't mind parking far away or at IUPUI and walking to Victory Field. I might have to go out and support them sometime this summer.

The Indians work hard to earn respect for their pr...

2010-07-27T14:32:04.375-05:00

The Indians work hard to earn respect for their product - instead of lazily reminding us we'd be 'nothing without them,' like a couple other local sports franchises do.