Comments on Advance Indiana™: Keystone's Ersal Ozdemir Shells Out Another $5.5 Million For Downtown Building To Be Converted Into Luxury Hotel

I believe Indy Eleven is marketing heavily to the ...

2013-11-19T10:09:25.792-05:00

I believe Indy Eleven is marketing heavily to the Hispanic community.

Not sure if I would go that far Gary. If they do d...

2013-11-19T00:25:25.959-05:00

Not sure if I would go that far Gary. If they do draw well they need to get a few Mexican players to entice the Mexican community to come out and support them. I suspect there will be a lot of cheap tickets to be had for games. Hmmmm who will pick up the tab for the lost revenue? ;)

Instead of writing that Ozdemir "shelled out&...

2013-11-18T17:29:53.777-05:00

Instead of writing that Ozdemir "shelled out" I think what you might rephrase the act instead as "converts taxpayer dollars into one big fat cat payday via another sham enterprise"

I disagree. Professional men's soccer is much ...

2013-11-18T14:05:33.926-05:00

I disagree. Professional men's soccer is much more popular than women's professional basketball. I could easily see them drawing crowds similar in size to the crowds the Indians draw to their games.

Not sure which law firm represents Ersal. I know w...

2013-11-18T13:30:07.864-05:00

Not sure which law firm represents Ersal. I know which one it should be given how handy that $6.5 million for his Broad Ripple Parking garage came in handy.

Indy Eleven will draw as well as the Indiana Fever...

2013-11-18T13:27:59.020-05:00

Indy Eleven will draw as well as the Indiana Fever.

They're going to need all that money to keep up the stadium.

Admissions tax imposed on tickets to Indy Eleven&#...

2013-11-18T13:02:50.447-05:00

Admissions tax imposed on tickets to Indy Eleven's games?

So the TIF gives money to Ersal. Ersal gets back m...

2013-11-18T12:04:03.754-05:00

So the TIF gives money to Ersal. Ersal gets back more than 5.5 million from TIF payments, giving him a hotel for free. Right?

Ersal then reciprocates by giving money to Ballard and perhaps other Republicans?

Who is Ersal's law firm?

How does the CIB get paid in this deal?

The answer is pretty clear. Ersal will get tens of...

2013-11-18T11:20:30.598-05:00

The answer is pretty clear. Ersal will get tens of millions in funding from the downtown TIF district to convert the building to a luxury hotel. The CIB will use some of that more than $70 million in cash reserves it has accumulated while the city struggles to fund basic city services to help build his new soccer stadium.

Only the truly observant will notice that the Colt...

2013-11-18T10:46:24.825-05:00

Only the truly observant will notice that the Colts are being handed wins, 2007 style.

The opposing team is allowed to play the first half, but that's where their fun ends.

The NFL is trying to get Indy to whoop up more public support for a massive transfer of taxpayer dollars to the NFL by hosting another Super Bowl.

I don't see the day-to-day clamor for people wanting to come to Indianapolis and stay at a downtown hotel.

What has been promised to Ersal behind closed doors?