tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post4644189795207356794..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-5557139328783505992012-02-27T07:58:11.987-05:002012-02-27T07:58:11.987-05:00When will downtown ever exhibit signs of success independent of taxpayer funding? Well over billions of taxpayer funding have been poured into downtown, yet the downtown economic engine always sputters to a halt once the taxpayer-dollars can of ether is pulled away from the carburetor.Catohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03341628086158209539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-77676632023408408762012-02-24T13:22:48.225-05:002012-02-24T13:22:48.225-05:00<a href="http://hotelexecutive.com/newswire/23134/dora-brothers-plans-two-hotels-near-new-indianapolis-stadium" rel="nofollow">Dora Brothers</a><br /><br />&quot;INDIANAPOLIS, IN, February 05, 2006. Demolition on several vacant warehouses west of the new Stadium here will begin this week, making way for two new hotels. Tim and Bob Dora of Dora Brothers Hospitality Corp. purchased a 2-acre parcel from the city for $2.2 million for their new hotels.<br /><br />&quot;Tim Dora said city officials helped the company find and acquire the land after it was forced to sell its Comfort Inn at 530 S. Capitol Ave. under eminent domain laws. The hotel was in the footprint of the new stadium. The state paid the Dora&#39;s $12.8 million for the 143-room hotel.&quot;<br /><br />I wonder where the money went?Downtown Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239811599722585898noreply@blogger.com