The stadium built for a sports festival ended up hosting the Pan Am Games, Olympic trials and a soccer revival. IU Michael A. Carroll Track and Soccer Stadium at 1001 West New York Street opened in 1982 on the IUPUI (now IU Indianapolis) campus, built for 7 million dollars alongside the famous Natatorium for the National Sports Festival - the project that launched Indianapolis's deliberate self-reinvention as the amateur sports capital of America. Named for Michael A. Carroll, the civic leader a.....

Tucked into the green expanse of White River State Park in downtown Indianapolis, the Everwise Amphitheater is the city's premier outdoor concert venue, set against a backdrop of lawns, waterways and the skyline beyond. Opened in the late 1990s and refreshed under a series of naming partners over the years, the amphitheatre has become a summer fixture, drawing audiences to its riverside setting for an open-air season of touring concerts. The venue combines a covered pavilion of fixed seats with.....

On the Central Canal in the heart of downtown Indianapolis, the Indiana State Museum has been the principal centre for the history, culture, science and art of the state since 1869. The collection moved through a series of homes during the twentieth century before settling into its present striking 270,000-square-foot building in May 2002. The 105 million dollar structure was designed by the Indianapolis firm Ratio Architects together with the New York-based studio Polshek Partnership Architects.....