The Super Bowl Village

You've Come A Long Way Baby!

The Super Bowl has come to Indianapolis!

When I first moved here, over 20 years

ago, Indianapolis was called India-No-Place.

And that was not an exaggeration.  Since

it is the state capital, people would come

to town on official business and work in

the office buildings downtown.  For "The

Month of May" the town is always hopping

for the Indy 500.  But otherwise, the town

would shut down at 5pm on the weekdays

and nothing happened on the weekends.

It was a ghost town.

Then someone had the idea to build

a mall in the middle of the downtown.

I thought ~ that's crazy! ~ the last

thing we need is another mall and no

one goes downtown.  I guess that's why

I'm not an urban planner, the downtown

became the hottest place to be.  I guess

it's like they say in the movies, " If you

build it, they will come."  Indy became the

hottest market in the country for

restaurant developers.

Another great thing about Indy is

everything is right downtown.  The

convention center, the mall, all the

clubs and restaurants.  And the sports

venues ~ Lucas Oil Stadium for football,

the Fieldhouse for basketball and hockey

and Victory Field for baseball.  (By the

way, I think Victory Field is one of the

most beautiful baseball stadiums.)

And now ~ The Super Bowl!

Mr. Wonderful and I decided to head

downtown and check out the Super

Bowl Village.  It was a beautiful night

with temps in the 50's ~ in January!

The zip line has been a very popular

attraction.  Look at the X in the sign and

you can see a person flying by.

There are performers.

And free concerts.

Come visit Indy any time and

experience a little Hoosier Hospitality.