Entire 2021 NCAA tournament to be played in Indy

[JTG]

The NCAA announced today they are in discussions with Indiana, and Indianapolis, to host the entire NCAA tournament in Indianapolis. Using Lucas Oil Stadium, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle, Uof I, the Fairgrounds Coliseum. And if need be, IU, Purdue, and Indiana State Arena. All of those venues are capable of accommodating social distancing requirements.

[Olsingledigit]

The NCAA announced today they are in discussions with Indiana, and Indianapolis, to host the entire NCAA tournament in Indianapolis. Using Lucas Oil Stadium, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle, Uof I, the Fairgrounds Coliseum. And if need be, IU, Purdue, and Indiana State Arena. All of those venues are capable of accommodating social distancing requirements.

As an Indy resident, I love it!!

[Smails]

If you live in Indy..get you place VRBO-ready and you'll be able fund your next 3 vacations!

[Muskie]

If you live in Indy..get you place VRBO-ready and you'll be able fund your next 3 vacations!

Assuming there are fans allowed....

[xukeith]

Heard this on radio today.
I would be shocked if fans are allowed to see these games. I heard an analysis state this is for zero fans. Not sure.

[paulxu]

It seems to me that they pipe crowd noise into the almost empty NFL stadiums...which works while you're watching TV as long as they don't show the stands.
I wonder if they would do that in empty arenas for BB. Going to look/sound very strange. It'll be like you're watching a practice.

[JTG]

Current rules in Indy are 25% capacity. Colts staying under 25% at 12500. Butler just announced 2250.per game. Pacer and NBA haven't announced guidelines yet.

[bleedXblue]

March or April are a LONG way off. If the vaccines start to get distributed in Dec/Jan, that would be a really good thing to happen

[bobbiemcgee]

Always fun to see VD get hosed. Advantage: Butler.

[mid major]

Always fun to see VD get hosed. Advantage: Butler.

+1

[Xavier]

This would be to limit infection during most important part of season. Hell I wouldn’t be shocked if every team has to do 2 week quarantine first. They wouldn’t then let fans attend and potentially ruin everything

[xu82]

Current rules in Indy are 25% capacity. Colts staying under 25% at 12500. Butler just announced 2250.per game. Pacer and NBA haven't announced guidelines yet.

The Jags have been playing by those rules in Jacksonville for years. They were ahead of their time!

[bobbiemcgee]

Makes sense with the multiple venues available.

[Muskie]

Current rules in Indy are 25% capacity. Colts staying under 25% at 12500. Butler just announced 2250.per game. Pacer and NBA haven't announced guidelines yet.

If the numbers keep rising here, I expect no fans at Lucas Oil. It's my understanding that Butler's request hasn't been approved... but maybe I missed something. But again, if the numbers continue to go up... I find it hard to believe there will be in person fans.

[JTG]

If the numbers keep rising here, I expect no fans at Lucas Oil. It's my understanding that Butler's request hasn't been approved... but maybe I missed something. But again, if the numbers continue to go up... I find it hard to believe there will be in person fans.

We're talking about 4 months from now. Things should be considerably better by mid March, between use of 2 vaccines and the new Lilly Covid treatment drug.

[Lamont Sanford]

We're talking about 4 months from now. Things should be considerably better by mid March, between use of 2 vaccines and the new Lilly Covid treatment drug.

Not if Zeke Emmanuel (Rahm's bro who is on Sleepy Joe's CV-19 team) gets his way and the vast majority of vaccine doses get distributed across the world and not used first here in the U.S.A.

[Muskie]

We're talking about 4 months from now. Things should be considerably better by mid March, between use of 2 vaccines and the new Lilly Covid treatment drug.

I hope I'm wrong. I was confident last June that if everyone just did what they were supposed to do I'd be able to see a game at Cintas this year. That's not happening (although I guess I technically had the chance to go if I hadn't opted out).

[Muskeagle]

Not if Zeke Emmanuel (Rahm's bro who is on Sleepy Joe's CV-19 team) gets his way and the vast majority of vaccine doses get distributed across the world and not used first here in the U.S.A.

Can we keep the political crap off this part of the board please.