Depends on what you mean? The city council did pass a legislation to create a special taxing district to pay for Eleven Park. https://www.wthr.com/article/sports...park/531-197ac04d-f9c4-4688-b659-bbafd4523107 I'm not sure what other negotiations were required as Keystone had already purchased the land and the city and state had passed legislation to pay for their part of it. If it weren't for the human remains being found on the site, it likely would have been well on the way to completion. It is, however, worth pointing out that it was known that the cemetery was located there, it just wasn't known if there were remains as the land hand been developed and redeveloped many times and, allegedly, the remains had been moved to another cemetery in 1931.
http://archive.today/2024.05.23-225...ry?utm_source=ibj&utm_medium=home-latest-news Keystone's offer on what to do with the bodies. Feels like both sides are just trying to make themselves look like they're the humanitarians.
Rules & Public Policy Committee give their initial approval to the Mayor's stadium proposal. Indy Park seems all but dead no matter what outcome. Seems the majority of voters don't want to lose an MLS chance and don't see Indy 11/Eleven Park being capable. Ziemba gets another opportunity to act like a shill only wanting what he wants not caring how bad a deal Eleven Park is, sorry that guy rubs me the wrong way. So, on to June 3. https://wibc.com/350628/city-county...tial-approval-to-mayors-mls-stadium-proposal/
The public hearing was very nasty, as expected, and predictably, both sides are sore about their viewpoint. The Eleven Park group feel left out and dejected, thinking the city is abandoning them and being wasteful without addressing anything in public, while the mayor's group addressed that perhaps the Eleven Park group should not have chosen a damn graveyard in the first place as well as that they never signed any contracts to begin with. Still, it passed 6-4 with one voter abstaining albeit in support, so it goes to the general vote in the City-County board as early as June 3rd. I also know that this debate is going to inevitably join party lines, where donut county transients and Indy Republicans will subconsciously back Eleven Park, which will ironically toxify the Indy Eleven brand and somehow make the MLS team and it's forgone destiny as the 40th City FC moniker more appealing.
Indy Eleven tried that, but IndyCar Series raised concerns about it, so they had to go with Indy Eleven
#NEW The Indianapolis Airport Authority sent this letter to City-County Council President Vop Osili on May 28. It confirms that the IAA is moving forward with closing the downtown Heliport.This is also the site where Mayor Joe Hogsett wants to build a MLS stadium. @WTHRcom pic.twitter.com/6LQbXrbMaF— Lauren Kostiuk (@laurenkostiuk_) May 31, 2024
NEW: @INDairport has confirmed it is moving ahead with plans to decommission the Indianapolis Downtown Heliport—a key step in the city’s efforts to redevelop the site. The property is a key parcel in the city’s effort to attract a Major League Soccer team.https://t.co/4fezd9HcpK— Mickey Shuey (@MickeyShuey) May 31, 2024
The City County Council meeting just ended, with the proposal passing 16-8 with one voter abstaining, killing Eleven Park and moving the site to the heliport.
Thanks for the update. So June 26 is the next important date I think. https://www.indystar.com/story/news...adium-site-over-indy-eleven-plan/73959160007/
Hopefully BYB evolves or disbands and forms a new sg to support a would be MLS team. We all know that a LARGE majority of them will indeed go to the games. They sure do demand a lot without a leg to stand on. I guess in a perfect world, both teams can exist.
I get the passion, but this is the same group that also had their eyes on Major League Soccer way back in the NASL days. It's just that the city decided that they would have to go a different direction and did it without their discretion, causing a lot of hurt feelings. Could this have been avoided by talking about the plans? Perhaps, but likely someone in the Batallion would likely have slipped up and spoken in public, jeopardizing the idea. Also, Keystone was all set on the waterfront from the start, regardless of anything else, and the city already was burned on CityWay to invest in another expensive apartment complex.
If Indy Eleven goes under, a vast majority BYB's members will go to the new team. If it doesn't, then a number of their members will shift to the MLS team. *shrug* How many would shift over in a situation where the Eleven still exist would largely depend on the ownership group and how well they position themselves as something other than a "minor league" team. And yes, I know USL is not minor league, it's just the most apt comparison for most US sports fans.
This podcast had a really good discussion about what was going on prior to the aforementioned meeting. I learned a lot, it is from the BYB perspective.