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Your Intro Guide to Indianapolis AFFORDABLE 1400 E. Hanna Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46227 ENTERTAINMENT WHERE YOU BECOME READY. YOU WANT TO HAVE FUN, AND WHERE YOU BECOME MORE. YOU’RE ON A BUDGET. YOU’RE IN WHERE YOU EMERGE YOU. THE RIGHT PLACE! Entrance to the Indianapolis Museum of Art isn’t exactly cheap, but you can explore the nearby Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres at no cost. Spend a rainy day at Midland Arts & Antiques, featuring 200+ vendors spread across a massive two-story warehouse near downtown. Book lovers will appreciate a trip to the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. (College students with ID get in for $7; free for everyone on the first Monday of each month) Just three miles from campus is the Nine Lives Cat Cafe, where you can meet local adoptable felines. It’s open daily so you can get your coffee fix and your cat fix. Head downtown on the first Friday of the month for a free art show featuring works by Indiana-based artists. Tour the Indiana Landmarks Center and enjoy free refreshments from 6 to 9 p.m at First Fridays. ONLY HERE The NCAA Hall of Champions museum has two floors of FROM VINTAGE SPORTS TO SAVORY SOUL FOOD AND MORE, interactive exhibits dedicated to the wonderful world of YOU’LL ONLY FIND THESE THINGS IN INDIANAPOLIS. collegiate sports. (Admission is $5 for adults.) ACTION DUCKPIN BOWL INDIANAPOLIS 500 Explore two centuries of the African-American experience The only authentic duckpin bowling alley in the 200 laps. 500 miles. One bottle of cold milk. “The in Indiana at the Crispus Attucks Museum, inside Indiana’s Midwest is in Fountain Square. Greatest Spectacle in Racing” has been a Circle City FA ADM_20_OutOfStateMailer_1 first all-black high school. (Admission is $5 for adults.) MAXINE’S CHICKEN & WAFFLES tradition for over 100 years. WELCOME More than 200 local restaurants participate in Devour With fresh ingredients and affordable prices, this Black SLIPPERY NOODLE INN Indy each winter and summer. With special menus family-owned restaurant has been called the best diner Grab lunch at Indiana’s oldest bar, within walking and lower-than-normal prices, it’s a great time to try in the state, and promises “a taste of love in every bite.” distance of Lucas Oil Stadium. The building was a something new. stop on the Underground Railroad and the scene of a shooting by legendary gangster John Dillinger. Stretch your legs, zipline through the Go Ape! adventure park, and enjoy water sports at Eagle Creek Park, one of GET CONNECTED TO THE CITY VIA THE INDYGO RED HOME! the country’s largest city parks. LINE, A RAPID-TRANSIT ELECTRIC BUS SERVICE THAT YOUR INTRO GUIDE TO INDIANAPOLIS Celebrate the performing arts with hundreds of acts to LINKS THE UINDY CAMPUS TO DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS AND DOZENS MORE DESTINATIONS AROUND TOWN. choose from at the annual IndyFringe Theatre Festival. UINDY.EDU HAPPY BIRTHDAY, INDY! ADVENTURE AWAITS... THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS IS 200 YEARS OLD. CELEBRATE THE BICENTENNIAL WITH THESE BIG ATTRACTIONS CLASSIC HOOSIER EXPERIENCES: INDIANAPOLIS KNOWS HOW TO THROW A Climb 330 steps (or take the elevator) to the top of the PARTY. CHECK OUT SOME OF THE HEADLINE Soldiers & Sailors Monument on Monument Circle, the EVENTS IN THE CITY. heart of downtown. Every winter it transforms into the world’s largest Christmas Tree! GEN CON, THE ORIGINAL, LONGEST- Kiss the bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home RUNNING, BEST-ATTENDED, GAMING to the Indianapolis 500, the largest single-day sporting CONVENTION IN THE WORLD, HAS event in the world. BEEN HOSTED IN DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS SINCE 2003. Shop the oldest shoe store in the United States. Stout’s Footwear on Mass Ave. has been in business since 1886. THE BIG TEN BASKETBALL Rent a pedal boat on the Central Canal or bike down the TOURNAMENT IS REGULARLY PLAYED Canal Walk, part of the 8-mile Cultural Trail that connects AT BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE, HOME OF THE NBA PACERS AND WNBA Indianapolis’ downtown cultural districts. FEVER. Discover treats and treasures at the Indianapolis City Market, where local vendors sell authentic ethnic food THE BIG TEN FOOTBALL and artisan products six days a week. (Bonus: tour the City CHAMPIONSHIP IS OFTEN HOSTED Market Catacombs!) AT LUCAS OIL STADIUM, HOME OF THE COLTS, AND THE COLLEGE Try the world’s spiciest dish. That’s what the Travel Channel FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS ARE MAKING called the shrimp cocktail at St. Elmo Steak House. THEIR DEBUT HERE IN 2022. Visit Martin Luther King Park, where Robert F. Kennedy gave a historic speech in 1968 following the assassination MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE ATTEND THE 10-DAY INDIANAPOLIS of Dr. King. INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL EACH YEAR. Take a picture with Peyton Manning, the former Colts quarterback whose bronze statue stands permanently outside Lucas Oil Stadium. THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS IS THE LARGEST ...IN INDIANAPOLIS Take a stroll through historic Crown Hill, the third largest MUSEUM OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD. cemetery in the United States. Notable people resting here include President Benjamin Harrison, poet James Whitcomb Riley, and criminal John Dillinger. INDIANAPOLIS IS THE THIRD BEST CITY FOR JOBS IN AMERICA, PACERS Watch the sunset from Highland Park, one of the best views ACCORDING TO GLASSDOOR’S LIST, CULTURAL MILES OF BIKESHARE PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC “25 BEST CITIES FOR JOBS IN 2020” 7 DISTRICTS 26 THEATERS 211 PARKS 135 TRAILS 50 STATION 11 SPORTS TEAMS 24 LIBRARIES of the Indianapolis skyline. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, INDY! ADVENTURE AWAITS... THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS IS 200 YEARS OLD. CELEBRATE THE BICENTENNIAL WITH THESE BIG ATTRACTIONS CLASSIC HOOSIER EXPERIENCES: INDIANAPOLIS KNOWS HOW TO THROW A Climb 330 steps (or take the elevator) to the top of the PARTY. CHECK OUT SOME OF THE HEADLINE Soldiers & Sailors Monument on Monument Circle, the EVENTS IN THE CITY. heart of downtown. Every winter it transforms into the world’s largest Christmas Tree! GEN CON, THE ORIGINAL, LONGEST- Kiss the bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home RUNNING, BEST-ATTENDED, GAMING to the Indianapolis 500, the largest single-day sporting CONVENTION IN THE WORLD, HAS event in the world. BEEN HOSTED IN DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS SINCE 2003. Shop the oldest shoe store in the United States. Stout’s Footwear on Mass Ave. has been in business since 1886. THE BIG TEN BASKETBALL Rent a pedal boat on the Central Canal or bike down the TOURNAMENT IS REGULARLY PLAYED Canal Walk, part of the 8-mile Cultural Trail that connects AT BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE, HOME OF THE NBA PACERS AND WNBA Indianapolis’ downtown cultural districts. FEVER. Discover treats and treasures at the Indianapolis City Market, where local vendors sell authentic ethnic food THE BIG TEN FOOTBALL and artisan products six days a week. (Bonus: tour the City CHAMPIONSHIP IS OFTEN HOSTED Market Catacombs!) AT LUCAS OIL STADIUM, HOME OF THE COLTS, AND THE COLLEGE Try the world’s spiciest dish. That’s what the Travel Channel FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS ARE MAKING called the shrimp cocktail at St. Elmo Steak House. THEIR DEBUT HERE IN 2022. Visit Martin Luther King Park, where Robert F. Kennedy gave a historic speech in 1968 following the assassination MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE ATTEND THE 10-DAY INDIANAPOLIS of Dr. King. INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL EACH YEAR. Take a picture with Peyton Manning, the former Colts quarterback whose bronze statue stands permanently outside Lucas Oil Stadium. THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS IS THE LARGEST ...IN INDIANAPOLIS Take a stroll through historic Crown Hill, the third largest MUSEUM OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD. cemetery in the United States. Notable people resting here include President Benjamin Harrison, poet James Whitcomb Riley, and criminal John Dillinger. INDIANAPOLIS IS THE THIRD BEST CITY FOR JOBS IN AMERICA, PACERS Watch the sunset from Highland Park, one of the best views ACCORDING TO GLASSDOOR’S LIST, CULTURAL MILES OF BIKESHARE PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC “25 BEST CITIES FOR JOBS IN 2020” 7 DISTRICTS 26 THEATERS 211 PARKS 135 TRAILS 50 STATION 11 SPORTS TEAMS 24 LIBRARIES of the Indianapolis skyline. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, INDY! ADVENTURE AWAITS... THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS IS 200 YEARS OLD. CELEBRATE THE BICENTENNIAL WITH THESE BIG ATTRACTIONS CLASSIC HOOSIER EXPERIENCES: INDIANAPOLIS KNOWS HOW TO THROW A Climb 330 steps (or take the elevator) to the top of the PARTY. CHECK OUT SOME OF THE HEADLINE Soldiers & Sailors Monument on Monument Circle, the EVENTS IN THE CITY. heart of downtown. Every winter it transforms into the world’s largest Christmas Tree! GEN CON, THE ORIGINAL, LONGEST- Kiss the bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home RUNNING, BEST-ATTENDED, GAMING to the Indianapolis 500, the largest single-day sporting CONVENTION IN THE WORLD, HAS event in the world. BEEN HOSTED IN DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS SINCE 2003. Shop the oldest shoe store in the United States. Stout’s Footwear on Mass Ave. has been in business since 1886. THE BIG TEN BASKETBALL Rent a pedal boat on the Central Canal or bike down the TOURNAMENT IS REGULARLY PLAYED Canal Walk, part of the 8-mile Cultural Trail that connects AT BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE, HOME OF THE NBA PACERS AND WNBA Indianapolis’ downtown cultural districts. FEVER. Discover treats and treasures at the Indianapolis City Market, where local vendors sell authentic ethnic food THE BIG TEN FOOTBALL and artisan products six days a week. (Bonus: tour the City CHAMPIONSHIP IS OFTEN HOSTED Market Catacombs!) AT LUCAS OIL STADIUM, HOME OF THE COLTS, AND THE COLLEGE Try the world’s spiciest dish. That’s what the Travel Channel FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS ARE MAKING called the shrimp cocktail at St. Elmo Steak House. THEIR DEBUT HERE IN 2022. Visit Martin Luther King Park, where Robert F.
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