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>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO INSIDE
INDIANA BUSINESS. I'M GERRY
DICK.
INDIANA IS KNOWN FOR BASKETBALL

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AND IN JUST A FEW MONTHS THE
HOOSIER STATE WILL BE IN THE
SPOTLIGHT LIKE NEVER BEFORE AS
HUNDREDS OF STUDENT-ATHLETES,

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COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS AND MANY
OTHERS WILL BE HERE FOR THE
ENTIRE, 67-GAME NCAA MEN'S
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

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>> BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
ECONOMIST MICHAEL HICKS SAYS THE
NCAA'S DECISION TO RELOCATE
MARCH MADNESS TO INDIANA COULD

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HAVE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT GREATER
THAN THE SUPER BOWL, WHICH
INDIANAPOLIS HOSTED IN 2012.
>> WITH MORE ON THE BIG PLANS

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AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR
INDIANAPOLIS, WEST LAFAYETTE,
BLOOMINGTON AND INDIANA, I'M
PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY NCAA

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SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF
BASKETBALL DAN GAVITT.
DAN, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
>> MY PLEASURE, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU, AS WELL,
A BUSIER THAN NORMAL NEW YEAR
FOR YOU, AND MANY PEOPLE AT THE
NCAA. THIS IS BIG NEWS, THE

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ORGANIZATION CAME OUT SEVERAL
MONTHS AGO SAYING THE INTENT WAS
FOR INDIANAPOLIS AND INDIANA TO
HOST THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT, A

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LOT OF NEGOTIATING AND DETAILS
AHEAD TO BE WORKED OUT. THIS IS
A BIG UNDERTAKING, INDIANA
UNIQUELY, I THINK, POSITIONED

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INDIANAPOLIS IN PARTICULAR TO
HOST THIS EVENT, WERE OTHER
VENUES, LOCATIONS, CONSIDERED?
>> THEY WERE MOST DEFINITELY.

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BUT REALLY OUR FOCUS ALL ALONG
WAS ON INDIANAPOLIS AND THE
STATE OF INDIANA. INCREDIBLE
HISTORY AND TRADITION FOR THE

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TOURNAMENT HERE, OF COURSE. AND
JUST INCREDIBLE RELATIONSHIPS
WITH SUCCESS OF HAVING MARCH
MADNESS HOSTED HERE SO

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SUCCESSFULLY SO MANY TIMES. SO
WHILE OTHERS WERE CONSIDERED,
THE WORK OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
WEEKS TO COME TO MONDAY'S

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EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT WAS REALLY
FOCUSED ON INDIANAPOLIS.
>> DAN, GIVE US SOME
PERSPECTIVE, HOW MANY MOVING

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PARTS WERE INVOLVED IN BRINGING
THIS DEAL TOGETHER. THE VENUES
ARE ONE THING HERE IN
INDIANAPOLIS DOWN IN

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BLOOMINGTON, UP IN WEST
ELASTICITY
LAFAYETTE. THE HEALTH ISSUES,
HOW ENORMOUS WAS THIS

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UNDERTAKING?
>> IT IS ENORMOUS, NO QUESTION
ABOUT IT. A CULMINATION OF
MONTHS OF WORK, GOING BACK TO

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SUMMER AND FOLLOWING WHAT OTHER
EVENTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO
SUCCESSFULLY AND WHY THEY WERE
SUCCESSFUL. THAT'S WHAT LED TO

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THE BASKETBALL COMMITTEE AND
STAFF DECISION FIRST IN THE
MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER TO DECIDE TO
HAVE THE TOURNAMENT IN ONE

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GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, TO LIMIT
TRAVEL, AND ALL THE RESULTANT
CHALLENGES WITH TRAVEL AND THE
PANDEMIC, AND FUNDAMENTAL, OF

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COURSE, TO ALL THAT
DCISION-MAKING WAS THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY OF EVERY PARTICIPANT,
STUDENT ATHLETES, COACHES

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ADMINISTRATORS, AS WELL AS THE
GREATER COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD
HAVE THE EVENT IN, IN THE
GREATER INDIANAPOLIS AREA. SO,

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THE MEDICAL PROTOCOLS, REALLY
KEY, OF COURSE, FUNDAMENTAL IN
SO MANY WAYS, WE WORK VERY
CAREFULLY AND VERY CLOSELY AND

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WELL WITH THE MARION COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WITH
DR. CANE, WITH THE STATE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT, DOCTOR KRIS BOX AND

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I.U. HEALTH, LOCATION HEALTH
DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDER THAT CAN
HELP US NEGOTIATE THROUGH THIS
PANDEMIC IN A VERY SAFE AND

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RESPONSIBLE WAY. SO A LOT OF
DETAILS, STILL A LOT OF DETAILS,
FRANKLY TO WORK OUT IN THE
COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS BEFORE

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MARCH. BUT MANY ASSURANCES WE
NEEDED IN ORDER TO BE CONFIDENT
TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT MONDAY.
>> DAN, BIG QUESTION, A LOT OF

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PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW AS FANS,
WILL FANS BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND
THE GAMES?
>> AT THIS POINT WE HAVE

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APPROVAL ONLY FOR FAMILY MEMBERS
OF STUDENT ATHLETES AND COACHES
AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO WILL BE
PARTICIPATING IN THE GAMES.

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THAT'S JUST A LIMITED NUMBER
THAT WE HAVE ASSURANCE THAT CAN
ATTEND, ALL 67 GAMES, WE HAVE
HOPE THAT THERE MAY BE FANS IN

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ATTENDANCE. BUT REALLY THAT'S
GOING TO BE A MUTUAL DECISION
WITH THE MARION COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT, WITH THE NCAA, AND

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IT WON'T BE MADE UNTIL PROBABLY
EARLY FEBRUARY. I THINK WE ALL
AGREED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
SEE HOW HOPEFULLY CONDITIONS

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IMPROVE WITH THE SPREAD OF
COVID-19, AND CAN PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITY FOR A LIMITED NUMBER
OF FANS AS WE'VE SEEN AT COLTS

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GAMES, FOR EXAMPLE. BUT
PREMATURE TO MAKE THAT DECISION
RIGHT NOW. AND TIME WILL TELL IF
THAT IS A POSSIBILITY OR NOT.

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>> BUT INDEED THAT'S A DECISION
THAT ULTIMATELY DOWN THE ROAD
COULD CHANGE POTENTIALLY FROM
WHERE IT IS NOW. BUT WON'T BE

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MADE UNTIL EARLY FEBRUARY.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. WE'RE GOING
TO TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH
IN A VERY RESPONSIBLE WAY TO

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MAKE THE CORRECT DECISION.
>> DAN GAVITT VICE PRESIDENT OF
BASKETBALL AT NCAA DAN, WE
APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVE AND

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ALL OF THE HARD WORK GOING INTO
MARCH MADNESS. I KNOW YOU
INDICATED AT THE NEWS
CONFERENCE, THIS WILL BE A VERY

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SPECIAL AND UNIQUE EVENT. I
THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE ARE
CONFIDENT INDIANAPOLIS AND
INDIANA CAN PULL IT OFF.

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APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, TALK
TO YOU SOON.