WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.639 >> AS THE ENTIRETY OF THE NCAA'S MARCH MADNESS DIVISION I MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT COMES TO INDIANA, TWO VENUES IN 2 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:13.480 PARTICULAR WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT ON DISPLAY TO NATIONAL AUDIENCES THEIR HISTORIC ROLE IN OUR STATE'S 3 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:20.954 HOOSIER HYSTERIA PASSION AND DEVOTION FOR BASKETBALL. BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS. 4 00:00:20.954 --> 00:00:25.992 BILL, OVER TO YOU. >> GERRY, THANKS. AS MOST HOOSIERS KNOW, BUTLER'S HINKLE FIELDHOUSE AND THE 5 00:00:25.992 --> 00:00:30.363 INDIANA STATE FAIR'S FARMERS COLISEUM OCCUPY TREASURED PLACES IN INDIANA'S STORIED HOOPS HISTORY. 6 00:00:30.363 --> 00:00:35.802 BUT NOW BOTH VENUES, RECENTLY RENOVATED WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR HISTORIC CHARACTER, WILL BE SHOWCASED TO THE NATION AS 7 00:00:35.802 --> 00:00:43.410 THEY HOST TOURNAMENT GAMES. AND JOINING US TODAY TO DISCUSS IS BARRY COLLIER, BUTLER'S DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, AND CINDY 8 00:00:43.410 --> 00:00:50.116 HOYE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE FAIR COMMISSION. BARRY, CINDY, WELCOME. >> THANKS, BILL. 9 00:00:50.116 --> 00:00:59.759 >> BARRY, WE'LL START WITH YOU. AGAIN, HINKLE FIELDHOUSE, A TREASURED, TREASURED PLACE, AND JIM NANTZ WAS ON A CONFERENCE 10 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:07.000 CALL EARLIER, I THINK IT WAS BACK IN NOVEMBER, AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE ONE PLACE THAT THIS CAME ABOUT THAT HE MOST LOOKED 11 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:15.442 FORWARD TO DOING A GAME IN WOULD BE HINKLE FIELDHOUSE. I THINK THAT'S HIGH PRAISE. >> IT IS VERY HIGH PRAISE. 12 00:01:15.442 --> 00:01:23.817 IT SHOWS THE INTELLIGENCE OF JIM NANTZ IN MY OPINION. SO WE'D LOVE TO HOST HIM AND I'M SURE SO WOULD CINDY AND THE 13 00:01:23.817 --> 00:01:31.691 FAIRGROUNDS, BUT IT'S A GREAT THING FOR OUR CITY. >> OF COURSE YOU'LL HAVE SWEET 16 GAMES, AND BUTLER NO 14 00:01:31.691 --> 00:01:43.636 STRANGER, WELL, I SHOULD SAY -- BUT THEY DID HOST AN NC ASM A AA TOURNAMENT BACK IN 1940. WHEN DID THESE CONVERSATIONS 15 00:01:43.636 --> 00:01:58.084 COME ABOUT AND HOW QUICKLY DID IT TAKE FOR YOU TO SAY YES? >> WELL, THERE WERE ROUGHLY MID FALL, IN 2020, AND THE ANSWER 16 00:01:58.084 --> 00:02:04.424 WAS YES AS THE QUESTION WAS FORMED ACTUALLY, SO WE WANT TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN HOWEVER WE CAN, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW -- WE 17 00:02:04.424 --> 00:02:12.198 DIDN'T KNOW MANY OF THE DETAILS, JUST WHETHER -- THE QUESTION WAS SIMPLY COULD YOU MAKE THIS HAPPEN ON YOUR CAMPUS. 18 00:02:12.198 --> 00:02:21.241 IN OUR CASE. AND WE QUICKLY CAME TO THE ANSWER OF YES, WE CAN DO THIS, AND SO SINCE THEN, WE MOVED 19 00:02:21.241 --> 00:02:29.349 SCHEDULED FOR OTHER -- SOME OF OUR TEAMS THAT HAVE TO PLAY COMPETITIONS, SO THOSE SCHEDULES GOT MOVED, OUR CONFERENCES 20 00:02:29.349 --> 00:02:35.154 COOPERATED WITH THAT. BIG EAST AND PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE. SO IT WAS QUITE AN ORDEAL, BUT 21 00:02:35.154 --> 00:02:39.225 WELL WORTH IT. WE'RE THRILLED THAT IT'S HAPPENING. >> CINDY, I KNOW YOU FEEL THE 22 00:02:39.225 --> 00:02:44.230 SAME WAY ABOUT FARMERS COLISEUM, AGAIN, A RICH BASKETBALL HISTORY. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THE 23 00:02:44.230 --> 00:02:51.771 FAIRGROUNDS ACTUALLY HOSTED THE INDIANA STATE BOYS TOURNAMENT BACK IN THE DAY, AND THE COLISEUM HOSTED THE BOYS 24 00:02:51.771 --> 00:02:59.112 CHAMPIONSHIP DURING THE WORLD WAR II. PACERS LAUNCHED AT THE COLISEUM, SO AGAIN, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO 25 00:02:59.112 --> 00:03:07.186 SHOWCASE THE COLISEUM'S RICH HISTORY. >> RIGHT, AND WE'RE HOME TO THE IUPUI JAGUARS, WHICH A LOT OF 26 00:03:07.186 --> 00:03:18.031 PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW. GREAT HISTORY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND SO EXCITED ABOUT SHOWING IT OFF TO WORLD, AND JUST SEEING 27 00:03:18.031 --> 00:03:24.837 ALL THOSE TREASURED MOMENTS AND SEEING THEM COME ALIVE IN MARCH WILL BE REALLY MAGICAL. >> CINDY, TALK ABOUT PROTOCOLS, 28 00:03:24.837 --> 00:03:33.680 THE NCAA, AGAIN, THEY'RE TRYING TO ENSURE FOREMOST THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENT ATHLETES AND ANY FANS, FAMILY THAT MIGHT BE IN 29 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:43.723 ATTENDANCE, BUT WORKING WITH THE NCAA, I HAVE TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN QUITE THE TASK. >> WELL, IT'S BEEN EXCITING. 30 00:03:43.723 --> 00:03:49.629 AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO INTEGRATE WITH THEIR PROTOCOLS. SOME OF THE SIMILAR PROTOCOLS THAT ALL THE VENUES ARE DOING 31 00:03:49.629 --> 00:03:57.403 AND COLLABORATING WITH, AND WHICH IS REALLY FUN TO SEE THAT COLLABORATION FROM THE CITY AND THE STATE, WHICH AGAIN, WE DO SO 32 00:03:57.403 --> 00:04:06.479 WELL IN INDIANA AND WE CELEBRATE THAT HOSPITALITY SPIRIT. A LOT OF THE PROTOCOLS AND GUIDELINES ARE STILL BEING 33 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:13.920 DEVELOPED WITH THE NCAA, BUT FROM A VENUE STANDPOINT, ALL OUR VENUES ARE UP AND RUNNING, AND SO A LOT OF THOSE PROTOCOLS ARE 34 00:04:13.920 --> 00:04:21.260 ALREADY IN PLACE. AND IT'S JUST PERFECTING AND TWEAKING SOME OF THOSE FOR THE MARCH EVENTS. 35 00:04:21.260 --> 00:04:29.235 >> BARRY, WE'VE GOT LESS THAN A MINUTE BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE FAIRGROUNDS, FARMERS COLISEUM UNDERWENT A $53 MILLION 36 00:04:29.235 --> 00:04:35.608 RENOVATION, MAINTAINED THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THAT BUILDING AND HINKLE FIELDHOUSE AS WELL NOT LONG AGO RENOVATED 37 00:04:35.608 --> 00:04:42.448 BUT YOU DID AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB IN MAINTAINING THE CHARACTER OF THAT BUILDING AND ITS HISTORIC FILL. 38 00:04:42.448 --> 00:04:50.990 >> WELL, APPRECIATE THAT, BILL, AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT FOLKS COMING TO PLAY BASKETBALL MARCH MADNESS IN OUR 39 00:04:50.990 --> 00:04:58.798 BUILDINGS IS THAT HISTORY THAT THEY BOTH HAVE, AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SHOW THAT OFF AND SHARE IT WITH OUR VISITORS. 40 00:04:58.798 --> 00:05:04.771 >> IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE. AGAIN, BUTLER HOSTING SWEET 16 GAMES, FARMERS COLISEUM WILL BE 41 00:05:04.771 --> 00:05:09.242 HOSTING FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDERS, AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR A NATIONAL AUDIENCE. OF COURSE THE BIG EAST DOES 42 00:05:09.242 --> 00:05:17.483 SHINE HINKLE FIELDHOUSE IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT, BUT I CAN'T WAIT FOR A NATIONAL AUDIENCE TO TRULY GET AND CAPTURE THE FEEL 43 00:05:17.483 --> 00:05:22.689 OF INDIANA BASKETBALL. BARRY COLLIER, CINDY, THANKS FOR BEING ON THE PROGRAM WITH US. >> THANKS, BILL. 44 00:05:22.689 --> 00:05:24.791 >> THANK YOU, BILL. >> AND GERRY, BACK TO YOU.