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2024 NBA All-Star weekend in Indianapolis updates – Indianapolis Recorder
With one of the world’s biggest spectacles coming to Indianapolis in less than two months, fans near and far are anticipating new experiences, A-list celebrities and a boom in the city’s economy. Here is what you need to know about the 2024 NBA All-Star weekend.
“I got the deluxe tour of all of the improvements of Downtown here [Indianapolis], quite remarkable,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in October 2023.
One of those improvements is the Bicentennial Unity Plaza, located near the north end of Gainbridge Fieldhouse, which officially opened in the summer of 2023. Nearly $30 million went into the construction of the Unity Plaza. The city also poured a couple of million dollars into renovating Downtown Indianapolis hotspots, such as Georgia Street, Monument Circle and the Indiana Convention Center, ahead of the festivities.
One of the biggest announcements Silver made to Hoosiers and NBA All-Star fans during his visit to Gainbridge Fieldhouse last summer is the return to the fan-favorite format of “Eastern Conference versus Western Conference” in the 2024 NBA All-Star Game.
“We thought it was time that since we are coming back to a traditional market, as Indianapolis is, as Indiana and all it means for basketball, that we are going to return to the classic format for our All-Star Game,” Silver said. “It will be East versus West, with the return to the four quarters, that we are all used to for a basketball game.”
Mayor of Indianapolis Joe Hogsett spoke about what the NBA All-Star festivities mean to the city. ” Nobody hosts like Indianapolis, nobody,” Mayor Hogsett said. “The NBA is a global game, and NBA All-Star is unique because it allows us to put our city on display for a truly international audience. With a projected impact of more than $320 million, the ripple effects of hosting this incredible event will be felt well into the future.”
Mayor Hogsett also said that “approximately 3,100 jobs will be created, supported or expanded to support this event.”
The last time Indianapolis hosted an NBA All-Star weekend was in 1985. The merriments took place at Market Square Arena and the Hoosier Dome, which have both since been decimated. The All-Star took place Feb. 10, which was also the day that Indianapolis received the most snow in 1985, recording approximately 5 inches.
Current Pacers Sports & Entertainment President Rick Fuson was a part of the 1985 All-Star Committee during the emphatic “White Christmas-styled” weekend almost 40 years ago. Fuson jokingly begged the powers that be for the city to avoid another snow-filled NBA All-Star Game.
“I think Commissioner Silver and the All-Star Game being here would be really good for the city,” Pacers fan Will Castetter said. “I think All-Star will bring a lot of publicity. People not from Indy will get to see that Indianapolis is a really great place to be and get to experience a bit of the great things going on in the city.”
Pacers Board of Directors member Stephen “Steve” Simon spoke about the beauty of All-Star weekend returning to Indianapolis. “There is so much to be excited about,” Simon said.
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“It is getting real; it [2024 NBA All-Star] is coming,” Simon said. Fuson piggybacked off Simon’s comment, stating, “Our city is ready.”
Contact multi-media staff writer Noral Parham III at 317-762-7846. Follow him on Twitter @3Noral. For more 2024 NBA All-Star weekend updates, visit our sports page here.
Indianapolis police shoot homicide suspect on South Harding Street
Indianapolis police shot a homicide suspect after a pursuit ended near I-70 on May 28, 2026. The suspect is in stable condition.
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Indianapolis police shot a homicide suspect after a vehicle pursuit that ended west of downtown near Interstate 70.
Just before 8:30 p.m. May 28, 2026 Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were dispatched to a shooting in the first block of North Rural Street. Arriving officers found Patricia Wieber, 65, with gunshot wounds. Wieber was pronounced dead after being taken to the hospital.
Witnesses were able to give police information about the shooter and officers tracked the suspect to the 7500 block of Bullock Court on the city’s south side. The suspect, identified by police as Ronald Cross, 75, got into a different vehicle with another man. While tracking that vehicle officers attempted a traffic stop near West Southport and Bluff roads. The driver, who is not implicated in the homicide, got out of the vehicle without incident and was taken into custody.
Police said Cross then slid into the vehicle’s driver seat and fled. Officers used stop sticks and then in the 1000 block of South Harding Street near I-70 a SWAT officer used a vehicle to perform a PIT maneuver to stop the SUV, said Kendale Adams, IMPD deputy chief of criminal investigations.
After the vehicle was stopped officers shot the suspect, Adams said. Cross was taken to the hospital in stable condition. No officers were injured.
Adams said two firearms were located at the scene.
During a news conference at the scene, Indianapolis police chief Tanya Terry extended her thoughts to the family of Wieber who was killed in what police believe was a domestic violence situation. She also praised her officers’ handling of the situation.
“[Our officers] did exactly what our community expects them do to in situations like this,” Terry said. “Our officers worked with bravery, coordination and precision in their attempts to safely bring the suspect into custody. I’m extremely proud of them for the work that they’ve done.”
The chief added that Cross would be facing charges in the case and police confirmed hours later that Cross was arrested on a murder charge.
The shooting involving police was among a string of shootings across the city, including one downtown roughly two hours before that left a man in critical condition.
“It’s been a difficult night for our city,” Terry said.
The officers involved in shooting Cross have been placed on administrative leave, per department policy. The Civilian Use of Force Review Board will have a hearing on the shooting and body and dash cameras were activated during the shooting, Adams said.
It is unclear whether Cross fired at officers and what makes and models of firearms were found by police.
Asked those questions by IndyStar, an unnamed IMPD spokesperson did not provide additional information and instead referred to a press release that did not contain the answers.
This is the fourth shooting involving Indianapolis police since the start of the year.
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José Plasencia brings Cuban cuisine to Fountain Square’s Inferno Room
Cuban food never got the opportunity to evolve. Now at the Inferno Room, José Plasencia is giving his homeland cuisine a second chance.
A standout burger can come from unexpected places, as evidenced by one Indianapolis restaurant whose unconventional take on the American classic has earned it a spot on a national USA Today list.
There’s only one burger on the menu at the recently reimagined Inferno Room in Fountain Square, but it’s a good one.
Chef José Plasencia’s rendition of the Cuban frita, a beef-chorizo burger defined by a topping of fried shoestring potatoes, joined heavy hitters from across the country on USA TODAY’s pantheon of patties.
The USA Today list included places like Mr. Bartley’s Burgers, a veritable institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts as well as Jay’s Burgers in Louisville and Sacred Beast in Cincinnati.
Indianapolis’ best-known burger spot, the more than century-old Workingman’s Friend, did not make the national list but appeared alongside the Inferno Room on USA TODAY’s roundup of exemplary Midwest burgers. Both were featured on IndyStar’s list of 10 burgers to try around town.
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