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What to know about Eras Tour in Indianapolis, from buying merch to finding rideshares
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Taylor Swift will take the stage in Indianapolis for The Eras Tour in one week. Are you ready for it?
Ahead of the Eras Tour opening night downtown, Swifties can buy merchandise, participate in downtown activities and enjoy a decked-out Swift City.
Here’s everything to know before the tour.
When will Eras Tour merchandise be available?
Exclusive tour merchandise will be available to purchase starting Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Merchandise stands will be set up in the Convention Center inside Hall I directly outside Lucas Oil Stadium. Fans will be able to wait in line inside to make their purchases at these hours:
- Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Friday, noon to 8 p.m.
- Saturday, noon to 8 p.m.
Those without concert tickets can buy merchandise on any of the four days.
Merchandise will also be for sale on all levels of Lucas Oil Stadium on all three nights of the concerts.
Eras Tour merchandise includes sweatshirts, T-shirts and exclusive city posters. Fans can check out merchandise options online before the stands open.
What are transportation options after the concert?
Expect heavy traffic and long waits for rideshare services after the concerts, which typically end after 11 p.m.
For those staying downtown, the skywalks connect from the convention center to many hotels.
Where can I find rideshares?
A rideshare pickup zone will be located outside the north end of the stadium on South Street between Missouri and West Streets from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
There will be a parent pickup zone at a lot near Delaware and South Streets between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
What events will be downtown for Taylor Swift weekend?
Fans without tickets will have plenty of activities to keep them busy with more than 50 Eras Tour events outside of the stadium.
The Indy Arts Council is staffing 13 downtown locations with activities, including SPARK on the Circle and Georgia Street, with pop-up performances.
Food trucks will be located throughout the city from noon to 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
How many people will be at The Eras Tour?
More than 200,000 people are expected to be downtown Indianapolis over the course of the three shows. Roughly 70,000 fans are expected to be in attendance each night.
Thousands of Swifties without tickets are also expected to descend upon Indianapolis hoping to score last-minute tickets or be a part of the Eras Tour experience.
About 89% of ticketholders are from outside of Indianapolis, and hotels have been effectively sold out for weeks.
The Indianapolis International Airport increased seating capacity on flights for the upcoming week and added several round-trip flights for Swifties. Delta seats alone saw a 30% increase in inbound seats compared to a typical November weekend, tourism officials said.
What time do the concerts start?
The Eras Tour starts at 7 p.m. when opener Gracie Abrams goes on stage. Swift typically comes out around 8 p.m., based on concert times in other cities.
As a three-hour-plus show, concerts typically end shortly after 11 p.m.
Are last minute tickets available?
In most cities, Ticketmaster has released last-minute ticket drops, sometimes just 24 hours before the first concert.
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Otherwise, resale tickets are the best option but are still well above face value.
Alysa Guffey covers business for IndyStar. Contact her at amguffey@gannett.com.
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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