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INDIANAPOLIS AWAITS SUPER BOWL DECISION: Indianapolis is pledging to transform parts of its Downtown into a weeklong outdoor NFL Village with big-name musical performances, giant video screens and, mindful of the potential for plunging temperatures, huge fire pits as part of its bid to host the 2012 Super Bowl (Indianapolis Star). .jpg)
Should it prevail, bid organizers say, the city also will build a privately financed $9 million athletic facility at Tech High School that can be used by one of the teams for its practices and, after the game, turned over to the school district to help speed along efforts to revive struggling Near-Eastside neighborhoods. Armed with a 3-inch-thick proposal, bid committee president Mark Miles and Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Eugene White will lead a team from the city to pitch these ideas to the NFL’s 32 owners in Atlanta today in hopes of landing Super Bowl XLVI. Indianapolis will go first and get 15 minutes. It will be followed by Glendale, Ariz., and Houston. A decision is expected this afternoon. Indianapolis is considered the favorite this year because it fulfilled an unwritten NFL requirement of building a new stadium for its home team, the Colts, but lost to Dallas in the bidding last year for the 2011 game. "Because of the work done (on Indianapolis’ bid) last year, we had the luxury to ask how we can take this further," Miles said. "Our ambition is to use the excitement and focus of the Super Bowl to transform Downtown for a week and the Near Eastside forever." The decision is expected to be announced around 2:30 p.m. today.
50/50 CHANCE FOR AXLE CONTRACT TO RATIFY: Will the UAW strike against American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. be over come Thursday night? Voting on the proposed contract ended at 6 p.m. Monday at the Three Rivers United Auto Workers Hall. But the final votes at some of the other UAW halls won’t be taken until Thursday, the 87th day of the strike (South Bend Tribune). Bill Younts, vice president of UAW Local 2093, wasn’t really sure how the final tally would go. At first, he said the new contract tentatively agreed to by negotiators Friday evening "probably" would be ratified. But then he quickly added, "I don’t know. I would say it has a 50-50 chance."
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