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    "The pictures and memorabilia from your time make you feel a part of it," said Billy Keller, who played for the Pacers in their two other buildings, the Pepsi Coliseum and Market Square Arena. "They tried to make this an Indiana fieldhouse. It's the Indiana Pacers, the Indiana colleges and the Indiana high schools. It's like a museum of each level." Conseco has hosted concerts, rodeos, dirt-bike races, boxing, ice skating, the World Swimming Championships, football and other events. Full Article at Indianapolis Star
    They tried to make this an Indiana fieldhouse. It's the Indiana Pacers, the Indiana colleges and the Indiana high schools. It's like a museum of each level.
    SOURCE: Indianapolis Star 2 weeks ago
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Conseco Fieldhouse an Indiana shrine by design
  1. After looking at so many other buildings, it became a blur. They all had a generic, somewhat sterile feel. Conseco was different. They took the Indiana fieldhouse concept and adapted it very well in that building.
    SOURCE: Indianapolis Star 2 weeks ago
  2. It's always, 'Oh, the practice court. We want that.' Or, 'We like the wide concourses. We like the tile from floor to ceiling in the bathrooms. We like the escalator with a staircase next to it.'
    SOURCE: Indianapolis Star 2 weeks ago
  3. The pictures and memorabilia from your time make you feel a part of it
    SOURCE: Indianapolis Star 2 weeks ago
  4. We looked at probably 20 buildings, and Conseco stood out by far, mainly due to the whole fieldhouse theme
    SOURCE: Indianapolis Star 2 weeks ago
  5. The grand theme was, let's make this a Hinkle Fieldhouse-type of atmosphere ... We wanted a retro feel, reminiscent of the basketball arenas in the state of Indiana. We wanted it to be a pure basketball arena and not compromise the sightlines for anything else. We did it as basketball purists.
    SOURCE: Indianapolis Star 2 weeks ago
  6. The opening of Conseco Fieldhouse in 1999 served as the catalyst for arena developers and operators to visualize the importance (that) architectural integration of the fan experience has on defining the success of a venue
    SOURCE: Indianapolis Star 2 weeks ago
  7. People are always coming in
    SOURCE: Indianapolis Star 2 weeks ago
  8. The difference evolved out of being honest to the place and time, respecting the tradition of basketball in Indiana and making Conseco the temple of basketball that it became
    SOURCE: Indianapolis Star 2 weeks ago
  9. It's the best building in the NBA to watch a basketball game
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