Indianapolis has become city that doesn’t sleep

Indianapolis was once called Naptown and India-No-Place for a reason.

No more Naptown: Super Bowl boosts Indy's image

Indianapolis was once called Naptown and India-No-Place for a reason. Native son Kurt Vonnegut Jr. referred to it in 1970 as "the 500-mile speedway race, and then 364 days of miniature golf, and then the 500-mile speedway race again." People used to roam city streets on Sundays, picking off pigeons with shotguns as part of "Operation Pigeon-Rid." For decades, there was no reason...

Super Bowl 2012 Erases Indianapolis Image As Naptown

-- Indianapolis was once called Naptown and India-No-Place for a reason. Native son Kurt Vonnegut Jr. referred to it in 1970 as "the 500-mile speedway race, and then 364 days of miniature golf, and then the 500-mile speedway race again."

W-B native knows Indianapolis firsthand

Ron Solt has a unique perspective on the city that’s hosting today’s Super Bowl – he not only lived there, he used to play pro football there. Raised in the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre and a football, wrestling and track star at Coughlin High School, Solt was a first-round draft pick for the Indianapolis Colts and lived a few miles outside the city while he was an offensive lineman for ...

Indianapolis Sheds 'Bastion Of Boredom' Image

Indianapolis was once called Naptown and India-No-Place for a reason.