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Indianapolis Wooing USA Basketball for New Headquarters Home

Author: Jason Bean, Category: Business, Elected Officials, Government, Indiana Pacers, Indy Pro Athletes, News, Sports

Indianapolis continues to build on it’s premiere status as a central location for a variety of sports and sports related companies.

A press release issued by USA Basketball today announces that they have requested RFP’s from any city interested in becoming the new headquarters for their executive offices and training facilities from Colorado Springs.

The relocation process reflects the desire of USA Basketball to consolidate its executive and training operations into a single, state-of-the-art location. Currently, USA Basketball’s executive offices are headquartered in Colorado Springs, and it trains its teams at the United States Olympic Committee’s training center, also in Colorado Springs, and various other venues around the United States.

To date, more than 20 cities have expressed interest in participating in the process and have received USA Basketball’s RFP. In concert with its host community, USA Basketball is seeking to establish a focal point for excellence in the sport of basketball and the values the organization prizes in its players and teams: leadership, teamwork, sportsmanship and a sense of national pride. USA Basketball will promote its presence in the host community on a year-round basis by staging a wide variety of signature competitions and festivals, exhibition games, instructional programs, clinics, skills camps and community outreach programs.

The story in IBJ states that Indiana Sports Corp informed the IBJ that Indianapolis city officials are interested in pursuing this opportunity to compete for the headquarters of USA Basketball.

City officials said having the locally-based NCAA and National Federation of State High School Associations-both key USA Basketball members-and the Indiana Pacers makes Indianapolis an ideal home for the headquarters.

If I were Indianapolis, I don’t know if I’d make too many mentions of the Pacer’s right now, it might do more damage than good. I did hear an interesting proposal earlier this week about the Pacer’s organization though. I wonder how things would turn around if Bill Polian and Tony Dungy took over for a couple of seasons.