Indy Greets New Attraction

Mon., June 2, 1997

Associated Press

NCAA leaders were welcomed to their future hometown Sunday, a day after announcing the college sports organizing body will move its headquarters and Hall of Champions to Indianapolis.

They were greeted by Gov. Frank O’Bannon, city officials and business leaders - the consortium that put together the $50 million incentive package that lured the NCAA from its longtime home in Overland Park, Kan.

“We feel like we’ve been embraced by this particular city and this state,” NCAA executive director Cedric Dempsey said at a news conference in O’Bannon’s office. “That part of it made it an easy decision for us in some respects.”

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