Coatings World - March 2016

American Coatings Show and Conference - Visitors’ Guide

Bankers Life Fieldhouse

125 South Pennsylvania Street (317) 917-2727 www.bankerslifefieldhouse.com

Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum

(317) 233-0528 www.in.gov

Indiana State Museum

650 West Washington Street (317) 232-1637 www.indianamuseum.org

Indiana Convention Center

100 South Capitol Avenue (317) 262-3400 www.icclos.com

Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site

1230 North Delaware Street (317) 631-1888 www.presidentbenjaminharrison.org

Indiana Repertory Theatre

140 West Washington Street (317) 635-5252 www.irtlive.com

Scottish Rite Cathedral

650 North Meridian Street 317-262-3100 www.aasr-indy.org

Fun Facts About Indianapolis

• If you went out every night in downtown Indy, it would be a year before you were forced to go to the same place twice.

• If you’re under 14, you can be fined $3 per swear word in Indianapolis, with a maximum of $10 worth of fines per day.

• The first event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was a helium-filled balloon competition in 1909.

•David Letterman, host of television’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” was born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis.

• Marcella Gruelle of Indianapolis created the Raggedy Ann doll in 1914.

• Indianapolis Motor Speedway was orig-
inally paved with 3.2 million bricks, earn-
ing it the name “Brickyard.”
• The first long-distance auto race in the
U. S. was held May 30, 1911, at the In-
dianapolis Motor Speedway. The win-
ner averaged 75 miles an hour and won
a 1st place prize of $14,000. Today the
average speed is over 167 miles an hour
and the prize is more than $1.2 million.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the site
of the greatest spectacle in sports, the
Indianapolis 500. The Indianapolis 500
is held every Memorial Day weekend in
the Hoosier capital city. The race is 200
laps or 500 miles long.

• The Lucas Oil Stadium roof only takes eight minutes to open.

• True to its motto, “Cross Roads of America” Indiana has more miles of Interstate Highway per square mile than any other state. The Indiana state Motto, can be traced back to the early 1800s. In the early years river traffic, especially along the Ohio, was a major means of transportation. The National Road, a major westward route, and the north-south Michigan Road crossed in Indianapolis. Today more major highways intersect in Indiana than in any other state.

• Indianapolis has the second most mon-
uments and memorials in the nation
with 33, behind only Washington D.C.

• Indianapolis grocer Gilbert Van Camp discovered his customers enjoyed an old family recipe for pork and beans in tomato sauce. He opened up a canning company and Van Camp’s Pork and Beans became an American staple.