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Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana photography including the new JW Marriott hotel, NCAA headquarters and the open space area on the west side of downtown.

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Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana as seen from the west side looking east over the canal. The downtown Indianapolis area has been revived and reformed over the past decade with new development lining the downtown streets and the canal district. Downtown Indianapolis is becoming a hotbed of activity with it’s quaint downtown that is easy to navigate and the recent positive attention from the 2012 Super Bowl which was held at Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis.

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A panoramic view of the Indianapolis, Indiana skyline as seen from I-70 in February 2006. The RCA Dome (demolished) can de seen on the left.

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The Conrad Hilton Hotel in downtown Indianapolis near the Circle Centre Mall. This photo was taken the night before Super Bowl XLVI in February 2012.

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The entrance of the JW Marriott Indianapolis hotel the night before Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indy. The photo above was taken at the top of the parking garage across the street at the corner of Maryland and West St just after midnight on February 5, 2012, about 17 hours before the big game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots.

The photo of the JW Marriott in Indy below was taken at the SE corner of Maryland and West St, just south of the parking garage and at ground level. Be sure to check out my other Indianapolis Super Bowl photos including Monument Circle and the Bud Light Hotel in Indianapolis.

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This is probably one of my favorite photos that I took on the night before Super Bowl XLVI in downtown Indianapolis. I love the color, but most of all, I just love how Indianapolis looks so alive in this photo. This photo was taken around 1:00am at the corner of Maryland St. and Illinois St., just south of Monument Circle. Also check out the photo of the Bud Light Hotel!

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Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis was brightly lit in the days leading to Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. This photo was taken at 2:00am in the hours just before Super Bowl XLVI 46 took place between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indy. The large letters “XLVI” stood just to the left of the field of view of this photo, signifying the 46th Super Bowl taking place in Indianapolis.

Indianapolis was a great host city for Super Bowl XLVI and fortunately, the weather cooperated in the days leading up to the big game. People from all over poured into Indianapolis and enjoyed the Super Bowl Village, fully equipped with zip lining, the NFL Experience, food, drinks and more. The Hampton Inn in downtown Indianapolis was transformed into the Bud Light Hotel Indianapolis and hosted several bands and activities. Downtown Indianapolis turned into one big party in the week leading up to the Super Bowl. Many of the downtown streets were closed to traffic and people crowded the streets along Maryland St., Meridian St., Illinois St. and more to celebrate Indianapolis as the host city for a Super Bowl for the very first time.

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The Hampton Inn in downtown Indianapolis was transformed into the Bud Light Hotel for the days leading up to Super Bowl XLVI 46 at Lucas Oil Stadium. This HDR photo of Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis was taken at just before 1:00am early Sunday morning, just hours before the big game match up between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. This photo was taken at the corner of Meridian St and Maryland St, just a couple blocks south of Monument Circle.

It wasn’t until the last minute before I had even decided to show up in Indianapolis to take in the Super Bowl XLVI 46 festivities. Rose and I talked about the uniqueness of the Super Bowl being held in Indianapolis and I explained to her that the Super Bowl doesn’t typically come into cold winter states unless they have a doomed stadium, and even then the chances are still unlikely. This opportunity might not present itself again for another decade or so as we expect the harsh weather to keep the Super Bowl out of Chicago for years to come.

Indianapolis is a very unique city to me and certainly one that doesn’t get the recognition that it deserves. It’s an overlooked city; shadowed by nearby Chicago in size while also the second largest city in the Midwest (Chicago being the first). Indianapolis is the 12th largest city by population in the country, larger than Atlanta, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Denver, Miami and even Washington DC. Indianapolis has one NFL team and one NBA team, multiple colleges and universities and a scenic river and state park that runs just outside of the downtown area. Despite Indianapolis having held several NCAA Final Four tournaments, the Indianapolis 500 and other monumental sporting events, this underrated city gets little love, but for one night in February, the entire world watched as Indianapolis hosted one of the most anticipated match ups in Super Bowl history take place. With a record 111 million viewers tuning into the big game, Indianapolis stood proud as a friendly Midwest city that has plenty of food and amenities to offer. Hopefully this spotlight helps to get some footing under Indianapolis as a tourist destination, or at the least, a great city to stay in while passing through the State of Indiana.

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This photo was taken of the Indianapolis skyline at night from the new JW Marriott Hotel and I was lucky enough to actually capture a shooting star in this photo! If you click on the photo it will enlarge in a new browser window, so be sure to check out the shooting star in the upper right corner!

Rose and I were sitting in our hotel room looking out the window and playing with the settings on my camera and I started taking some photos. It didn’t take long, but about 10 minutes into taking the photos, I took a photo and both of us thought that we saw something in the sky and sure enough after looking at the photo, I had caught a shooting star…BY ACCIDENT! I had always wanted to take my camera out in a dark field to take photos of shooting stars, but to date haven’t done it yet. I’ve taken a few photos of stars, but when shooting stars, you can’t have the shutter open very long because believe it or not, stars move. If the shutter is open too long, you will see the stars spiral around, which is also a very cool photo! For this photo, the shutter was only open for 0.8 seconds.

I took this photo in January 2012, less than one month before the 2012 Super Bowl XLVI 46 game, which took place just a couple blocks south of the JW Marriott Hotel at Lucas Oil Stadium.

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