Event center operator makes plans for Indy site
A Utah-based company that runs event centers across the United States is making plans to open its first Indiana venue in Carmel.
Utah-based Noah’s Event Venue, which has locations across the country including Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan, has filed plans to build a nearly 13,000-square-foot event center on Illinois Street in Carmel.
Plans show the three-story facility would be built between Main Street and 136th Street. The 1.68-acre site is vacant and in the Meridian Corridor zoning district. The venue could open as early as summer 2019.
Noah’s bills itself as the country’s largest nationwide event venue corporation, with more than 41 standalone venues across the country. The facilities host and offer planning services for weddings, corporate events, fundraisers, bar mitzvahs, parties and other events.
The first Noah’s Event Venue opened in 2007 in Utah. Since then, its venues have hosted more than 10,000 events.
Scooter companies get city approval for Indy return
Scooter-rental companies Bird Rides Inc. and Lime could return to Indianapolis as soon as Sept. 4, after receiving approval of their license applications, the city announced Tuesday.
Bird, which filed its application Aug. 7, said it wants to relaunch service in Indianapolis with 6,000 electronic scooters that it will offer throughout most of the city.
That’s 4,200 more scooters than rival operator Lime applied for this month in its permit application with Indianapolis.
Bird operated locally for about 28 days before pulling its scooters off the streets in mid-July at the request of the city while City-County Council members came up with a regulatory ordinance for scooter-rental services.
Lime offered about 300 rent-by-the-minute scooters for just a few weeks before halting operations July 5.
The council approved the new regulations July 16 and began taking license applications this month.
The city emphasized that, under the new regulations, scooters are not allowed on sidewalks, trails (including the Cultural and Monon trails), the Canal Walkway or in White River State Park.
The ordinance passed by the city calls for the scooter-rental services to pay a $15,000 annual license fee, plus $1 per scooter per day.
That would translate into more than $2.2 million in payments to the city from Bird each year and $672,000 annually from Lime.
