Indianapolis
Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, which is connected to the Indiana Convention Center, is expected to begin a comprehensive renovation in 2017 to overhaul 622 guest rooms and 40,000 square feet of meeting space.
Hotel Tango Artisan Distillery, the city’s first artisan distillery and tasting room, is expanding by renovating a century-old warehouse into an urban chic event space with capacity for 250 people. It is slated to begin hosting events in April 2017.
Historic Old City Hall is slated to break ground in 2017 and transform into a 21c Museum Hotel, complete with 150 rooms, conference space, a chef-driven restaurant and craft cocktail lounge.
South Bend
Aloft South Bend, located just two short blocks from the Century Center Convention Center, is on track to debut in November 2017 with 183 guest rooms and roughly 3,750 square feet of meeting space.
The 140-room Courtyard by Marriott, located in downtown South Bend across the street from the Century Center Convention Center, is also scheduled to open in 2017.
Holiday Inn Mishawaka Conference Center opened in September 2016 with 10,000 square feet of meeting space and 115 guest rooms.
Century Center Convention Center recently installed 90 solar panels and made other energy-efficient updates to lighting, heating and air conditioning.
Fort Wayne
The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum completed a major renovation in 2015, including the addition of a new 50,000-square-foot conference center.
Located in downtown Fort Wayne, the Grand Wayne Convention Center recently announced the completion of its fully renovated wireless system with high-density Wi-Fi technology.
Lafayette/West Lafayette
Best Western is being gutted, renovated and rebranded as a DoubleTree by Hilton that is expected to open in fall 2017.
Courtyard by Marriott Lafayette added a 5,500-square-foot conference facility, an 8,000-square-foot patio and 32 additional guest rooms in 2015.