The Arena at Innovation Mile

The Arena at Innovation Mile

Location	Noblesville, Indiana
Coordinates	39°59′35.3″N85°54′54″W / 39.993139°N 85.91500°W / 39.993139; -85.91500
Owner	City of Noblesville
Operator	Patch Development
Capacity	3,400
Construction
Broke ground	Fall 2023
Construction cost	$40 million
Tenants
Indiana Mad Ants (2025–) [1]

The Arena at Innovation Mile is an indoor arena under construction in Noblesville, Indiana. Owned by the City of Noblesville, it will have a capacity of 3,400 opening in the summer of 2025. The arena will serve as the home venue for the Indiana Mad Ants, the NBA G League affiliate of the NBA's Indiana Pacers, and is expected to debut during the 2025–26 G League season. ^[2]

History

Founding & construction

Originally named Noblesville Event Center, and slated to be built in the Finch Creek Park area, the arena will now be built at the intersection of 141st Street and I-69, east of Olio Road and officially called The Arena at Innovation Mile. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

NBA G League

With the recent trend of NBA teams moving their NBA G League affiliate teams closer to their local home markets, on May 8, 2023, the Indiana Pacers announced that they would move their G–League affiliate, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, from Fort Wayne, Indiana to Noblesville, Indiana to play in a new arena to be built. ^{[6] [7]} To prepare for construction of the new Noblesville arena, the Pacers announced that they would temporarily move the Mad Ants to Indianapolis to play at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, splitting time with the Pacers, for the 2023–24 and 2024–25 G League seasons. ^[8] Upon their short term move to Indianapolis, the franchise rebranded as the Indiana Mad Ants. The name is meant to last until their move to Noblesville, which will be accompanied by a new name, color scheme, and mascot. ^[9]

References

1. "Construction for new Noblesville Events Center underway" . Retrieved August 2, 2024.
2. "Construction for new Noblesville Events Center underway" . Retrieved August 2, 2024.
3. "Noblesville announces new site for planned NBA G League arena" . Retrieved July 25, 2023.
4. "Noblesville chooses developer for arena that will serve as home to Pacers' G League team" . Retrieved July 26, 2023.
5. "UPDATE: Noblesville eyes new site near I-69 for arena and conference center" . Retrieved July 25, 2023.
6. "Pacers' G-League affiliate Mad Ants moving to Noblesville" . Retrieved May 8, 2023.
7. "Mad Ants' time in Fort Wayne is over: Pacers moving G League team to Indy and then new Noblesville arena" . Retrieved May 8, 2023.
8. "Noblesville, Pacers Sports & Entertainment Announce New G League Partnership". NBA.com .
9. Montgomery, Gregg (2023-05-08). "Pacers to move NBA G League team to new arena in Noblesville". WISH-TV . Retrieved 2023-05-08.

External links

• Official Site