INDIANAPOLIS — More than three decades ago, then-Indianapolis Mayor Bill Hudnut issued a challenge, a la Field of Dreams: “Built it, and they will come.”
That “it,” it turned out, was the Hoosier Dome. And, in 1984, Hudnut’s vision officially played out: the facility, which would later be renamed the RCA Dome, was instrumental in bringing the Indianapolis Colts to town.
Over the next 32 years, Hudnut’s forethought would turn Indianapolis into a major sports town, a fact confirmed no more than when the city hosted Super Bowl XLVI in 2012.
On Sunday, Hudnut’s family announced, the former four-term mayor of Indianapolis had passed away.