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Behind the Scenes in Indy Tour
The following locations would love to show you how and what they do and why:
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Chateau Thomas Winery ... Tastings, group tours and entertainment take place year round.
Cost: Tasting packages, $3-$15
Time: 1 ½ hrs
Contact: 317-837-9463 -
Tour Conseco Fieldhouse ... Generally acknowledged as the finest basketball venue in the country, this retro-style fieldhouse combines yesterday’s nostalgia with today’s most modern amenities.
Cost: $4.50, adults; $3.50, children, 5-18; School Groups: $4, adults; $2.50, children 5-18
Time: 45 minutes – 1 hour
Contact: Michele Hoosier at 317-917-2979 -
Crossroads Greenhouse and South Side Landfill … Tour this environmentally safe solid waste disposal facility and learn how the process produces methane gas that heats and fuels their facility and helps to operate the greenhouse(the size of a football field) that produces poinsettia’s for commercial use.
Cost: Free, limited to 60 people
Time: 1 ½ hours
Contact: Derek Young, 317-247-6808 -
Crown Hill Cemetery … Visit the gravesites of Presidents (Benjamin Harrison), poets (James Whitcomb Riley) and playwrights (Booth Tarkington). Oh, and the notorious John Dillinger is laid to rest here, too.
Cost: $100/$125/$150/per motorcoach (flat rate applies unless the per person rate is less expensive)
Time: 30min/1hr/1 ½ hours
Contact: Marty Davis at 317-920-2644 -
Tour, dinner and wine tasting at Easley Winery … From "grape to glass," Easley’s guides the winemaking process, and then you get to taste the fruit of their labor.
Cost: Wine tasting and tour, free; Dinner, TBD
Time: 1 ½ hrs for tour & wine tasting; 2 ½ hrs including dinner
Contact: 317-636-4516 -
Indiana Medical History Museum ... An authentic, intact 1896 pathology laboratory.
Cost: $5, adults; $1, children
Time: Call for group tour times
Contact: Virginia Terpening at 317-635-7329 -
Indiana Repertory Theatre … Home of one of the leading regional theatres in the country, located in the restored 1927 "Indiana Theatre."
Cost: $1/person
Time: 15 minutes minimum (longer tours can be scheduled according to availability of staff and facility)
Contact: 317-635-5277 -
Indiana Statehouse Tour … Tour this building of outstanding architectural beauty, that has served as a center of civic life in Indiana since 1888.
Cost: Free
Time: 15 minutes up to 90 minutes (depending on group interest and guide availability)
Contact: 317-233-5293 -
Indiana World Skating Academy … This facility is one of the finest in the world for the training and development of ice sports for both amateur and professional athletes in figure skating, hockey and speed skating.
Cost: Discounts for groups of 15+
Time: Varies
Contact: 317-237-5565 -
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame "Grounds Tour" … No visit to Indianapolis is complete without a tour of the world’s finest racing facility and its Hall of Fame Museum, where the history of motorsports and automobiles is on display.
Cost: $25, adults; $10, children; free, children 5 and under
Time: 1 ½ hours
Contact: Mary Geiss at 317-492-6747 -
The Sanctuary, The Art of N.A. Noel ... A restored church turned into a gallery of Noel’s "angels," the Sanctuary also includes a quaint café.
Cost: Free
Time: Tues. - Sat., 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Curators Café, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Contact: Jane Jimison at 800-444-6635 -
NCAA Hall of Champions … Tributes to the great athletes, coaches and teams and experiences in intercollegiate athletics.
Cost: TBD
Time: 1 ½ hours
Contact: Kim Teague at 317-917-6402 -
Trader’s Point Creamery … Only minutes from the hustle and bustle of the city, step into the world of organic farming and award-winning dairy products.
Cost: $3/person
Time: 45 minutes – 1 hour
Contact: Angie Campbell at 317-733-1700 -
Victory Field … Recognized as the finest minor league ballpark in America.
Cost for games: $13, box Seats; $9, reserved or lawn; $2 discount for groups of 25 or more. For ground tours: available on non-game day Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tours are by appointment only and typically begin at 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. and last one hour. $2/person. Availability is limited, call in advance to book.
Time: 3-4 hours for games
Contact: Drew Heincker at 317-269-3545, ext. 254





