Bobby "Slick" Leonard, the former NBA player and Hall of Fame coach who won three ABA championships with the Indiana Pacers and spent more than a half century with the organization, has died. He was 88.

The first phase of renovations to Bankers Life Fieldhouse stayed on schedule despite some disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The NBA and Indiana Pacer said the COVID-19 pandemic prevented appropriate planning and execution of the activities envisioned for this February.

Storen rose to executive spots in basketball, football, baseball and tennis during a four-decade career in sports, including time as general manager of the Indiana Pacers and Kentucky Colonels.

Carmel-based CNO Financial Group announced last year it wasn't renewing the naming-rights contract that it held since the arena opened as Conseco Fieldhouse in 1999.

City officials in Indianapolis are signing off on a deal for nearly $300 million in public subsidies toward renovation of the Indiana Pacers' downtown arena.

Gov. Eric Holcomb's office says he signed the bill Monday setting up financing plans for renovation of the Indiana Pacers' arena and construction of a new soccer stadium.

The bill will give the Capital Improvement Board millions of dollars to revamp Bankers Life Fieldhouse, where the Indiana Pacers play, and help build a proposed Indy Eleven soccer stadium.

The deal includes no new taxes or fees, which Indianapolis officials say was a priority for the city.

The deal calls for the Pacers to pay $65 million toward the renovations, which will feature construction of a year-round outdoor plaza in place of an existing parking garage next to the arena.