Nice try, but I've been to downtown Indianapolis. Nothing to do there except go to horrible chain restaurants, drink heavily, or develop a massive crystal meth addiction.

Wow. Sounds like a real metropolis with so much to do! See our airport. Take our train. We have a few restaurants that are edible. We have Segways (whoopee!) and a Children's Museum. Sorry, but that doesn't quite do it for me. Baltimore has its warts, but I'd rather live here than Indy if that's all the better they can do in selling their city.

Nicky Blaine's is great, just be prepared to send your clothes to the dry cleaners after a visit because the smell of cigar smoke will permeate you after just ten minutes.

Where do they have the Mayflower moving truck museum?

LOL!-MDZ

I heard Mayflower also has late Friday nite departures for those of you that want to get there for a steal of a deal.

...and you'll just love seeing Robert Irsay's name in the ring of honor in the stadium. I thought I was gonna wretch!

P.S. have to admit, it is a beautiful stadium.

Wow, the airport, busline, a steakhouse, then a park or museum. Take it from someone who has been to Indy..BORING!!!! We went to Ravens Sunday night game 4 or 5 years ago and they didn't even serve alcohol in the restaurant bar after the game! It was THE most boring city I have ever visited, nothing to do there!!!! People are dumbass redneck whitebread bores! Don't forget to bring your bible, you will fit right in.

Another place you can check out is Indiana Live! Casino, which is managed by the Gomes and Cordish (a gaming company from Baltimore). Ofcourse, you must be 21 to get in.

Guys - I've lived in Indy since 1974 and it is really a great town. St. Elmo is not merely edible - it is a masterpiece and $$$$. The things you guys have dissed are spectacular. We don't have an inner harbor, but we do have lots of things that are absolutely incredible. Not many bibles around that I know of, and tons of tech, mfg and bio industry. Having said that...

I have to tell you that I am pissed about what the blue and white losers did on 12/27. I will be rooting for the Ravens all day because I have vowed never to utter the name of the local losers, let alone support them or set foot in that stadium our tax money is paying for. Go Ravens - find a way to kick Manning and his play-to-lose wimps out of town. Mayflower cannot come too quickly for me.

St. Elmo's is the real deal. It was the first real steakhouse I ever went to and I always compare others to it. Also, if anyone wants glazed donuts that absolutely put Krispy Kreme's glazed ones to shame, you must to to Long's Bakery. Their other donuts are equally impressive.

Typical east coast rude comments.

When do you Baltimore nuts get over the Mayflower and realize the "great" Art Modell did the exact same thing to the fans of Cleveland that the beligerant drunk did to the fans of Baltimore? Quit your whining! The "Professional Football Team From Indianapolis" as you jaded ex-girlfriend types like to call us, are exactly that... INDIANAPOLIS' team! That was nearly 30 years ago and Johnny U. (who I as an Indy fan with real perspective consider to be the unsurpassable #1 QB of all-time for his leadership and professionalism, which obviously didn't rub off on the fans) has been retired for over 40.

Let's just move on and enjoy the games. Ray-Ray vs. Peyton is always one of the most compelling matchups in the league and it's always overlooked by you jokers because you can't see through the tears.

Since the move, both City's have exactly one Super Bowl win, so SHUT UP!

Oh and good luck this week, if the Ravens get by the Colts this weekend I will be picking them to win the AFC Championship game regardless of the opponent. Ray Rice is one of my new favorite players. Better than MJD all-around.

Your comment on the Children's Museum. Have you ever been there? It's rated as one of the best in the country and it is fascinating for young and old.

TheTruth, Baltimore Ravens fan here, by and large I agree with you. I have a world of respect for the Indianapolis team, their fans and Payton Manning is the definition of a class act future Hall of Fame QB. All that media revenge nonsense was the most annoying stuff I've ever had to witness. Luckily, this time around, most of that stuff has finally died down. Whatever revenge most Raven fans want has to do with answering the 2 point loss from earlier in the season. With all that said, no matter how much I respect your fans, city, team and QB, I'm not using "that name" when discussing your team.

When do you Baltimore nuts get over the Mayflower and realize the "great" Art Modell did the exact same thing to the fans of Cleveland that the beligerant drunk did to the fans of Baltimore? Quit your whining! The "Professional Football Team From Indianapolis" as you jaded ex-girlfriend types like to call us, are exactly that... INDIANAPOLIS' team! That was nearly 30 years ago and Johnny U. (who I as an Indy fan with real perspective consider to be the unsurpassable #1 QB of all-time for his leadership and professionalism, which obviously didn't rub off on the fans) has been retired for over 40.

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Art Modell and the Cleveland Browns were the largest revenue source in Cleveland. He asked for a couple million dollars in repairs to the Mistake by the Lake' mainly the leaky pipes in the ceiling of the locker rooms, and for new plumbing throughout the old joint. He didn't get it. Meanwhile, the wonderful politicos in Cleveland built the Indians (a team lucky to draw 3,000 a game) a new stadium; a new arena for the Cavaliers (another lousy team lucky to draw 3,000) and a rock and roll museum. Meanwhile, the largest source of income for the City/State, the Browns, were given the politicos backsides to kiss. Modell then moved to Baltimore.
Bob the drunken lush Irsay, moves the team in the dead of night in a snowstorm after saying in a drunken slur at a press conference at BWI airport "I am not moving the goddamn team"...the exact words from the drunk. Yet he sneaks them out of town. Modell gave the city of Cleveland back the team name/colors and history. The worthless drunken lush stole not only the team, but the name, colors and more importantly, the history. Did any of the former BALTIMORE Colts ever show up in indy for any ceremonies of the team history? No. Why not? because they, the players who were screwed by the drunken lush idiot tiger Bob didn't want any parts of the worthless drunken lush. SO before you claim to call yourself 'the truth", get your facts straight. BALTIMORE will NEVER forget that old fat drunken lying worthless piece of trash Irsay and his equally worthless idiot son who "owns" the team now. The only one worth anything in Indianapolis is Peyton Manning who is a first class. The shame is he has an idiot son of a worthless drunken lush as a boss. Oh did I mention that fat bob irsay was a drunken worthless lush?

Don't go to Indy; why support the drunkards family with BALTIMORE money?

The Truth is Art Modell asked the city of Cleveland to build him a new stadium that was not falling apart around him. After 6 years of getting the run around from the city he picked his team up and moved, leaving Cleveland its Name, colors, and all Franchise records, oh and 50 Million for a new stadium if they ever get a team which they did in 1999. The Truth, is a moron who know not what he speaks. Oh and since 1984 Indy took until 2007 to win a Super Bowl, we got our team 1996 and won in 2001. Do the math, Indy sucks.

What do you want them to put? They are just thinking of what weekend warriors are going to do. Downtown Indianapolis is a great downtown. Sure it has lots of chains, just like every other downtown in America, but it it also has tons of independent restaurants. I doubt they are going to put, "Go to Broad Ripple in Indy and get drunk off your a-- at the massive amount of bars in a 6 square block area."

Indy will NOT be seeing any of my money. I'm keeping it local.

Some people just don't get history, do they? You'll notice that ESPN never did a show on the five reasons you can't blame Bob Irsay for moving the Colts out of Baltimore. They did such a show on the five reasons you can't blame Art Modell for moving the Browns out of Cleveland. In fact, IIRC, it was the opening show in their limited-run series "Five Reasons You Can't Blame..." The two cases are totally without parallel; only the end results were apparently the same, one team leaves one location for another. But don't forget to factor into the discussion the way the NFL screwed Baltimore year after year after year after the Colts snuck out of town. Who has the bigger draw now, Jacksonville or Baltimore, huh? And let's not forget the way the loser sportswriters in Cleveland have worked overtime, including this year, to deny Art Modell his rightful place in the Pro Football HOF. Space prohibits running the list; everyone knows what it is. So to all those Indy types who scream "Get over it!" -- learn the lessons of history or be doomed to repeat them.

These comments leave me wanting to visit the kind and wonderful people of Baltimore... Still holding a grudge after 25 years against a large population that had nothing but hopes for an NFL team.

Don't come to Indy, come to Indy, I don't really care, I am looking forward to the game, I think it will be a very good battle between the teams who started in Baltimore and Cleveland.

Indy may not be the mecca of tourism that Baltimore is, but it is not a bad downtown, and quite safe and lively well into the early morning.

Indianapolis is one of the dullest major cities in the country for spending the weekend. There are only two things worth doing: (1) attending the Ravens-Colts playoff game, and (2) visiting Bob Irsay's gravesite, including taking a few minutes for a little "relief". I plan to do both this weekend.

Ugh! Now I see why the Colts had to escape Baltimore. Tndy rescued the team and allowed it to blossom into the best franchise in the league.

The quality of the two cities and the people who live there are like night and day. Indy's natives are friendly, knowlegeable and classy.

So many of you in Bal'mer bring shame to your town.

I was born in Indiana, but raised in Baltimore. If you read comments by others they may be criticizing the entertainment offered, but for the most part they're not criticizing the people of Indianapolis.

The Baltimore Colts were a great franchise with fans that loved them. The city feared Irsay might leave when he began flirting with other cities and Baltimore made it clear it would do anything to keep their team. In the middle of the night he packed up the team and took them to Indianapolis taking the colors and the history. Baltimore isn't bitter with Indianapolis, you just remind us of the man we're still bitter towards. News articles comparing Peyton to Johnny U make us sick because Johnny U played for Baltimore and Peyton plays for Indy. Calling you the Colts in our Baltimore stadium would still break hearts in Baltimore. Its not even disrepectful, its respectful of our own Baltimore fans that were die hard and had their team stolen out from under them by a drunk.

Imagine this: You've had the team now for 25 years. You think its a great franchise. You've raised your children to be die hard fans. Tomorrow they pack up and move to another city, let's say LA and become the LA Colts, same uniforms, same everything. How would you feel? Mad at the Irsays? I bet you'd threaten to go "relieve yourself" on a gravesite as well.

Does anyone have an estimate of the amount of Ravens fans that will be there for the game???