Sports Complex

Location - 815 W. New York Street Was the Tennis Complex on the campus of what is now IUI (FNA IUPUI). Was a precurser to Deer Creek. Was no longer used for concerts once Deer Creek opened in 1989.
Today - IUI campus
Opened - 1980
Closed - 1999
Demolished - 2010
Date Act Details Attendance Review
6/14/1980 Eugene Fodor 1st Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival    
Lorin Hollander      
6/15/1980 Danny Davis / Nashville Brass 1st Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival
New Christy Minstrels
Donna Fargo
6/16/1980 Tommy Dorsey 1st Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival    
Nancy Wilson      
Count Basie      
6/17/1980 Bill Gaither Trio 1st Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival
6/18/1980 Kingston Trio 1st Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival    
Up With People      
6/19/1980 Herbie Mann 1st Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival
Dizzy Gillespie
Ella Fitzgerald
6/20/1980 Sarah Vaughn 1st Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival    
Henry Mancini      
7/12/1980 Kenny Loggins 7,000 Thumbs Up
Firefall
9/20/1980 Indianapolis Jazz Fest      
Peabo Bryson      
Ramsey Lewis      
Melba Moore      
Hubert Laws      
5/23/1981 The Oak Ridge Boys 4,500 3 Stars
Doug Hagan
Ricky Skaggs
6/11/1981 James Taylor     Thumbs Up
6/27/1981 John Nelson 2nd Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival
6/28/1981 Rev James Cleveland 2nd Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival    
Eternal Light Singers      
6/29/1981 David Frizzell / Shelly West 2nd Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival
Margo Smith
TG Sheppard
6/30/1981 Glenn Miller Orchestra 2nd Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival    
Pearl Bailey w/ Louis Bellson      
7/1/1981 Mitch Miller 2nd Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival
Kelly Garrett
7/2/1981 Dave Brubeck 2nd Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival    
Ella Fitzgerald      
7/3/1981 Ben Vereen 2nd Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival
7/24/1981 Jimmy Buffett   7,200 3 Stars
7/25/1981 Harry Chapin Past away in a car wreck 7/17/81 Cancelled
8/14/1981 Sha Na Na   2,500 3 Stars
8/15/1981 Gordon Lightfoot 4,000 2 Stars
8/16/1981 Gino Vannelli      
8/18/1981 Donna Summer 6,500 5 Stars
Gary Shandling
8/25/1981 Christopher Cross Per review, Cross was not happy with his performance and was have a crappy day.  8,500 3 Stars
America      
6/5/1982 Charlie Daniels Band 3,300 3 Stars
McGuffey Lane
6/19/1982 Richard Simmons Exercise classes w/ Richard - Gladys Knight showed up as a surprise. 1,500  
6/26/1982 John Davidson 3rd Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival
6/27/1982 Duke Ellington Band 3rd Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival    
6/28/1982 The Commodores 3rd Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival
6/29/1982 Oscar Peterson 3rd Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival    
Dizzie Gillespie      
6/30/1982 Smokey Robinson 3rd Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival
Sister Sledge
Taste of Honey
7/1/1982 The Osmonds w/ Donny & Marie 3rd Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival    
7/2/1982 Dionne Warwick 3rd Annual Indianapolis All Star Music Festival
7/13/1982 Jimmy Buffett      
7/18/1982 Elton John 9,000 4 Stars
Quarterflash
7/22/1982 Al Jarreau   4,500 5 Stars
David Sanborn      
8/11/1982 James Taylor 7,200 4 Stars
Karla Bonoff
8/18/1982 Doobie Brothers   8,000 4 Stars
9/10/1982 Kenny Loggins   6,800 4 Stars
America      
6/16/1983 Chicago   3,600 3 Stars
6/18/1983 Rick Springfield Far from sold out Thumbs Up
Sparks  
7/2/1983 Hall & Oates   8,000 3 Stars
7/7/1983 Joni Mitchell
7/10/1983 Linda Ronstadt   5,000 3 Stars
Quarterflash      
7/16/1983 Air Supply 4,000 3 Stars
8/14/1983 James Taylor      
9/2/1983 Manhattan Transfer 3,000 5 Stars
6/9/1984 Moody Blues      
Leo Kottke      
6/23/1984 Hank Williams Jr   5,500 3 Stars
The Wright Brothers      
6/26/1984 Jimmy Buffett   4,800 4 Stars
6/30/1984 Grateful Dead 7,600 3 Stars
7/7/1984 George Jones   2,500 Thumbs Up
7/12/1984 Huey Lewis / News 9,200 4 Stars
8/13/1984 Rick Springfield   7,500 Thumbs Up
Corey Hart      
8/17/1984 Herb Alpert
8/31/1984 Billy Idol   8,000 4 Stars
9/13/1984 Herbie Hancock   1,500 3 Stars
Steel Pulse      
9/17/1984 Crosby, Stills. Nash   9,500 4 Stars
6/8/1985 Santana 5,000 3 Stars
6/19/1985 Tom Petty / Heartbreakers   6,000 3 Stars
6/19/1985 Til Tuesday      
6/22/1985 Jimmy Buffett 8,000 Thumbs Up
6/29/1985 Pointer Sisters   7,900 3.5 Stars
7/5/1985 Al Jarreau 6,500 4.5 Stars
David Sanborn
7/6/1985 Eric Clapton   8,700 4 Stars
Graham Parker and the Shot      
8/9/1985 Beach Boys 8,500 3 Stars
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
8/9/1985 Flash Kahan
8/10/1985 Amy Grant   9,000 Thumbs Up
Russ Taff      
8/11/1985 Survivor 3,400
Y&T
9/10/1985 The Four Tops      
Spirit      
Tommy James      
Mark Lindsay      
5/24/1986 John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
5/30/1986 Stevie Nicks   8,000 3 Stars
Peter Frampton      
6/7/1986 Sandi Patti
6/14/1986 The Beach Boys   3,900 4 Stars
Roger McGuinn      
6/20/1986 Moody Blues 7,500 3 Stars
The Fixx
6/21/1986 Stevie Ray Vaughn      
The Fabulous Thunderbirds      
6/27/1986 Eddie Murphy
6/28/1986 Krokus
Keel
Zeno
6/29/1986 Julian Lennon   4,500 3.5 Stars
7/1/1986 Stephen Stills
America
Tom Chapin
7/3/1986 Billy Ocean   5,200 3 Stars
Meli'sa Morgan      
7/12/1986 Jackson Browne 6,000 4.5 Stars
Peter Case
8/4/1986 Starship   4,500 3.5 Stars
The Outfield      
8/8/1986 Air Supply
8/9/1986 James Taylor      
9/24/1986 John Fogerty
Bonnie Raitt
5/29/1987 Chicago     Thumbs Up
6/7/1987 Eddie Money Thumbs Up
Henry Lee Summer
6/20/1987 Stevie Ray Vaughn   4,000 Thumbs Up
The Gregg Allmann Band      
6/24/1987 Tom Petty/ Heartbreakers 5,000 Thumbs Up
Georgia Satellites
Del Fuegos
6/28/1987 Santana      
7/4/1987 Heart 5,000 Thumbs Up
Tom Kimmell
7/21/1987 Lou Gramm      
Patty Smyth      
7/22/1987 Night Ranger Thumbs Up
The Outfield
7/23/1987 The Turtles   2,500 Thumbs in the Middle
Herman's Hermits      
The Grass Roots      
Mark Lindsay      
7/26/1987 Starship 3,500 Thumbs Up
Cutting Crew
7/31/1987 The Monkees     Thumbs Up
Weird Al Yankovic      
8/1/1987 David Sanborn
The Nylons
8/27/1987 Al Jarreau   5,300 Thumbs Up
Chaka Khan      
8/28/1987 Kenny Loggins      
Christopher Titus      
9/10/1987 Crosby, Stills. Nash   6,700 Thumbs Up
8/7/1988 Jeffery Osborne
8/10/1988 James Taylor   7,042 Thumbs Up
8/11/1988 Kenny G 5,000 Thumbs Up
Stanley Jordon
8/12/1988 Robert Palmer   3,200 Thumbs Up
Steel Pulse      
8/13/1988 Neil Young 5,000 Thumbs Up
Tracy Chapman
8/19/1988 Crosby, Stills. Nash   6,000 Thumbs Up
8/26/1988 Sam Kinison Sparsely Attended
8/27/1988 Manhattan Transfer  
9/9/1988 REO Speedwagon
Rebel Heels
6/17/1999 Indy Jazz Feast
Bruce Hornsby
Chris Isaak
6/18/1999 Indy Jazz Feast
George Benson
Boney James

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