INDIANAPOLIS – Patrick Talty, who helped organize the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament and was an executive for World Wrestling Entertainment, has been elected president of the Indiana Sports Corp.
Talty has been chief operating officer of the organization that lures and organizes major sports events in Indianapolis. He is the seventh president of the Sports Corp, which began in 1979.
He succeeds Ryan Vaughn, who stepped down after eight years in the role.
“Our focus is to continue Indy’s rich history of hosting world-class sporting events and creating significant impact that goes well beyond the competition venue,” Talty said in a news release.
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He was previously general manager of U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, overseeing and managing one of the NFL’s newest stadiums. During that time, the stadium hosted Super Bowl LII and the 2019 men’s Final Four.
Before that, Talty was senior vice president of live events for WWE.
In Indianapolis, he has served at the Indiana Basketball Academy, the Stephenson Group and on the executive staff of the Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome. With the Sports Corp, he had a role in last year’s NCAA tournament that was held entirely in Indiana and mostly at four Indianapolis venues.
Talty, a Virginia Tech graduate, did postgraduate study at Ball State.
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