How much did Major Taylor Velodrome cost to build?
The Major Taylor Velodrome in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the concrete cycling track owned by the City of Indianapolis and operated by Marian University, home of the Marian University cycling team, designed by Howard Needles Tammen and Bergendoff and built for the 1982 National Sports Festival (U.S. Olympic Festival), dedicated on 15 July 1982 and named for the cyclist Marshall Major Taylor, the first building in Indianapolis built with public money to be named for an African American. WRTV wrote in 2022 that the Indianapolis Department of Parks and Recreation and the Lilly Endowment financed the USD 2.5 million velodrome.
Reported project cost
$2.5 million
Cost basis: 1982
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost1982
Project record
Opened or launched
WRTV15 July 1982