When real estate developer and Indy Eleven soccer team owner Ersal Ozdemir unveiled plans for Eleven Park, a mixed-use development just southwest of downtown anchored by a 20,000-seat stadium, it seemed the Indianapolis implant would finally achieve a decade-long dream that would marry his love of soccer and real estate development. But a year later, that dream turned into a nightmare.

Ozdemir suffered a major public setback in spring 2024 when Mayor Joe Hogsett's administration ditched the $1 billion plan in favor of a different stadium site.

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