February 5, 2012
FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 file photo, people crowd the streets through Super Bowl Village, in Indianapolis. Indianapolis was once called Naptown and India-No-Place for a reason. For decades, there was no reason to stay downtown after dark. This week, as 150,000 visitors descend on a new, vibrant district before Super Bowl Sunday, even cynics agree that the city has successfully shed its image as a bastion of boredom in what was once called "flyover country." The New England Patriots are scheduled to face the New York Giants in NFL football's Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, Feb. 5, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
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No more Naptown: Super Bowl boosts Indy's image
Indianapolis was once called Naptown and India-No-Place for a reason.. Native son Kurt Vonnegut Jr. referred to it in 1970 as "the 500-mile speedway race, and then 364 days of miniature golf, and then the 500-mile speedway race again." People used to roam city streets
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