NOTICE: The 2012 Individual State Finals will NOT be held at Conseco Fieldhouse

[AC Computer]

It's been renamed.    It's now Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

[tflo84]

Why the name change?

[GrecoCoach]

Why the name change?

Conseco's 15-year naming rights contract expired.  I don't remember how many million they paid for the right, but Lucas Oil paid $252 million for their 15-year contract.  I'm guessing that Banker's Life didn't pay that much.

[tflo84]

Thanks for the explanation

[AC Computer]

Conseco was also bought out by Bankers Life, so the company doesn't exist under that name anymore.

[GrecoCoach]

After digging a little deeper, AC is correct.  Conseco actually signed a 20-year contract for the naming rights, and there are still 6 or 7 years left.  Since Bankers Life's holding company in Carmel took over Conseco, they chose to rename the fieldhouse to give Bankers Life more recognition nationally.

[mat fiend]

The field house sounds kinda cool. But how many people are still gonna call it conseco

[KarlHungus]

I still called the Hoosier Dome the Hoosier Dome until its demise