The Pacers are NOT leaving Indiana. Maybe you misunderstood something but they aren't going anywhere. Conseco Fieldhouse is on a 30 year lease to the city of Indianapolis and they aren't going to take away the only significant form of revenue that they have coming in.
"Simon said he doesn't want to move the team, though he acknowledges that the financial losses have accelerated the past three years.
"I have no thought of leaving Indiana," he said. "Only a thought of preserving the Pacers and keeping them in Indiana. That's the only issue right here."
Simon, who has owned the team with his brother, Mel, since 1983, said he doesn't need help with the Pacers.
"We can handle the team," he said. "It's the operation of the facility that's causing us the problem. We're not asking anyone to pay for us. It's just the operating of the facility."
The Pacers aren't going anywhere.