Mel Raines
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Oct 23, 2026
Scott AgnessHOST
You better believe there's interest both from front office standpoint, also what it means for this team moving forward.
Scott AgnessHOST
Very curious to see what front office and what Pacers Sports and Entertainment CEO Mel Raines choose to go in the next direction, because you better believe we will all be watching and discussing, because that's this fever.
Scott AgnessHOST
They're interesting, they're relevant, and it goes well beyond central Indiana, the state, the country.
Scott AgnessHOST
I know many of you are probably joining or listening or watching from afar in other countries, because that's exactly the audience that Clark and this fever team bring for every single game.
Tom AlvarezHOST
we can safely say that your mother was one of those folks who laid the foundation for the predominance of women's sports yes indiana fever and all of that
Judith B. ThomasGUEST
and the beauty of that you know in in in 2008 indianapolis will host the women's NCAA Final Four, right? But they will host it in a football stadium, first time, in a city where there are women that run the men's and women's professional basketball team, Mel Raines, Nancy Irsay, or not Nancy Irsay, the Irsay daughters that run the football team, Colts.
Judith B. ThomasGUEST
And then you have the Lucas family where the stadium's named after Lucas and Katie Lucas leads a lot of those teams.
Judith B. ThomasGUEST
Those those initiatives with Lucas Oil.
Abe MadkourHOST
They were immigrants from Central Europe.
Abe MadkourHOST
What made you and your brother come to Indiana?
Herb SimonGUEST
Well, in the mid-50s, my brother was stationed in Fort Benjamin Harrison here, which was the financial center.
Herb SimonGUEST
And he fell in love with Indiana, fell in love with his wife-to-be, and started working for a local real estate developer.
Herb SimonGUEST
And when I graduated college and he called me to come out to Indiana, I said, what? And so I deferred coming out for a couple of years, but then I got married.
Abe MadkourHOST
So you obviously fell in love with the region and the city and the state.
Herb SimonGUEST
Yes, they accepted.
Herb SimonGUEST
My brother and I were two strange guys from New York.
Bret McCormickHOST
It's been interesting covering that topic to see it sort of move into the mainstream of, of, I mean, just, like, a real fundamental point of, um, these businesses in, in the sports industry.
Bret McCormickHOST
Uh, the, the opening panel of the day, you know, which had, uh, Nick Barlage, Mel Raines, Ryan Gustafson, and Katie Griggs, they spoke a lot about mixed-use development.
Bret McCormickHOST
Um, that panel was really interesting.
Bret McCormickHOST
I think all four of those companies, uh, rep- represent this, like, really expanding idea of what a sports organization is.
Walt LukkenHOST
Well, welcome to the Market Voice Podcast.
Walt LukkenHOST
I'm your host, Walt Lucan, and today I'm very excited to be joined by Mel Raines, president and CEO of Pacers Sports and Entertainment.
Walt LukkenHOST
It's the organization that oversees the Indiana Pacers of the NBA, the Indiana Fever of the WNBA, and the iconic Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Walt LukkenHOST
Mel became CEO in 2024, making her the first female CEO in the organization's history.
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Walt LukkenHOST
You gotta, you gotta keep just working.
Walt LukkenHOST
I know how hard of a worker you are.
Walt LukkenHOST
I mean, that is one thing if I had to, name the five traits of Mel Raines.
Walt LukkenHOST
You're a disciplined, hardworking individual.
Pam Manfredo CurtisGUEST
I've seen that.
Pam Manfredo CurtisGUEST
And I've seen people like Mel Raines.
Pam Manfredo CurtisGUEST
who's a woman, you know, demonstrates some of the manly characteristics of, you know, moving
Pattie SellersHOST
up.