40 years later, the Colts move to Indianapolis lifted the city and the team

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Vic Ryckaert is an enterprise reporter for WRTV’s digital team. He also covered public safety, government, and development for the Indianapolis Star for more than two decades.

INDIANAPOLIS — As night fell on the city of Baltimore 40 years ago, a fleet of Mayflower trucks loaded up everything the Colts owned and moved the NFL team to Indianapolis.

"One guy said, 'Hey, man, is this an embassy?' Because embassies move in the middle of the night," Ward said."And I say, 'No. It's a football team.' And so that's when, you know, all hell broke loose." Ward stayed back that first night and spent that next day returning team vehicles to Baltimore-area dealerships. Ward said he'd return a car, then take a taxi to get another one.

Both cities benefited, Ward said. Baltimore got the Ravens in 1996 and that team won two Super Bowls.Larry Hall joined the Colts ticket office a couple months after they moved to Indianapolis. He's now the vice president of special projects and historical affairs.

 

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