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Aug 6, 2010 8:52:02 AM

The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday that Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis has been chosen as the proposed site for the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship game to be played in December 2011.

The conference office will begin a 30-day period to negotiate a one-year agreement with Indiana Sports Corp and Lucas Oil Stadium to host the game. Once the 2011 agreement is in place, the conference office will conduct a thorough process over the next year to determine the location of the Big Ten Football Championship game in 2012 and beyond.

"We felt at this time it was important to identify a site for the first championship game and then spend more time with other cities and venues with respect to both our basketball tournaments and the football championship games in the future," said Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany. "The city of Indianapolis has been an outstanding host for our basketball tournaments, and we look forward to holding our first Big Ten Football Championship Game in Lucas Oil Stadium."

"We are grateful to the Big Ten for entrusting this event to Indianapolis," said Indiana Sports Corp President Susan Williams. "Their confidence in our city and Indiana Sports Corp is the result of a partnership with a proven history of successfully hosting Big Ten events in our community."