Downtown Indianapolis

Downtown Indianapolis is a neighborhood area in and the central business district of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Downtown is bordered by Interstate 65, Interstate 70, and the White River, and is situated near the geographic center of Marion County. Downtown emerged from the original 1821 town plat for Indianapolis—often referred to as the Mile Square—to encompass a broader geographic area of the central city, containing several smaller historic neighborhoods.

Downtown Indianapolis is the cultural, economic, and political center of the Indianapolis metropolitan area. Downtown anchors the city's burgeoning leisure and hospitality sector, home to nearly 8,000 hotel rooms and the city's major sports and convention facilities. Most of the city's monuments and memorials, performing arts venues, and museums are located downtown, as well as numerous parks, historic sites, and districts. Since 1825, the respective seats of municipal and state governments have operated from downtown Indianapolis.