>>> WELL, A LOOK FROM THE
STATEMENTED IN DOWNTOWN
INDIANAPOLIS.
FROM THAT STADIUM.
>> 35 YEARS AGO TONIGHT, THE
CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS PULLED OFF
THAT HUGE COBURN OPERATION.
>> A LOT OF FOLKS ARE STILL
TALKING ABOUT IT, AS WELL AS WE
ARE.
SOME IN BHALT
SOME IN BH BT
SOME IN BH BALTIMORE MAY CALL IT
SOME IN BH BALTIMORE MAY CALL IA
HIKE.
THE BALTIMORE COLTS SLIPPED OUT
OF TOWN, AND THEY BECAME THE
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS.
>> AND BALTIMORE HATED US EVER
SINCE.
THEY PROBABLY HAVE SEEN THAT
VIDEO OF 15 DIFFERENT MOVING
VANS, LEAVING IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT, BRINGING THE COLTS
HERE.
>> MAYBE YOU HEARD TIDBITS ON
THE COLT'S ARRIVAL HERE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.
MARY MILZ HAS THE LITTLE KNOWN
STORY OF THE ACTUAL MIDNIGHT
MOVE THAT CAME TO BE.
>>
[ CHEERING ]
>> REPORTER: THE MEMORIES.
YOUR FAVORITE PLAYERS.
FAVORITE PLAYS.
WINNING THE SUPER BOWL.
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35XcfP
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35XcfQ
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35XcfG
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35XcfO
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35XcfN
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35XcfA
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35XcfC
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35XcfL
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35Xcf,
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35XcfS
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35XcfO
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35XcfY
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35XcfN
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35XcfG
AND TO THINK IT ALL BEGAN 35XcfT
IN BALTIMORE.
>> THE COLTS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO
INDIANAPOLIS.
>> REPORTER: THAT'S WHEN THE
BALTIMORE COLTS HIT THE ROAD AND
MOVED TO INDY BEFORE ANYONE
COULD INTERCEPT THEM.
THE MAYOR BILL HUDNUT CHEERED
THE ARRIVAL.
THEY PACKED THE HOOSIER DOME TO
WELCOME THE TEAM.
>> WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE
NICE WELCOME YOU GAVE US TODAY.
>> Reporter: WHAT'S TO SAY
MAIZING IS HOW EVERYONE KEPT THE
MOVE QUIET.
>> THEY HAD A MOVING VAN.
ABLE TO DO IT.
>> Reporter: HIS FATHER JOHN
SMITH WAS CEO OF MAY FLOWER.
HE KNEW NOTHING OF THE MOVE
UNTIL THE VANS WERE ALMOST IN
INDIANAPOLIS.
>> NIGH DAD JUST CALLED ME AND
ASKED ME TO COME OVER TO HIS
OFFICE.
IT PROBABLY WAS NOT GOING TO BE
THE MOST POSITIVE SITUATION IN
BALTIMORE.
>> REPORTER: NOT BY A LONG SHOT.
AND THE OLD NEWS CLIPS FROM THAT
DAY.
>> THEY ALL GATHERED.
>> Reporter: HE REMEMBERED
STANDING BESIDES HIS DAD IN THE
HOOSIER DOME.
>> THE FEELING OF ELATION THAT
IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: AND THE MAYOR
WOULD SAY IT WAS A BIG BOOST
FROM MAYFLOWER AND LYNNE'S DAD.
>> I CALLED THE CHAIRMAN OF
MAYFLOWER.
HIS FIRST REACTION, WAS THAT HE
WOULD BE GLAD TO HELP US IF IN
FACT THERE WAS A MOVE.
>> Reporter: WHAT THEY DIDN'T
KNOW WAS THAT THE SMITHS LIVED
HERE, AND HUDNUTS THERE.
AND NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS AND GOOD
FRIENDS.
>> THE WHOLE PLAN REALLY
TRANSPIRED JUST BETWEEN THE TWO
HOUSES.
AND COMING OVER TO OUR HOUSE.
MY
DAD GOING OVER TO THEIR HOUSE.
>> Reporter: THE SMITHS AND
HUDNUTS RECEIVED PHYSICAL
THREATS AFTER THE COALS MOVED
HERE.
THEY WERE -- THE COLTS MOVED
HERE, AND THEY HAD SECURITY
AROUND THE CLOCK.
>> THE CITY WAS SUED, MY FATHER
SUED, AND BILL HUDNUT, AND
EVERYONE WHO COULD BE NAMED IN A
LAWSUIT WAS SUED.
>> Reporter: IT WAS GOOD
PUBLICITY FOR MAYFLOWER, EXCEPT
FOR IN ONE CITY.
>> I ALWAYS FELT SORRY FOR THE
MAYFLOWER AGENT IN BALTIMORE.
HE RODE OUT THE STORM ARE HAVE
YOU BEEN TO BALTIMORE?
>> I HAVE.
I WAS THERE 10 YEARS AFTER.
YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WALK AROUND
WITH YOUR COLT'S SWEATSHIRT ON
WHEN YOU WERE THERE.
>> Reporter: LOOKING BACK 35
YEARS.
>> IT WAS KEPT QUIET.
>> Reporter: HEW NO IDEA?
>> I HAD NO IDEA.
>> Reporter: HE MARVELS HOW IT
HAPPEN INVOLVED.
>> IT IT WERE TO HAPPEN TODAY,
IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
JUST BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> Reporter: IT WOULD BE ALL
OVER FaceBook, TWITTER, AND
INSTAGRAM.
>> WORD WOULD HAVE GOTTEN OUT,
AND MOST LIKELY THEY WOULD HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO STOP IT.
IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE THAT IT DID
HAPPEN.
IT WAS KIND OF THE TURNING POINT
FOR OUR CITY.
[ CHEERING ]
>> REPORTER: WITH ULTIMATELY --
ANOTHER BIG GIG, THE 2012 SUPER
BOWL.
>>> COLTS COMING HERE JUST
CHANGED OUR CITY.
>> IT REALLY DID.
WE'RE SO HAPPY THEY'RE HERE.
AND WE WON A SUPER BOWL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT
MAYFLOWER DID THE MOVE FREE OF
CHARGE FOR THE CITY AND THE
COLTS.
>> WOW.
WE CHECKED IN WITH OUR
AFFILIATES IN BALTIMORE TO SEE
IF THEY'RE DOING ANYTHING FOR
THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY.