Lucas Oil Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It replaces RCA Dome as the home field of the Indianapolis Colts NFL and opened on August 16, 2008. The stadium was built to allow the abolition of the RCA Dome and the expansion of the Indiana Convention Center on its website. The stadium is on the south side of South Street, a block south of the former RCA Dome site. In 2006, before the construction of the stadium, Lucas Oil Products secured naming rights for the stadium at a cost of $ 122 million over 20 years. The venue also serves as the current home for Indy Eleven United Soccer League.
Company architecture HKS, Inc. responsible for the design of the stadium, with Walter P Moore working as a Structural Engineering Engineer. The stadium has a roof and a window that can be opened, allowing the Colts and Eleven to play indoors and outdoors. The field surface is FieldTurf. The outside of the new stadium is faced with red-brown bricks trimmed with Indiana Limestone, similar to some other sports venues in areas such as Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, and Fairgrounds Coliseum.
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Features
Lucas Oil Stadium has a seating capacity of 67,000 and covers about 1.8 million square feet. The stadium offers 139 suites, two club lounges, two exhibition halls and 12 meeting rooms. There is also a 360 degree ribbon board and two large high definition video boards. The underground streets directly connect the stadium to the Indiana Convention Center.
Other features include:
- 183,000 square meters of exhibition space
- 7 locker rooms
- 11 indoor truck dock
- 14 escalators
- 11 passenger lifts
- 2 accessible pedestrian paths
Pullable Roof
Open roofs can be opened or closed in 9 to 11 minutes. It consists of two panels that each weigh 2.5 million pounds.
NFL rules to open roof
The home team determines whether the roof will be opened or closed 90 minutes before the game begins. The roof remains open except for rain or lightning around the stadium, the temperature drops below 40 Â ° F (4 Â ° C), or wind gusts more than 40 miles per hour (64 km/h), where the roof operators will close roof. Once the roof is closed, it is not allowed to reopen.
Retractable window
The opened north window offers a view of downtown Indianapolis during matches, concerts and other events due to the oblique position of the stadium on the city block.
Sponsor gerbang
The four gates leading to Lucas Oil Stadium were each named to sponsor corporations: Lucas Oil, Verizon, HHGregg, and Huntington Bank. The basic level concourse of each gate features banners and floor coverings with company logos, advertising and display merchandise.
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Events
Annual events include:
- Band of America's Grand National Championships and Indianapolis Super Regionals
- Ten Football Championship Game
- Circle City Classic
- International Drum Corps World Championships
- FDIC International (Fire Brigade Convention)
- IHSAA Indiana State Soccer Championship
- ISSMA Band State Finals
- Energy Supercross Monster
- Monster Clock
- NFL Draft Merge
Upcoming events include:
- Taylor Swift Reputation Stadium Stadium (September 15, 2018)
- College Football Playoff National Championship (January 10, 2022)
- Final Men's Basketball NCAA Four (April 2021)
Significant past events include:
- Super Bowl XLVI (February 5, 2012)
- Kenny Chesney (2008, 2009, 2012, 2015)
- Chelsea vs Inter Milan (International Champions Cup) (1 August 2013)
- Men's NCAA Men's Four Final Basket (2010, 2015)
- One Direction - On The Road Again Tour (July 31, 2015)
- Gen Con 50 (August 2017)
- U2 - The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 (September 10, 2017)
Football
The first game played at Lucas Oil Stadium took place on August 22, 2008 and is part of PeyBack Classic, featuring an Indiana High School football game between Nobleville High School and Fish School High School in Game 1, followed by the New Palestinian College and the Whiteland High Community School on Game 2. On November 26, 2008, Cardinal Ritter High School became the first junior to win a state championship on the field, defeating Sheridan High School 34-27 for the A class title. Colts faced the Chicago Bears in a Super Bowl XLI rematch in a match their first regular season at the stadium.
Soccer
The stadium hosts the first soccer match on August 1, 2013, when Chelsea play Inter Milan in the first round of the International Champions Cup, which attracts 41,983 fans.
In 2018, Lucas Oil stadium serves as a home field for the English Football League, Indy Eleven, replacing the place they use while in the North American Football League, Carroll Stadium.
Entertainment
Drum Corps International (DCI) announced on August 9, 2006 that it will move its corporate office to Indianapolis and that the DCI World Championships will be the inaugural event for the stadium and will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium annually until 2018. By 2015, Drum Corps International and the city of Indianapolis announced a 10-year contract extension, allowing the World Championship to continue until 2028. The competition was held for the first time at the Lucas Oil Stadium in 2009.
Other regular events include Band of America's Grand National Championships and Indiana Marching Band State Finals, both major events for the city in Marching band competition.
Concert
Financing
The total cost of Lucas Oil Stadium is $ 720 million. The stadium is financed with funds collected by the State of Indiana and the City of Indianapolis, with the Indianapolis Colts providing $ 100 million. Marion County has raised taxes on the sale of food and beverages, car rental taxes, lodging taxes, and income taxes for its share of the cost. Meanwhile, there is an increase in food and drink taxes in 8 surrounding donut counties (with the exception of Morgan County) and the sale of license plates Colts.
District Commissioners each region choose whether to collect the 1% food and beverage tax proposed by Marion County. Treating a deal for these countries is the fact that half of the income from taxes will remain in their respective regions. Morgan County is the only area that rejected the offer, but in a later vote, the tax was taxed 1% - thus keeping all of the additional revenue generated.
Lack of budget
In August 2006, the Capital Improvement Council, which operates the stadium, estimates that the daily operating costs of the new stadium will be $ 10 million more per year than the RCA Dome. The Council urges Indiana's General Assembly to approve funding to cover the shortfall. The Indiana Legislature is considering a bill to raise sales taxes across the state to cover the shortfall, but the plan faces tough opposition from legislators outside the Indianapolis metro area.
The Assembly finally approved the tax hike in Indianapolis-Marion County. In addition, CIB staff trimmed and cut $ 10 million from its budget. However, the agency anticipates a $ 20 million operating deficit for Lucas Oil Stadium in 2009. The anticipated cost is $ 27.7 million - far exceeding the $ 7.7 million CIB expects to collect from its share of revenue from the stadium event. The Colts organization has been criticized for its lucrative lease terms and a high percentage of revenue can remain under the terms of the agreement with the stadium authorities and there is a call for the team to cover the shortfall of CIB. Colts responded to this criticism in an open letter to fans on September 16, 2009.
Complications
On September 8, 2013 after the Colts defeated the Oakland Raiders in the season opener, a rail above the opposing team's tunnel collapsed two fans. A fan was transferred to the hospital for evaluation. No serious injuries were reported.
On September 3, 2015, three fans were injured by bolts that fell from the roof of the stadium when opened during a NFL preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals. The stadium was declared safe by officials, but the roof would remain closed for the show until a final investigation was finished about why the bolt had fallen.
Image of construction
References
External links
- Official website
- Lucas Oil Stadium page at Ballparks.com
- Lucas Oil Stadium Seating Diagram
- Indiana Stadium and Building Convention Authority
- Emporis Building Site Location
- Webcam IndyStar.com
- Link to High-Quality Picture Inside Lucas Oil Stadium
- Image construction of Lucas Oil Stadium
- Technical description and illustrative roof that can be opened
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