Lucas Oil Stadium
American football stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lucas Oil Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It replaced the RCA Dome as the home field of the National Football League (NFL)'s Indianapolis Colts and opened on August 16, 2008.[12] The stadium was constructed to allow the removal of the RCA Dome and expansion of the Indiana Convention Center on its site. It is located on the south side of South Street, a block south of the former site of the RCA Dome. The stadium's naming rights belong to the Lucas Oil corporation.[13]
Address | 500 South Capitol Avenue |
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Location | Indianapolis, Indiana |
Coordinates | 39°45′36.2″N 86°9′49.7″W |
Public transit | 24 |
Owner | Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority (State of Indiana)[1] |
Operator | Capital Improvement Board of Managers of Marion County, Indiana |
Executive suites | 139 |
Capacity | American football: 63,000 (expandable to 70,000)[2][3] Basketball: 70,000 (approx) Marching band: 24,000 (approx) |
Surface | FieldTurf (2008–2018) Shaw Sports Momentum Pro (2018–present) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20) |
Opened | August 16, 2008 (2008-08-16) |
Construction cost | US$720 million[4] ($1 billion in 2023 dollars[5]) |
Architect | HKS, Inc. A2so4 Architecture[6] Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf, Inc.[7] |
Project manager | John Klipsch Consulting LLC[8] |
Structural engineer | Walter P Moore/Fink Roberts & Petrie[9] |
Services engineer | Moore Engineers PC[10][11] |
General contractor | Hunt/Smoot/Mezzetta[4] |
Tenants | |
Indianapolis Colts (NFL) (2008–present) Indy Eleven (USLC) (2018–2020) NFL Scouting Combine (2008–present) | |
Website | |
lucasoilstadium.com |
Architectural firm HKS, Inc. was responsible for the stadium's design, with Walter P Moore working as the Structural Engineer of Record. The stadium features a retractable roof and a large retractable window on one end, allowing the Colts to play both indoors and outdoors. The field surface was originally FieldTurf, but was replaced with Shaw Sports Momentum Pro in 2018.[14] The exterior of the stadium is faced with a reddish-brown brick trimmed with Indiana limestone, similar to several other sports venues in the area, including Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse and Indiana Farmers Coliseum.[15]