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Lucas Oil Stadium Tickets
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Lucas Oil Stadium is a retractable roof sports facility
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Location:
Indianapolis, Indiana
Broke ground September 20, 2005
Opened 2008 (scheduled)
Owner Capital Improvement Board
Operator Marion County
Surface FieldTurf
Construction cost $500 million
Architect HKS, Inc.
Former names
Indiana Stadium
Tenants
Indianapolis Colts (NFL) (World Champs) :-)
Capacity
63,000 - 75,000 (estimated, depending on configuration)
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currently under construction in Indianapolis. The stadium is scheduled to open in 2008, replacing the RCA Dome (completed 1983) as the home field of the NFL's Super Bowl XLI winners Indianapolis Colts. Afterward, the RCA Dome will be demolished.
On February 28, 2006, it was announced that Lucas Oil had purchased the naming rights for $120 million over 20 years. The facility had previously been referred to as Indiana Stadium.
Once complete, work will begin on expanding the current Convention Center. In order to expand the Convention Center, the Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority will demolish the RCA Dome and will proceed to finance, design, construct and own an expansion to the Indiana Convention Center, which will be located on the current site of the RCA Dome. The Authority anticipates that the Convention Center Expansion will be complete by 2010 and, once complete, it will also be leased to and operated by the Capital Improvement Board.
Planned Events
In addition to professional football games (and, possibly, collegiate and high school games), the stadium is scheduled to host the semifinal and final rounds of the Men's Final Four in 2010, with the Women's Final Four one year later. Historically, Indianapolis has been a popular choice for the Final Four, as the NCAA makes their headquarters there, and the events come on a five-year rotation. The city also hopes to attract the Super Bowl, and has put in a bid to host Super Bowl XLV in 2011.
Other probable non-sporting events include the Bands of America Grand National Championships and the Indiana Marching Band State Finals, both major events for the city in Marching Band competitions.
Drum Corps International announced on August 8, 2006 that their corporate offices are moving to Indianapolis and the DCI World Championships will be the inaugural event for the stadium. The World Championships will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium every year at least through 2018.
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