Lucas Oil Stadium

Lucas Oil Stadium Address: 500 South Capitol Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46225

Lucas Oil Stadium is Home to the: Indianapolis Colts

Lucas Oil Stadium Opened: August 16, 2005
Lucas Oil Stadium Capacity: 63,000

The Indianapolis Colts play all of their home games at the Lucas Oil Stadium each season. The Lucas Oil Stadium Replaces the Rca Dome with its Field Turf Surface and cost 720 Million for its kinnetic architecture. The Lucas Oil Stadium can now accommodate the Indiana Convention Center.

The RCA Dome was much like the Metrodome in Minneapolis, the Pontiac Silverdome, and the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. They are all air supported. The roof of the stadium is 257 tons of Teflon covered fiberglass and uses 20 100hp fans to keep the roof from coming down. The playing surface of the RCA Dome is Astro-Turf. The dome became the first domed stadium in the country to have the special Astro-Turf 12; before the Astro-Turf 12 the RCA Dome only had Astro-Turf 8 which was the original playing surface that was installed when the stadium opened in 1984. Two levels of seats circle the field and seat 60,000 people and the stadium also showcases 104 luxury suites.

The original name of the RCA Dome was the Hoosier Dome. In 1994, the RCA company came in and purchased the naming rights of the domed stadium. The stadium was originally built to be versitle enough to hold a number of different conventions within it. The city of Indianapolis lured the Colts over from Baltimore in 1984.

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