RCA Dome

RCA Dome Address: 100 South Capitol Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46225

RCA Dome is Home to the: Indianapolis Colts

RCA Dome Opened: September 2, 1984

RCA Dome Capacity: 60,000

The Indianapolis Colts play all eight of their home games at the RCA Dome each season. The RCA Dome is 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.