Lucas Oil Stadium
| The House that Manning Built | |
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The exterior of Lucas Oil Stadium
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| Address | 500 South Capitol Avenue |
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| Location | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 39°45′36.2″N 86°9′49.7″W / 39.760056°N 86.163806°WCoordinates: 39°45′36.2″N 86°9′49.7″W / 39.760056°N 86.163806°W |
| Owner | Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority (State of Indiana) |
| Operator | Capital Improvement Board of Managers of Marion County, Indiana |
| Executive suites | 137 |
| Capacity |
American Football: 62,421 (expandable to 70,000) Basketball: 70,000 (approx) |
| Surface | FieldTurf |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 20, 2005 |
| Opened | August 16, 2008 |
| Construction cost | US$720 million ($801 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect |
HKS, Inc. A2so4 Architecture Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf, Inc. |
| Project manager | John Klipsch Consulting LLC |
| Structural engineer | Walter P Moore/Fink Roberts & Petrie |
| Services engineer | Moore Engineers PC |
| General contractor | Hunt/Smoot/Mezzetta |
| Tenants | |
| Indianapolis Colts (NFL) (2008–present) | |
Lucas Oil Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in downtown Indianapolis, United States. It replaced the RCA Dome as the home field of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. The stadium also hosted Super Bowl XLVI in 2012. The stadium had its ribbon-cutting ceremony August 16, 2008, and then officially opened to the public eight days later on August 24, 2008. The stadium was constructed to allow the removal of the RCA Dome and expansion of the Indiana Convention Center on its site. The stadium is on the south side of South Street, the block south of the site of the former RCA Dome. The stadium is often referred to as "The House That Manning Built", due to the success of the Indianapolis Colts during the tenure of Peyton Manning as their quarterback.
In addition to serving as a football stadium, Lucas Oil Stadium is also the well-known site for two famous music competitions in the United States: the Bands of America Grand National Championships, which feature some of the highest achieving high school marching bands, and the Drum Corps International World Championships, the penultimate event of the summer long, national DCI Tour. On February 28, 2006, prior to the construction of the stadium, Forrest Lucas announced that Lucas Oil had purchased the naming rights for $121 million over 20 years. The 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 window wall, thus allowing the Colts to play both indoors and outdoors. The implementation of these elements of kinetic architecture provides for quick conversion of the facility to accommodate a variety of events. The field surface is FieldTurf.
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