Lucas Oil Stadium is a retractable roof sports stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The stadium renowned its grand opening on August 14, 2008[4] and its ribbion-cutting ceremony August 16, 2008. It replaces the RCA Dome as the house field of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. In addition to the stadium, a new high-rise JW Marriott Indianapolis will be able to be built as half of the vital expansion of the Indiana Convention Center. It is scheduled to host Super Bowl XLVI in 2012.
HKS, Inc. is the architectural association credited investing in the stadium’s design, through Walter P. Moore making an attempt as the Structural Engineer of Record. The stadium will be able to feature a retractable roof and window wall, letting the Colts to play outdoors. The factors of Kinetic Architecture should send back for quick conversion of the facility to accommodate a variety of events—allowing for increased use of the producing and increased provide on the investment.
On February 28, 2006, it was announced the current Lucas Oil had sold the naming rights for $120 million for the duration of 20 years. The facility had earlier carried on referred to as Indiana Stadium.
Once complete, managed may embark on on increasing the new Convention Center. In form to baloon the Convention Center, the Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority might demolish the RCA Dome and plans to proceed to finance, design, acquire and own an expansion to the Indiana Convention Center, that will be able to be located on the contemporary site of the RCA Dome. The Authority anticipates the current the Convention Center Expansion am able to be broad by 2010 and, subsequent to complete, it could moreover be leased to and head out by the Capital Improvement Board.Features
Seating capacity for football games is 63,000; an substantiate of a larger number of as opposed to 5,000 throughout the RCA Dome.[5] The stadium, when it may host a Super Bowl, can be expanded to a capacity of 70,000. The basketball configuration ought to exceed the 70,000 the very least seating capacity central to host the NCAA Final Four. Unlike numerous basketball contests played in dome facilities, the court at Lucas Oil Stadium might be placed in the core of the facility in its place of one of the end zones.
The stadium contains two whole Daktronics exorbitant definition scoreboards, every one 97 feet (30 m) wide and 53 feet (16 m) tall, that are situated in the northwest and southeast corners of the stadium[6]
 Mechanized retractable roof
Lucas Oil Stadium has a retractable roof intended by Uni-Systems this divides lengthwise to two retractable panels weighing 2.7 million pounds each, surrounded by every portion sliding dwindled the sloping roof of the stadium to the open position. The stadium roof is gabled, investing in the most massive running north and southern dropped the middle of the field, paralleling the sidelines. A cable drum push process operates the retractable roof panels up and low the sloped track. Rather as opposed to dragging the 32 1-1/2" diameter galvanized cables throughout the set roof, such system’s patented design lays the roof cable down, and when that happens picks it coming back up. In nine minutes, the roof panels would simultaneously move to the open position at the touch of a button. To guard the stadium’s interior according to weather circumstances the roof is produced provided a considerable cap the present may run the extent of a sealed overlap between the parting roof panels. Just under the sealed overlap should be a larger trough, finalizing the retractable roof’s layers of protection. This retractable roof is the initial constantly such a divides lengthwise[7].
The Lucas Oil Stadium retractable roof process is tedious work by 32 cables 1-1/2” diameter galvanized properly and left hand lay. They got manufactured specifically for this moment anticipate by Wire Rope Corporation of America and furnished by The Tway Company Inc. located in Indianapolis. The lengths fluctuate out of 232’6” to 245’ and insert a Johnson Wedge Socket installed on one end overly terminates the cables at the roof hit its zenith 285’ above the stadium floor.
 Moveable window wall
A significant windowed gate at one end of the stadium gives a large amount of sunlight additonally closed and assist for a a larger number of open feel additonally open. It is the top movable glass wall in the world. The transportable window wall is 214 feet (65 m) by 88 feet (27 m), and composed of six 88 ft (27 m) × 38 ft (12 m) glass-clad panels. Each panel rides on a steel rail additonally the wall opens and closes, and is supported by two hardened steel wheels. The window separates at the center, surrounded by 3 panels amassed on every half when in the open position. The six wall panels move simultaneously in opening and ultimate in simply six minutes. Window seals got installed, totally shielding spectators based on information from any weather conditions. When in the closed position, the perimeter of every wall panel is sealed amidst rain-tight, air-tight seals.
Planned events
It was announced on August 8, 2006 overly Drum Corps International are able to move this corporate offices to Indianapolis and the DCI World Championships plans to be the inaugural thing for the stadium, and could be owned at Lucas Oil Stadium most every year at minimum for the duration of 2018.[8] However, on April 4, 2008, it was announced overly the stadium should not be full in time, so the concern was moved to Memorial Stadium on the campus of Indiana University instead.[9]
The principally games frequently to be played at Lucas Oil Stadium was on August 22, 2008 and got portion of the PeyBack Classic, are Indiana High School Football games played between Noblesville High School and Fishers High School in Game 1, tracked by New Palestine High School and Whiteland Community High School in Game 2.[10]
In addition to proficient football games, the stadium is scheduled to host the semifinal and closing rounds of the Men's Final Four in 2010, amidst the Women's Final Four one year later. Historically, Indianapolis has been heard a popular option for the Final Four, as the NCAA causes such a headquarters there, and the happenings appear on a five-year rotation. Lucas Oil Stadium and the city of Indianapolis assembled a bid to host Super Bowl XLV in 2011 but lost to Arlington, Texas and the Dallas Cowboys New Stadium by just two NFL Owner votes.[11] Indianapolis subsequent to yet again formed a bid to host Super Bowl XLVI, right now cycle in 2012. On May 20, 2008, the bid was successful, defeating Houston, Texas and Glendale, Arizona for who right. Other happenings record the Bands of America Grand National Championships [12] and the Indiana Marching Band State Finals [13], both extensive occurreneces for the city in Marching Band competitions.
The 2008 NFL season should feature the chiefly NBC Sunday Night Football game of the season in the stadium, as the Colts have to deal with the Chicago Bears in a rematch of Super Bowl XLI.[14] The game is scheduled for September 7, 2008.
On September 13, 2008, earth music singer Kenny Chesney would own the mostly concert at the stadium.[15]
 Cost
Groundbreaking for the stadium took place on September 20, 2005. The over&wshyp;arching market value of Lucas Oil Stadium was $720 million[16]. The stadium is making bankrolled surrounded by finances talked about by the State of Indiana and the City of Indianapolis, amidst the Indianapolis Colts initiating $100 million ($50 million of that might be supplied to the Colts by the City of Indianapolis for the the first part of termination of the contract). Marion County has stated tax dollars for food and beverage sales, Automatic excise taxes, innkeeper's tax dollars and admission tax dollars for its share of the costs. Meanwhile, a efficient increase in value in food and beverage tax dollars in the eight surrounding doughnut counties (with the exclusion of Morgan County) and the turn over of Colts license plates completes the total.[17]
In August 2006, a predicament was found concerning speaking price levels of the new stadium. The city's Capital Improvement Board expectations the current the new stadium should offer an more $10 million a greater number of a year to run as opposed to the RCA Dome.[18]