Editing Indianapolis Colts (section)

==Facilities==
{{Main|Lucas Oil Stadium}}
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After 24 years of playing at the RCA Dome,<ref name="m042">{{cite web | title=Say Goodbye. Colts' Former Home Comes Down Saturday | website=NBC Chicago | date=2008-12-19 | url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/local/rca-dome-implosion/1851061/ | access-date=2024-08-18}}</ref> the Colts moved to their new home Lucas Oil Stadium in the late 2008.<ref name="r624">{{cite web | agency=Associated Press | title=Colts' Former Dome Is Imploded | website=The New York Times | date=2008-12-21 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/sports/football/21sportsbriefs-COLTSFORMERD_BRF.html | access-date=2024-08-18}}</ref> In December 2004, the City of Indianapolis and Jim Irsay agreed to a new stadium deal at an estimated cost of $1&nbsp;billion (including the Indiana Convention Center upgrades). In a deal estimated at $122&nbsp;million, Lucas Oil Products won the naming rights to the stadium for 20&nbsp;years.

Lucas Oil Stadium is a seven-level stadium that seats 63,000 for football. It can be reconfigured to seat 70,000 or more for NCAA basketball and football and concerts. It covers {{convert|1.8|e6sqft|m2}}. The stadium features a retractable roof allowing the Colts to play home games outdoors for the first time since arriving in Indianapolis. Using [[FieldTurf]], the playing surface is roughly {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}} below ground level. In addition to being larger than the RCA Dome, the new stadium features: 58 permanent concession stands, 90 portable concession stands, 13 escalators, 11 passenger elevators, 800 restrooms, [[high-definition video|HD video]] displays from [[Daktronics]] and replay monitors and 142 luxury suites. The stadium also features a [[retractable roof]], with [[Electrification (rail)|electrification]] technology developed by VAHLE, Inc.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vahleinc.com/stadium-systems.html |title=Stadium Systems & Technology : Vahle Electrification |publisher=Vahleinc.com |access-date=September 3, 2012 |archive-date=August 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823143521/http://www.vahleinc.com/stadium-systems.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Other than being the home of the Colts, the stadium will host games in both the Men's and Women's [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA basketball tournament]]s and will serve as the backup host for all NCAA [[Final Four]] Tournaments. The stadium hosted the Super Bowl for the 2011 season ([[Super Bowl XLVI]]). Lucas Oil Stadium has also hosted the [[Drum Corps International]] World Championships since 2009.