Facts and Information

• The Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority (ISCBA) is the state agency that owns and is responsible for the financing, design and construction of Lucas Oil Stadium (as well as the Indiana Convention Center expansion). The ISCBA is a group of civic and business leaders appointed by the Governor of Indiana and the Mayor of Indianapolis. The Authority is chaired by David R. Frick. Its Executive Director if John P. Klipsch.
• Once the Stadium is complete, it will be leased to and operated by the Capital Improvement Board of Managers of Marion County ("CIB").
• The Stadium is designed by HKS of Dallas, Texas, with significant assistance from local design firms such as A2S04, Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf, Fink Roberts & Petrie, Moore Engineers, and other Indiana design and engineering consultants.
• The construction manager is Hunt Construction Group, Inc., of Indianapolis, assisted by the local firms of Smoot Construction and Mezzetta Construction. The project will be constructed by dozens of trade contractors, mostly from Central Indiana.
• The estimated stadium cost is $715.4million-$719.6million. It is financed with funds raised jointly by the State of Indiana and the City of Indianapolis, with the Indianapolis Colts providing $100million. Marion County has raised taxes for food and beverage sales, auto rental taxes, innkeeper’s taxes and admission taxes for its share of the costs. Meanwhile, a small increase in food and beverage taxes in six surrounding counties and the sale of Colts license plates completes the total.
• These projects (Lucas Oil Stadium and the Convention Center Expansion) are expected to create $2.25 billion in economic benefit to Central Indiana in 10 years and create some 4,200 new permanent jobs, as well as 4,900 construction jobs during the life of the projects.
• The multi-purpose Stadium will be home to the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts, host NCAA men’s and women’s Final Four® and Regional basketball games, and be used for major conventions, trade shows and events such as the annual Indiana Black Expo, and Circle City Classic.
• Other special events include the IHSAA tournaments, band competitions, local and national amateur competitions, motorsports, rodeos, etc.
• Lucas Oil Products, Inc. has secured naming rights from the Colts for the Stadium at a cost of $122 million over 20 years.
• Scheduled to be completed in mid-August of 2008.
• Covers 1.8 million square feet.
• 137 corporate suites.
• Seven-levels with a retractable roof and seating of 63,000 for football.
• Operational large north window (6 panels, 88’ tall, total 244’ wide) shows view of downtown Indianapolis.
• Seating can be expanded to approximately 70,000 for basketball, conventions, concerts, Super Bowl, etc. 
• Standard spectator seats ranging from 20 to 21 inches in width and more leg space (33-35 inches) between rows.
• All seats are individual seats with seat backs (no bleacher seats).
• Four wide exterior plazas with a large entrance at each.
• Public concourses that are a minimum 30 feet wide and up to 80 feet wide in some places.
• 1,400 toilet fixtures located strategically in several corridors.
• 14 escalators and 11 passenger elevators for good vertical access; two accessible pedestrian ramps.
• Colts Pro Shop, accessible from two levels.
• 148 concession stands.

Interesting facts about the total amount of construction materials:

• 130,000 cubic yards of cast-in-place concrete
• 16,000 tons of steel
• 700 pieces of structural precast concrete
• 1,440 pieces of architectural precast
• 9,100 pieces of exterior glass

Interesting facts about the retractable roof:

• First of its kind -- SuperFrame Structural System
• Unique 2 panel moving roof design -- roof supported on 5 rails
• Gabled roof with peak running north/south down center of field
• 176,400 square feet opening area (300’ east/west x 588’ north/south)
• Long, narrow panels “stack” over building and do not overhang or overshadow the building facade
• Operating Mechanism -- cable drum drives mounted to (upper) transporters
• About 9 - 11 minutes opening or closing time
• NFL rules for roof opening -- home team determines if roof is to be opened or closed 90 minutes before kickoff (except if precipitation is within the vicinity of LOS, temperature is below 40 degrees, or wind gusts are greater than 40 mph, then roof is automatically closed). It remains open unless there are hazardous conditions (lightning, severe winds, precipitation, low temperatures, etc.) Once closed, the roof may not be reopened.