Capacity
Basketball: 70,000, American football: 63,000
Type
Both Indoor & Outdoor
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Surface Type
Artificial Turf
Lucas Oil Stadium is a gigantic multi-purpose stadium, situated in downtown Indianapolis, United States. it replaced the RCA Dome as the home of the Indianapolis Colts . The construction work began on 20th September 2005 and took around three years to complete with an expenditure of US$720 million. It finally opened on 16 August 2008. The stadium has been uniquely designed by world-class architecture firms HKS, Inc., A2so4Architecture and Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf, Inc. under the supervision of John Klipsch Consulting LLC. The Lucas Oil Stadium is owned by Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority (State of Indiana), and operated by Capital Improvement Board of Managers of Marion County, Indiana. It has 139 suites, including eight field suites, while its Quarterback Suite can accommodate up to 200 guests.
Lucas Oil Stadium hosted NCAA tournament games in 2021 and 2026, including the Final Four. In 2024, it hosted NBA All-Star Saturday Night, while Gainbridge Fieldhouse staged the All-Star Game. The Stadium hosted the 2024 U.S. Swimming Olympic Team Trials and will host the event again in 2028.
Lucas Oil Stadium hosted WWE’s 2025 Royal Rumble and is scheduled to host future two-night SummerSlam and WrestleMania events.
Trivia
The four entrance gates of the Lucas Oil Stadium have been named after the respective funding corporations: Lucas Oil, Verizon, HHGregg, and Huntington Bank.
Significance
The 2008 NFL season’s first NBC Sunday Night Football game was held at the stadium. It was a rematch of Super Bowl XLI between Chicago Bears and the home team Indianapolis Colts.
American country music singer Kenny Chesney held the first public concert here on 13th September 2008.
Lucas Oil Stadium was the venue that won the bid to host the Super Bowl XLVI in 2012.
On 1st August 2013, the stadium hosted its first soccer match as a first-round game of the International Champions Cup in which team Chelsea faced Inter Milan. Around 41,983 spectators witnessed the match.
The stadium has hosted the semi-final and final rounds of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2010 and 2015.
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