Lucas Oil Stadium
LocationIndianapolis, Indiana
Architect:"The stadium was designed by HKS of Dallas, Texas, with significant assistance from local design firms such as A2S04 and Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf of Indianapolis and other Indiana design and engineering consultants."
About the Stadium:
You might have noticed by now that I am not an Interior architecture major. My double major is in Psychology and Music; that said, a huge part of my life since becoming a music major has been Drum and Bugle Corps.
In August 2006 the Drum and Bugle Corps International organization announced that they were officially moving their headquarters to Indianapolis, Indiana. A contract with for ten years of contiguous finals hosting, with an expected ten million dollar a year profit, secured Drum Corps International a seat on the design committee for the new stadium.
Lucas Oil Stadium’s retractable roof was designed with many purposes in mind. This retractable roof was designed with a first-of-its-kind Superstructure support system. The design allows for the roof to be opened or closed in under eleven minutes. The retractable panels open into “stacks” over the building so that there is absolutely no overhang; minimizing the “dome effect” that is typically created when one hundred and twenty-one musicians play as loudly as they can at one time.
For the football fans, Lucas oil has another “first-of-its kind” technology. The stadium has stationed two 97x53 foot, state of the art, 2-D instant playback screens on the sidelines.
The Lucas Oil Stadium project has been fully supported by Indianapolis and Marion County. As such, it will be available for lease to anyone who can afford it. The spacious concourses, meeting rooms, 167 room hotel and indoor outdoor dome can be configured to seat anywhere from 15,000-65,000 seats.
After a huge letdown in the summer of 2008, the stadium is finally open and will play host to the 2009 World Championships of Drum and Bugle Corps International.
About the Stadium:
You might have noticed by now that I am not an Interior architecture major. My double major is in Psychology and Music; that said, a huge part of my life since becoming a music major has been Drum and Bugle Corps.
In August 2006 the Drum and Bugle Corps International organization announced that they were officially moving their headquarters to Indianapolis, Indiana. A contract with for ten years of contiguous finals hosting, with an expected ten million dollar a year profit, secured Drum Corps International a seat on the design committee for the new stadium.
Lucas Oil Stadium’s retractable roof was designed with many purposes in mind. This retractable roof was designed with a first-of-its-kind Superstructure support system. The design allows for the roof to be opened or closed in under eleven minutes. The retractable panels open into “stacks” over the building so that there is absolutely no overhang; minimizing the “dome effect” that is typically created when one hundred and twenty-one musicians play as loudly as they can at one time.
For the football fans, Lucas oil has another “first-of-its kind” technology. The stadium has stationed two 97x53 foot, state of the art, 2-D instant playback screens on the sidelines.
The Lucas Oil Stadium project has been fully supported by Indianapolis and Marion County. As such, it will be available for lease to anyone who can afford it. The spacious concourses, meeting rooms, 167 room hotel and indoor outdoor dome can be configured to seat anywhere from 15,000-65,000 seats.
After a huge letdown in the summer of 2008, the stadium is finally open and will play host to the 2009 World Championships of Drum and Bugle Corps International.
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