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| Location | 100 South Capitol Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana 46225 |
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| Broke ground | May 27, 1982 |
| Opened | 1984 |
| Closed | 2008 |
| Demolished | May-August 2008 |
| Owner | Capital Improvement Board |
| Operator | Capital Improvement Board |
| Surface | FieldTurf |
| Construction cost | $77. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common MAY ( also known as: Mei メイ 메이 is a Korean singer well known in South Korea for singing the song "Miracle" Other names In Arabic, the month is called أغسطسص ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common FieldTurf Tarkett, a division of Tarkett Inc is a Peachtree City GA -based company that manufactures and installs Artificial turf playing surfaces identified 5 million USD |
| Architect | HNTB |
| Former names | Hoosier Dome (1983-1994) |
| Tenants | Indianapolis Colts (NFL) (1984-2007) NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (1991, 1997, 2000, 2006) |
| Capacity | 57,980 |
The RCA Dome is a domed stadium located in Indianapolis, Indiana, which was the home of the Indianapolis Colts NFL franchise for 24 seasons (1984-2007). The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been HNTB Corporation (Formerly Howard Needles Tammen & Bergendoff is an architecture and engineering consulting firm headquartered in Kansas City Missouri that has designed many Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis Indiana. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A dome is a common structural element of Architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a Sphere. A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English is a place or venue for (mostly outdoor Sports Concerts or other events consisting The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis Indiana. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The 1984 NFL season was the 65th Regular season of the National Football League. The 2007 season of the National Football League (NFL was the 88th season played by the major professional American football league in the United It was completed in 1984 at a cost of $82 million as part of the Indiana Convention Center, with the costs split evenly between private and public money. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The Indiana Convention Center is a convention center located in Indianapolis Indiana. It was finished nearly a year before the Colts actually moved to the city. In 1984, the Colts relocated to Indianapolis from Baltimore. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar)
Until the end of the 2007 season, the RCA Dome was the smallest stadium in the NFL. Chronology of home stadiums for current National Football League teamsThe following is a list of current National Football League stadiums, sorted by capacity their locations their first In 2008, Lucas Oil Stadium's default seating arrangement of 63,000 will make it the second-smallest NFL stadium, ahead of Soldier Field (61,000). Lucas Oil Stadium is a retractable roof stadium in Indianapolis Indiana. Soldier Field (formerly Municipal Grant Park Stadium) is located on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago Illinois, and is currently home to the NFL
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History
The stadium was completed in 1984. It is remarkably similar in design and appearance to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis and BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, owing in great part to the involvement of engineer David Geiger, pioneer in air-supported roofs[1]. The Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome, often simply called The Metrodome, is a domed sports Stadium in downtown Minneapolis Minnesota. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal
The RCA Dome hosted WrestleMania VIII in 1992. WrestleMania VIII was the eighth annual WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF WrestleMania VIII was the last appearance of Jake "The Snake" Roberts until 1995, "Macho Man" Randy Savage's last title win, Hulk Hogan's last match until WrestleMania IX, the return of The Ultimate Warrior, and Bret Hart's second reign as Intercontinental champion. Aurelian Smith Jr (born May 30 1955 in Gainesville, Texas) is a second-generation American professional wrestler and WrestleMania IX was the ninth annual WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation. For the South Korean film Ultimate Warrior see Musa (film. For other uses see Warrior (disambiguation. However, WrestleMania VIII failed to sell out, the first WrestleMania to do so. WrestleMania VIII has been considered one of the worst WrestleManias ever.
The stadium was named the Hoosier Dome until 1994 when RCA paid $10 million for the naming rights for 10 years, with two five-year options to RCA at a cost of $13. Hoosier (ˈhuːʒɚ is the official Demonym for a resident of the U Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986 Naming rights are the right to name a piece of Property, either tangible property or an event usually granted in exchange for financial considerations 5 million if invoked. Currently, the stadium seats 57,980 for football. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Modifications were made to the stadium in 2001 to expand the suites and add club seating. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Before that, the maximum seating for a football crowd was 60,272. The dome was officially dedicated on September 8, 1984, as a sellout crowd watched the Purdue Boilermakers defeat the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Boilermakers is the official moniker for the intercollegiate athletic teams of Purdue University. The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in
Basketball is also played at the RCA Dome. The first game played there was an exhibition game in 1984 between an NBA All-Star team led by home-state hero Larry Bird and the United States Olympic Men's Basketball team, coached by Bob Knight, who was at the time the coach of Indiana University. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Larry Joe Bird (born December 7 1956 is a retired American NBA Basketball player widely considered as one of the best players of all time and one of the top The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Robert Montgomery (Bob or Bobby Knight (born October 25 1940 in Massillon Ohio) also known as "The General" is an American former college Indiana University is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. The dome also served as the site of the NBA All-Star Game in February 1985, where a record NBA crowd of 43,146 saw the Western Conference beat the Eastern Conference 140-129[2]. The National Basketball Association staged its first All-Star Game in the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. The Western Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams and organized in three divisions of five teams each The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams and organized in three divisions of five teams each Since then it has hosted many NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games, including four Final Fours (1991, 1997, 2000, 2006). The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the The NCAA, whose headquarters are in Indianapolis, has committed to holding the Final Four in Indianapolis once every five years. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the The RCA Dome hosted its first Women's Final Four in 2005. The NCAA Women's Division I Championship is an annual Basketball tournament for women Athletics (track and field For an extensive coverage see 2005 in athletics (track and field Track
In addition, it has hosted 1990 General Conference Sessions of Seventh-day Adventists, the Indiana High School Athletic Association's annual boys and girls championships, and served as one of two sites for the FIBA Men's World Basketball Championship Tournament in 2002, sharing the honors with Conseco Fieldhouse, the home of the Indiana Pacers. The Seventh-day Adventist (abbreviated " Adventist " Church is a Christian denomination which is distinguished mainly by its observance The Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public and private High schools in the State of Indiana. The International Basketball Federation ( French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball) more commonly known by the French acronym FIBA The FIBA World Championship is a world Basketball tournament for men's national teams held quadrennially by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA The 2002 FIBA World Championship was an international Basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Conseco Fieldhouse is a sports arena in Indianapolis Indiana, United States. Additionally, the RCA Dome is the site of the Indiana State School Music Association State Marching Band Competition, the Bands of America Grand Nationals, and the Drum Corps International Midwestern Regional, along with the NFL Scouting Combine in February of each year. The Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA is the governing body for a variety of interscholastic and individual school music compositions throughout the US state of Indiana Honor Band A Bands of America Honor Band will perform in the Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 2009 in Pasadena California. Drum Corps International ( DCI) formed in 1972 is the non-profit governing body operating the North American drum and bugle corps circuit for junior corps The National Invitational Camp or NFL Scouting Combine, as it is more widely known is a week-long showcase occurring every February in Indianapolis Indiana 's The dome also served as venue of the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania VIII in 1992. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, WrestleMania VIII was the eighth annual WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF
Originally the football playing surface was Astroturf, replaced with FieldTurf in May 2005[3]. AstroTurf is a brand of Artificial turf. Though the term is a Registered trademark, it is sometimes used as a generic description of any kind FieldTurf Tarkett, a division of Tarkett Inc is a Peachtree City GA -based company that manufactures and installs Artificial turf playing surfaces identified Athletics (track and field For an extensive coverage see 2005 in athletics (track and field Track
Roof
The roof is made up of teflon-coated fiberglass and weighs 257 tons. Teflon is a Registered trademark and Brand name of the DuPont company for products made from three types of fluorine-containing polymers ( Fluoropolymers Fiberglass (also called fibreglass and glass fibre see Spelling differences) is material made from extremely fine Fibers of Glass. It is held up by the air pressure inside the building. An air-supported structure is any structure that derives its structural integrity from the use of internal pressurized air to inflate a pliable material (i The ceiling is 193 feet high, though the height can actually vary up to 5 feet as the materials expand and contract with the weather. There are warning signs posted cautioning patrons of the high winds at the doors when exiting the RCA Dome. The RCA Dome is one of the few remaining inflated-roof sports structures.
Future
The stadium is scheduled to be replaced by a new retractable-roof stadium, the Lucas Oil Stadium, in time for the 2008 NFL season. Lucas Oil Stadium is a retractable roof stadium in Indianapolis Indiana. The 2008 NFL Season is the 89th season of the National Football League, the major professional American football league in the United States It is being constructed due south of the RCA Dome, which is slated to be demolished at a cost of $3,500,000[4].
The final game played in the RCA Dome was an AFC Divisional Playoff game between the Colts and the San Diego Chargers on January 13, 2008. The National Football League playoffs for the 2007 season lead up to Super Bowl XLII on February 3 2008 at University of Phoenix The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego California. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Chargers won, 28-24. The Colts also lost their final regular-season home game at RCA Dome on December 30, 2007, 16-10 to the Tennessee Titans. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville Tennessee.
Notes and references
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| Preceded by Memorial Stadium (Baltimore) |
Home of the Indianapolis Colts 1984 – 2008 |
Succeeded by Lucas Oil Stadium |
| Preceded by McNichols Sports Arena Continental Airlines Arena Tropicana Field Edward Jones Dome |
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Finals Venue 1991 1997 2000 2006 |
Succeeded by H.H.H. Metrodome Alamodome H.H.H. Metrodome Georgia Dome |
| Preceded by Gator Bowl Pontiac Silverdome |
Host of Bands of America Grand National Championship 1984 – 1986 1989 – 2007 |
Succeeded by Pontiac Silverdome Lucas Oil Stadium |
| Preceded by McNichols Sports Arena |
Host of the NBA All-Star Game 1985 |
Succeeded by Reunion Arena |
| Preceded by Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena |
Host of WrestleMania VIII 1992 |
Succeeded by Caesars Palace |
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