Indianapolis Colts Tickets – Broken Curse of Lucas Oil Stadium

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The RCA Dome may have been flattened this fall, but the Indianapolis Colts’ dreams are not. Following a year-long battle of financial woes and uncertainty as the beast we refer to as the Lucas Oil Stadium slowly took form, casting a shadow over the rest of the ancient downtown Indianapolis area, Colts fans have been more than a little disappointed as their tax dollars at work have been drained. The worst part of all? The Colts have had a terrible start to their season, losing every game they’ve played at the new stadium until Week 6 of the regular season.

This so-called curse of the Lucas Oil Stadium added to the turmoil surrounding the new edifice, and the muffled injuries of Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison swirled the pot a little more, but it all seemed to turn around for Indianapolis and the Colts in Week 6, when the Manning-to-Harrison force was untouchable once again for the first time in almost a year.

The Colts soundly thumped the Ravens 31-3 in Indianapolis’ first win at Lucas Oil, letting all that pent-up negativity go right out the retractable roof that Colts fans are loving right about now.

So just what is it about Lucas Oil that has been worth all the trouble it has ensued? Aside from the 0 million it took to put the monster of a football stadium in place (and the whopping spike in taxes Indy residents have endured because of it,) the stadium is expected to create jobs and revenue for Indianapolis in the long run and, aside from practicality, has anyone seen that retractable roof? The stadium’s SuperFrame Structural System retractable roof is the first of its kind, and the building’s seven levels and 63,000-person capacity have made Lucas Oil Stadium a tourist attraction in itself. Located directly off I-70, Indianapolis’ major highway leading into and through the city, visitors approaching downtown Indianapolis immediately get the picture of the stuff Indy is made of: football.

Twice the size of the Pacers’ home Conseco Fieldhouse, Lucas Oil Stadium is now getting less groans and more hurrahs now that the Colts have officially broken the curse of their new playing field. It’s no RCA Dome, where the Colts spent their first 24 seasons playing indoors, but with the return of the old Marvin Harrison and the thought of Peyton Manning getting back into the swing of things, fans with Indianapolis Colts tickets are now jazzed up and sporting those number 88 and 18 jerseys like none other, swimming in a sea full of blue and white while screaming the two words plastered onto the side of a building at the entrance into downtown Indy: Go Horse!

The turnaround point for the Colts was their Week 6 game, where Indianapolis came out beating Baltimore after getting off to a 2-2 start on the season through Week 5. Eight-time Pro Bowler and Colts’ QB Peyton Manning led the stampede over the Ravens in the matchup, completing 19 of 28 passes for 271 yards while connecting with receiver Marvin Harrison for two touchdown passes, including a 67-yard beauty that sent the word ringing through Lucas Oil Stadium that number 88 was back and ready to rumble. Manning was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the game, and the boost of confidence the win gave both the Colts and their avid fans was both incredible and invaluable.

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