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Lucas Oil Stadium Will Mean Enhanced Experience

Indianapolis | Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 8:50 am | Author: odawg |

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A little more than three months remain before the opening of the 2008 NFL season, and while that is a key date for any NFL team, it has an added importance around Indianapolis.

Because in August of 2008, more than a season will open in Indy.

A stadium will open, too.

Lucas Oil Stadium, a state-of-the-art, retractable-roof facility in downtown Indianapolis, will be the Colts' new home beginning in August – and, it was announced earlier this week, the site of the 2012 Super Bowl.

The first NFL regular-season game in Lucas Oil Stadium is scheduled for Sunday, September 7, 2008, when the Colts play the Chicago Bears, a game featuring the teams that played in Super Bowl XLI. But the Colts’ first game in the new stadium will be a preseason game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, August 24, at 8 p.m., a game that will be televised nationally on the NFL Network.

The three months before that will feature challenges, Colts Senior Executive Vice President Pete Ward said this week during a visit to Lucas Oil Stadium.

But Ward said the challenges will be met.

And he said the result will be a vastly-improved experience for Colts fans.

“The challenge is getting all the bells and whistles and the finishes completely done for the opener,” Ward said. “That’s going to be a challenge, as it is with most new venues.

“But we’re confident that it will be something our fans will enjoy on opening day.”