RCA (Hoosier) Dome - The Stadium That Stole A Franchise

RCA (Hoosier) Dome - The Stadium That Stole A Franchise
The RCA/Hoosier Dome was home to the Indianapolis Colts from 1984 until 2007, before being replaced by Lucas Oil Stadium. The stadium was constructed to lure an NFL team to the growing city of Indianapolis. At the same time the dome was under construction, the Baltimore Colts were struggling to find a suitable replacement for their aging Memorial Stadium. Quite literally overnight the Colts packed the teams equipment into Plymouth moving trucks, and drove to Indianapolis. The Colts had their new stadium, and a new city to go with it.
The RCA Dome, or as it was called when it first opened, the Hoosier Dome had its grand opening on May 3rd, 1984. The stadium inherited many of its features from the similar Metrodome in Minneapolis. The roof was made of Teflon coated fiberglass, with sitting for up to 60,000 fans.
The dome was built to accommodate a variety of events including football, conventions, and even the NCAA final four. Although the stadium was state of the art for its time, it quickly fell behind in terms of the quality that NFL fans were beginning to expect. In December of 2004, the Colts announced their plans to build a new replacement stadium in downtown Indianapolis. The RCA Dome was only 21 years old, relatively young for a stadium to be replaced. Construction on Lucas Oil Stadium would soon begin, and the final game placed in the RCA Dome was a playoff loss to the San Diego Chargers.
On December 20, 2008 the RCA Dome was imploded, marking the end of an era for the Colts.

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The RCA Dome was the loudest stadium on Earth. When you left a packed game it felt like you had stood next to a fighter jet at full afterburner for 3 hours. It was a wild place

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When first opened, the RCA Dome only seated a little above 56,000, the smallest venue in the NFL at the time. Renovations in 1999 increased overall seating to above 60,000.

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HEY THEY LEFT BALTIMORE OF THEIR OWN VOLITION WE JUST HAPPENDED TO HAVE A GOOD STADIUM 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I kid of course, we made away like theives in the night with that team. Sorry Baltimore, love ya Baltimore 💜💜💜

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It looked like the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦

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totally yes it looks like BC Place just its roof

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I bet it was a Baltimore resident that uploaded this.

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Can you do Philadelphia's the spectrum and omni coliseum

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Hoosier done more like loser dome

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not the soccer fan

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