Lucas Oil Stadium- Super Bowl 2012- Where is the Super bowl XLVI
Where is the Super bowl XLVI? Super Bowl XLVI will take place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana on February 5, 2012. Home of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts, Lucas Oil Stadium has also been a major site for exhibitions, trade shows, and NCAA basketball tournaments. The distinctive retractable roof provides a unique flexibility for both indoor and outdoor events. The Super Bowl 2012 will be held on Indianapolis for the very first time and fans will be able to enjoy a superb sport match including Madonna’s halftime show. The Super Bowl 2012 stadium will be able to accommodate as much as 63,000 football spectators.
Super Bowl 2012-Lucas Oil Stadium: Contract Facts
The Super Bowl 2012 stadium contains a one of a kind retractable roof that can be opened or closed in approximately nine minutes.
- Demolition of the existing buildings on site began on August 25, 2005.
- The ceremonial groundbreaking took place on September 20, 2005.
- Foundation work began the week after Thanksgiving, 2005.
- The Stadium was designed by HKS of Dallas, Texas, with additional support from A2S04, Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf, Fink Roberts & Petrie, Moore Engineers, and other Indiana design and engineering consultants.
- Hunt Construction Group, Inc. was assigned as the construction manager, with the assistance of Smoot Construction and Mezzetta Construction.
- Local contractors were selected as sub-contractors to build the Super Bowl 2012 stadium.
- The estimated stadium cost was $720 million financed with funds raised jointly by the State of Indiana and the City of Indianapolis, with the Indianapolis Colts providing $100 million.
- Lucas Oil Stadium has created more than $1 billion in benefits to the state’s economy and has created more than 3,000 jobs as well as more than 3,500 construction jobs.
Super Bowl 2012-Lucas Oil Stadium: Materials Facts
- More than 130,000 cubic yards of concrete were placed.
- As much as 16,000 tons of steel were installed.
- The stadium features an insulated, brick-inlay architectural facade with CarbonCast® High Performance Insulated Wall Panels.
- More than 400,000 sq. ft. of limestone-finished architectural precast featuring blasted accents and embedded brick were used.
- More than 700 pieces of precast concrete were installed in the Super Bowl 2012 stadium.
- 1,440 pieces of architectural precast composed the Stadium façade.
- 9,000 pieces of exterior glass form part of the Super Bowl 2012.
- The stadium capacity can be expanded to 70,000 fans.
- The stadium has a facade of brick and glass allowing it to fit in with the surrounding area.
- 600,000 sq. ft. of slab on grade.
- 1.1 million concrete blocks.
- One million square feet of poured decking.
- Lucas Oil Stadium is twice the size of Conseco Fieldhouse
Super Bowl 2012-Lucas Oil Stadium: Retractable Roof
The retractable roof is the first in the world to open sideline to sideline instead of end zone to end zone. The retractable roof covers more than 176,000 feet, the two movable panels are 300 feet wide and 600 feet long together.
- Unique 2 panel moving roof design, the roof is supported on 5 rails.
- Gabled roof with peak running north/south down center of field.
- 176,400 square feet opening area (300’ east/west x 588’ north/south).
- Long, narrow panels “stack” over building and do not overhang or overshadow the building façade.
- It can accommodate 62 tennis courts or 2,100 parking spaces.
- The retractable roof of the Super bowl 2012 stadium is moved by 132 electric motors and computers synchronize the movement of 6 million pounds of metal.
- Five transverse steel trusses span the top, supporting the moving panels.
Super Bowl 2012-Lucas Oil Stadium: The Construction Team
The engineering and construction of the Super Bowl 2012 stadium involved the following firms/companies, just to name a few:
- Owner: Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority
- Contractor: Hunt Construction Group, Indianapolis
- Engineer: VS Engineering, Indianapolis
- Architect: HKS Inc., Dallas
- Precast Manufacturer: Independent Concrete Pipe Co., Indianapolis
