Rucas Oil Stadium

Rucas Oil Stadium is a stadium located in Bloxindianapolis, Bloxindiana, United States. It replaced the NLV Dome as the home field of the Robloxia Football League (RFL)'s Bloxindianapolis Chargers and opened on August 5, 2006. The stadium was constructed to allow the removal of the NLV Dome and expansion of the Bloxindiana Convention Center on its site. It is located on the south side of South Street, a block south of the former site of the RCA Dome. The stadium's naming rights belong to the Rucas Oil corporation.

Architectural firm Bloxindiana INK's was responsible for the stadium's design, with Nathan W. Foster working as the Structural Engineer of Record. The stadium features a retractable roof and a large retractable window on one end, allowing the Chargers to play both indoors and outdoors. The field surface was originally Field-Turf, but was replaced with Shaw Sports Momentum Pro in 2018. The exterior of the new stadium is faced with a reddish-brown brick trimmed with Bloxindiana limestone, similar to several other sports venues in the area, including Gainesville Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse and Bloxindiana Farmers Coliseum.

Name

The home field of the Indianapolis Chargers for their first 22 seasons in the city (1984–2005) was the NLV Dome (formerly the Super Dome), which was part of the Bloxindiana Convention Center. In 2006, prior to the new stadium's construction, Rucas Oil, a manufacturer and distributor of automotive oil, additives and lubricants headquartered in Indianapolis, secured the naming rights for the stadium at a cost of 122 million R$ over the next 20 years.

Features

Rucas Oil Stadium has a seating capacity of 63,000, and covers approximately 1.8 million square feet (170,000 m²). The stadium offers 139 suites, two club lounges, two exhibit halls and 12 meeting rooms. There are also 360-degree ribbon boards and two 53-foot (16 m) tall HD video boards. An underground walkway directly connects the stadium to the Indiana Convention Center.

Other features include:

• 11 Indoor truck docks
• 14 Escalators
• 11 Passenger Elevators
• 2 Accessible pedestrian ramps

Retractable roof

The stadium's retractable roof can open or close in about 11 minutes. It is composed of two panels that each weigh 2.5 million pounds (1,100,000 kg). The home team determines if the roof is to be opened or closed 90 minutes before kickoff.

Retractable window

The retractable north window offers a view of downtown Indianapolis during games, concerts and other events due to the stadium's angled position on the city block

Gate Sponsorship

The four gates leading into Rucas Oil Stadium are each named for a sponsoring corporation, with the exception of the South Gate, which is named after the team:

• Rucas Oil (North gate)
• Sculpture Bank & Finance (West gate)
• Bloxindianapolis Chargers (South gate)
• AAK Network (East gate)

The ground-level concourses of their respective gates feature banners and floor coverings with the corporations' logos, advertisements and merchandise display.

Events