It will only take about 45 minutes to permanently alter the skyline of Indianapolis, Indiana.  Twenty-four years ago, the RCA/Hoosier Dome was opened.  At 10:30 AM this morning, the giant fans keeping the stadium’s roof up were turned off starting the deflation process.  By the time you read this, the home stadium of the Indianapolis Colts will already be in the process of being torn down to make way for an expansion of the Indianapolis Convention Center.

The Colts have already moved on to their new stadium next door, Lucas Oil Stadium, but they seem to be struggling in their new home.  Perhaps they miss the old dome field advantage?  Either way, it’s gone now.

The stadium is known as an air-supported roof because it used two giant fans to keep the air pressure indoors greater than the air pressure outdoors.  The 257-ton Teflon-coated fiberglass roof was supported only by thin cables and physics.  Talk about an engineering marvel!  It could have easily been an engineering disaster.

Image:  WIBC

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