Are you ready for some football???? I am! We are big Colts/Manning fans in this household! Our NOT a Bargain, is Colts Season Ticket Holders. This is the first year in the new stadium, Lucas Oil Stadium. Can I say, I have mixed feelings?!?! I hate that we are paying more money for a worse view (still okay but not as good as before), congestion on escalators, confusion in abundance, and this one is petty but for $750 MILLION couldn’t they budget in auto flush toilets & sinks? Positive things are: Wider aisles, cup holders, actual seats instead of benches, and more concession/restroom facilities.
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Our View of the Field ———
Stalkers? Come find us here ++++++++
Our seats from the Field (see that dark, scary section under the concrete, that is us.) —— Oh, not above the Sprint Sign, that is Suite Seating, we are below them.
No auto flush toilets BUT we have fancy pants Colts Logo on our chairs! ha ha! +++++++
This is probably what cost so much and it is cool! But I wonder how many games they will actually have it open for? Maybe the first month? ++++++++
On Our “Free” Tour, we did get to go in the locker room and even see where Peyton Manning will shower. ++++++
This goofball is so excited to be on the field. ++++++++++
Here are some pictures from the very first game the Colts played where we got smoked by the Buffalo Bills:
See all the congestion by the escalators? ————
Crazy, 2 escalators for everyone, only 2 people wide. ——— BTW, no stairs going to the second level. Only elevators but no one seemed to know where those were. It took me 20 minutes to find someone who could tell me how to get to the Emergency Exits…and I asked 4 people in yellow jackets. I’m paranoid like that but I did figure out you can go down the stairs and it will take you to the street. No entry back in.
Amanda Obermyer, Rocker Nurse performed the National Anthem. She did an awesome job! +++++++
My daughter’s first Colts game. I think she enjoyed it. She wanted to come to a real game next time. Uh, sorry, honey, not at this price! +++++++
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DH loves Bob, I love Jeff, everybody else seems to love Peyton. :)
We got to see the first game (pre-season ofcourse) at Lucas Oil. My first Professional game and I was majorly overwhelmed.
We were in section 308 row 20. Not to far from your seats and we were also had that concrete overhang. If we were three rows further down it wouldn’t have been an issue.
We could not see the window or the roof, which were open. :(
We had an obstructed view of 1 of the screens.
I kind of think the seats under the overhang should be in a lower price point, as we paid just as much as the people without the overhang in the same section.
If I was a season ticket holder I wouldn’t be happy about it either, because the roof and the window are part of what makes Lucas Oil Special.
But we could see the field perfectly.
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If you do come sometime, there is so much fun stuff to do in Indianapolis in addition to the football games! :) You would have a blast! :)
I don’t know if I mentioned this in my original post but I’m actually not going to the first regular season game this year vs. the Bears! I’m letting my daddy have my ticket! (He’s the only one I would give up a Prime Time Game Ticket for!) He is a Bears and Colts fan…though, I think he may be becoming more of a Colts fan now! ;)
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my hubby is so in heaven! He is a HUGE colts and payton fan. his grandparents used to live in indy. I would love nothing more than to surprise him with a trip sometime but we’ll have to save a while b/c we have to factor in plane tickets and such. Great pics! :)
my hubby is so in heaven! He is a HUGE colts and payton fan. his grandparents used to live in indy. I would love nothing more than to surprise him with a trip sometime but we’ll have to save a while b/c we have to factor in plane tickets and such. Great pics! :)
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Thanks for sharing a glimpse in your life. I don’t even like football, but I love seeing these pics. Your son is adorable.
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Thanks so much for the mention, Briana! I hope you all have a FABULOUS time at the games this year :)
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