STATE OF THE STADIUMS: DOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

     The Colts have now been in Indianapolis for ten years since
leaving Baltimore in 1984.  Their home is the RCA Dome, formerly
known as the Hoosier Dome before the naming rights were sold by
the Capital Improvement Board.  The Board was established by the
state legislature with appointees representing both the state and
city.  The Colts receive no revenue from parking, concessions,
advertising --and only 25% from luxury seating.  But, they pay
one of the lowest rents in the league and share little in the way
of game-day expenses.  Today, we profile the home of the
Indianapolis Colts.


  
 
    
STADIUM:
    
RCA 
      Dome, Indianapolis, IN
  
  
 
    
AGE:
    
Completed in 1984.
  
  
 
    
CAPACITY:
    
60,500
  
  
 
    
OWNERSHIP:
    
Owned & 
      operated by the Capital Improvement Board.
  
  
 
    
LUXURY 
      BOXES:
    
99 luxury suites -- 
      team receives 25% of revenue, Improvement Board 75%.
  
  
 
    
ADVERTISING:
    
Capital Improvement 
      Board holds advertising rights.
  
  
 
    
SPONSORSHIP:
    
RCA paid $10M over 
      10 years for naming rights – have renewal clause every five years. 
      Total package $23M over $20 years.
  
  
 
    
COST:
    
Cost was $75M -- paid 
      for by bonds and corporate donations.
  
  
 
    
PARKING:
    
2,000 spaces at $7. 
      Leased to private management company, who pays a fee to handle all parking. 
      Team gets no parking revenue.
  
  
 
    
CONCESSIONS:
    
Service America -- 
      on a management fee. Team gets no percentage of concessions revenue.
  
  
 
    
LEASE:
    
Expires 2004 with two 
      5-year options.
  
  
 
    
RENT:
    
Estimated at $250,000 
      -- 5th lowest in NFL.
  


(Source: Mike Fox/Capital Improvement Board; rent figure from
Florida Times-Union article on July 24, 1994).