I just came to say the same thing, I had no idea about it until now! Some stunning stadiums all around the place, the new Indy Eleven will be smart when complete. The USL Championship is a great league
Lucas Oil Stadium is a really nice stadium. The design of it makes it feel intimate on the inside, even though it holds over 60,000 fans. And as us the case with roofed stadiums, it gets extremely loud
Those sightlines at Victory Field are next level! I catch multiple games there every year and there's not a bad seat in the house. (It's also hands-down the cleanest sports venue I've ever visited.)
The Beatles , Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix all performed at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum . The building was known as the State Fairgrounds Coliseum then.
Definitely not enough information and attention given to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The IMS seats 257,327, but has infield space that can accommodate another 150,000. Most years there are around 350,000 fans in attendance for the Indy 500. The Pagoda is an iconic structure that has become a worldwide symbol of motorsports, and the IMS museum contains vehicles going back to the very first Indy 500 (held in 1911) up to present day. The IMS is massive, and can fit entire countries inside of it, such as Monaco and Vatican City. Multiple major stadiums and structures can fit inside of it as well. It takes about 20 minutes walking at a brisk pace to cross from one side of the track to the other. The turns are all banked at the same degree, but all behave differently because of the angle of the sun and the difference in the heat and the way the winds interact with the track (due to prevailing winds as well as the positioning of the grandstands). It takes extreme skill to keep a car going 230+ mph (370kmh) on the track, let alone race against other cars doing the same and attempt to pass them. It may seem silly to think a course that is just 4 left turns could be all that interesting, but the speed and intensity of the race coupled with the varying strategies, pit stop challenges, and chaos that routinely strikes each year -- plus 350,000 screaming fans -- all combine to make the IMS the greatest racetrack in the world, and arguably the greatest sporting venue in the world. To anyone who doesn't get it, come visit for the Indy 500 sometime. My buddy just came to Indy from LA this year for the race, and it left him with his jaw on the floor. He had the time of his life, and is now counting down till he can come back to do it again next year. There is nothing on earth like Indy in May.
I know it doesn't meet the minimum criteria, but Southport High School gymnasium seats 7,124. It is used for high school basketball. As you can tell it's kind of a thing around there.
Hinkle was featured in the movie Hoosiers. It's where the state championship was held. That iconic scene where the kids walk in for the first time to the hugeness of it all, and the coach makes them measure the foul line to prove it's just as big as their gym was priceless. Indiana Farmer's Coliseum was unfortunately the scene of one of the biggest stadium disasters. During a holiday on ice show, some LPG being used for cooking leaked, and caused an explosion under the stands that killed 81 and injured 400. Not mentioned, Market Square Arena, once home for the Pacers before it was demolished in 2001 after the the Conseco Fieldhouse (now Gainbridge) was opened in 1999. It is most famous for being the last place Elvis held a concert. There is still a plaque there to this day to commemorate it.
They tried that. It didn't work bc you could still see the yard lines and end zone colors. I would love to see Lucas Oil get renovated to fit both football and soccer like many NFL stadiums!
The Indy Fuel hockey team are also building a new arena in nearby Fishers. It is expected to open next year and will also house an Indoor Football team.
Would love to see the United States Hockey League (USHL) return to Indianapolis. They had great support with the Indiana Ice when they were they before the team folded several years ago. The USHL as the nations top junior hockey league has only gotten much stronger since the Ice folded. Sending tons of players to the College and professional ranks!
The Mad Ants are from Fort Wayne. The other team at Gainsbridge Fieldhouse is the Fever. Lucas Oil Stadium uniquely has a curtain (3:57) in front of the back stands for America's premier marching music competitions (DCI, BOA).
The Pacers relocated the Mad Ants from Ft. Wayne to Noblesville and while the arena in Noblesville is being finished this season, the Mad Ants are playing at Gainbridge this year!
This one isn't in Indianapolis proper but Fishers Event Center is getting built currently as well. The Indy Fuel are scheduled to play there next year as well as a new pro volleyball team called the Indy Ignite and an arena football team called the Fishers Freight
The pictures and Google Earth imagery don't do justice to the way Lucas Oil stadium just DOMINATED the Indy skyline, it's wild the way that thing stands out from any angle
The Indy Eleven stadium is likely never going to happen. Since the ground breaking, the city has pulled financial support saying that it will only finance a soccer specific stadium if it gets a MLS team.
Victory Field COULD be built up to MLB Standards! That city NEEDS a major league team! BTW Try Miami AKA South Florida! A bunch of stadiums and arenas in the area!
Yes! We need another major league team. I could see Eleven Park giving Indy an MLS franchise but I would also love to see an MLB team. I also wonder if we could also get an NHL team by renovating Gainbridge Fieldhouse to be suitable for hockey.
MLB won’t be coming to Indy… It was tried in the 80’s (google Indianapolis Arrows). Cubs, Reds, and Cards won’t let a new team cut into their fan base and there are too many other options that are better for MLB (Portland, Montreal, San Antonio, etc…).
Todd West is right. Indianapolis is too close to the White Sox, Cardinals, and Reds to be allowed a major league team, plus the team is in th Pirates farm system, so they aren't keen on the idea either. I doubt the Cubs would care much, as their fanbase largely pulls from North and West Chicago, while the White Sox are more South Chicago and The Region (Northwest Indiana).
Never liked how expensive these are to construct vs how they turn out. Sunroofs in cars are good too but it's not the same as a convertible and that you wouldn't pay for it
Any other Americans notice the world doing their sports huge USA style? Like American college football with big flames and national anthems 😂 It's kind of annoying but I'm grateful to have a fun sports culture since our country is viewed so evil 😂
Can't wait for my tax dollars to be wasted on the new 11 stadium just for nobody to show. Even if they do become a mls team they won't pull much more then the barley 5000 people they do now
Lucas Oil really is something else. That's one of the top stadiums in the world just for how unique the styling is.
I just came to say the same thing, I had no idea about it until now!
Some stunning stadiums all around the place, the new Indy Eleven will be smart when complete. The USL Championship is a great league
It is severely underrated
My hometown! We do have great stadiums here. I LOL’d at the line “And despite the name, drag strips are perfectly straight.”
My profile picture was actually taken at Victory Field.
From Indiana love your channel!
Lucas Oil Stadium is a really nice stadium. The design of it makes it feel intimate on the inside, even though it holds over 60,000 fans. And as us the case with roofed stadiums, it gets extremely loud
Hinkle Fieldhouse, Lucas Oil Stadium and Indiana Farmers Coliseum are all beautiful!!!
Those sightlines at Victory Field are next level! I catch multiple games there every year and there's not a bad seat in the house. (It's also hands-down the cleanest sports venue I've ever visited.)
I’m all in for not having a MLB team here because the AAA stadium is so nice and tickets are so cheap
The Beatles , Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix all performed at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum . The building was known as the State Fairgrounds Coliseum then.
And now is getting replaced by a new arena in Fishers.
... that is kind of the opposite of an architectural gem. I'm sure it will be functional, though.
@@eriklakeland3857 Not being replaced. The Fuel are just moving. The Coliseum will remain while having an ice rink inside.
Lucas oil is so iconic to the marching arts. Being home to the BOA and DCI championships
Definitely not enough information and attention given to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The IMS seats 257,327, but has infield space that can accommodate another 150,000. Most years there are around 350,000 fans in attendance for the Indy 500. The Pagoda is an iconic structure that has become a worldwide symbol of motorsports, and the IMS museum contains vehicles going back to the very first Indy 500 (held in 1911) up to present day.
The IMS is massive, and can fit entire countries inside of it, such as Monaco and Vatican City. Multiple major stadiums and structures can fit inside of it as well. It takes about 20 minutes walking at a brisk pace to cross from one side of the track to the other.
The turns are all banked at the same degree, but all behave differently because of the angle of the sun and the difference in the heat and the way the winds interact with the track (due to prevailing winds as well as the positioning of the grandstands). It takes extreme skill to keep a car going 230+ mph (370kmh) on the track, let alone race against other cars doing the same and attempt to pass them.
It may seem silly to think a course that is just 4 left turns could be all that interesting, but the speed and intensity of the race coupled with the varying strategies, pit stop challenges, and chaos that routinely strikes each year -- plus 350,000 screaming fans -- all combine to make the IMS the greatest racetrack in the world, and arguably the greatest sporting venue in the world.
To anyone who doesn't get it, come visit for the Indy 500 sometime. My buddy just came to Indy from LA this year for the race, and it left him with his jaw on the floor. He had the time of his life, and is now counting down till he can come back to do it again next year. There is nothing on earth like Indy in May.
Don't forget that there's a golf course that runs inside the infield. Many people forget about that part, but I just find it funny.
Indiana is my home state and I've been to most of these venues. Thanks for the video.
I know it doesn't meet the minimum criteria, but Southport High School gymnasium seats 7,124. It is used for high school basketball. As you can tell it's kind of a thing around there.
That's where I graduated from!
Currently headed to Lucas Oil for Bands of America. We always look forward to visiting.
Very impressive stadiums I must say👌 Great video again 👍
Hinkle was featured in the movie Hoosiers. It's where the state championship was held. That iconic scene where the kids walk in for the first time to the hugeness of it all, and the coach makes them measure the foul line to prove it's just as big as their gym was priceless.
Indiana Farmer's Coliseum was unfortunately the scene of one of the biggest stadium disasters. During a holiday on ice show, some LPG being used for cooking leaked, and caused an explosion under the stands that killed 81 and injured 400.
Not mentioned, Market Square Arena, once home for the Pacers before it was demolished in 2001 after the the Conseco Fieldhouse (now Gainbridge) was opened in 1999. It is most famous for being the last place Elvis held a concert. There is still a plaque there to this day to commemorate it.
3:13 Indy 11 at Lucas Oil Stadium is cool
They tried that. It didn't work bc you could still see the yard lines and end zone colors. I would love to see Lucas Oil get renovated to fit both football and soccer like many NFL stadiums!
Indy 11 owner must negotiate a deal with Lucas Oil Stadium
@@manuelgrothe608 Agreed. Lucas Oil is an underrated work of art and it needs a renovation to fits both footballs (🏈and ⚽)
Like Charlotte, Atlanta NYC-FC and Minnesota all Soccer in NFL Stadiums
@@andrewdavis-qk1zusame with Seattle Sounders at Luman Field
Marching at Lucas Oil for ISSMA and BOA events was something else. So cool to be down on the turf
They hold the Vex State Robotics Championship there every year, too. It's fascinating how well it works.
im currently swimming at lucas oil for US olympic trials. cool venue
3:13 Lucas Oil Stadium: Host of Super Bowl XLVI
4:09 You Missed WNBA Indiana Fever
The Fever actually played at Farmers Coliseum mostly until this year.
Southport Fieldhouse should be on your list based on your capacity qualifications :-)
Minneapolis-St.Paul please 🙏
The Indy Fuel hockey team are also building a new arena in nearby Fishers. It is expected to open next year and will also house an Indoor Football team.
Would love to see the United States Hockey League (USHL) return to Indianapolis. They had great support with the Indiana Ice when they were they before the team folded several years ago.
The USHL as the nations top junior hockey league has only gotten much stronger since the Ice folded. Sending tons of players to the College and professional ranks!
The Indy Fuel will be moving into a new arena next year in Fishers (northeast suburb)
My moms friend Matt calls them the fishers fuel sometimes
The Mad Ants are from Fort Wayne. The other team at Gainsbridge Fieldhouse is the Fever. Lucas Oil Stadium uniquely has a curtain (3:57) in front of the back stands for America's premier marching music competitions (DCI, BOA).
The Pacers relocated the Mad Ants from Ft. Wayne to Noblesville and while the arena in Noblesville is being finished this season, the Mad Ants are playing at Gainbridge this year!
When Hinckle Fieldhouse was first built, the court ran 90 degrees to what it does now.
This one isn't in Indianapolis proper but Fishers Event Center is getting built currently as well. The Indy Fuel are scheduled to play there next year as well as a new pro volleyball team called the Indy Ignite and an arena football team called the Fishers Freight
How do you leave out the Major Taylor Velodrome?
the Oval track at Lucas oil is not disused. It holds several events a year.
He said the road course was disused
Can you please do Chicago please?
RIP Hoosier (RCA) Dome
I used to live here but i moved to South Bend area in August but i might come back in the future
The pictures and Google Earth imagery don't do justice to the way Lucas Oil stadium just DOMINATED the Indy skyline, it's wild the way that thing stands out from any angle
Stadiums of Miami or Miami-Dade County would be cool to see one day.
Can you do American association of professional baseball stadiums?
It's not Eleven Park, it's Lynn Family Stadium North.
There is also U Indy and Marion University stadiums
By the way, we are getting Eleven Park renovated so we can get MLS expansion.
The 2024 NBA All-Stars Game Weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana.
YOOO THANK YOU SOOO MUCH
The Indy Eleven stadium is likely never going to happen. Since the ground breaking, the city has pulled financial support saying that it will only finance a soccer specific stadium if it gets a MLS team.
Big bricks! Biiiig mo-ther-****** briiiiiicks!!!
8:04 by the way on everything
Victory Field COULD be built up to MLB Standards! That city NEEDS a major league team!
BTW Try Miami AKA South Florida! A bunch of stadiums and arenas in the area!
Yes! We need another major league team. I could see Eleven Park giving Indy an MLS franchise but I would also love to see an MLB team. I also wonder if we could also get an NHL team by renovating Gainbridge Fieldhouse to be suitable for hockey.
MLB won’t be coming to Indy… It was tried in the 80’s (google Indianapolis Arrows). Cubs, Reds, and Cards won’t let a new team cut into their fan base and there are too many other options that are better for MLB (Portland, Montreal, San Antonio, etc…).
Todd West is right. Indianapolis is too close to the White Sox, Cardinals, and Reds to be allowed a major league team, plus the team is in th Pirates farm system, so they aren't keen on the idea either. I doubt the Cubs would care much, as their fanbase largely pulls from North and West Chicago, while the White Sox are more South Chicago and The Region (Northwest Indiana).
Do stadiums in flordia
Never liked how expensive these are to construct vs how they turn out. Sunroofs in cars are good too but it's not the same as a convertible and that you wouldn't pay for it
stadiums of upstate NY please
Stadiums of Greater Manchester pleaseeeeee
Good video. I like the other music better
Don't forget about Major Taylor Velodrome!
Basketball and bricks, not the other brick.
KC-St. Louis pls
Can you please do Toronto next
I hope Indy Eleven go with the first concept because the second one I wasn’t a fan of.
They are.
We need MlB NHl and MlS in this city.
Indianapolis cooking🍳
I went to school is Indy, my second home
My dad lives by butler
Any other Americans notice the world doing their sports huge USA style? Like American college football with big flames and national anthems 😂
It's kind of annoying but I'm grateful to have a fun sports culture since our country is viewed so evil 😂
GUADALAJARA
MLB team?
Tyler Mac let’s go too Butler
Can't wait for my tax dollars to be wasted on the new 11 stadium just for nobody to show. Even if they do become a mls team they won't pull much more then the barley 5000 people they do now
The team pulls in 10k people today. It's not crazy to see 20k - which the team pulled on occasion back when they played in Lucas Oil.
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