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Closed lid at Lucas Oil Stadium tonight

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on November 15, 2009, 3:37 PM EST

The retractable roof at Lucas Oil Stadium will be closed for Sunday night’s game between the Patriots and the Colts.

The Colts announced the decision earlier in the day.

Showers are in the forecast for Indianapolis tonight, per Weather.com.

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14 Responses to “Closed lid at Lucas Oil Stadium tonight”
  1. East Bay Ray says: Nov 15, 2009 3:53 PM

    A “Lucas With the Lid Off” reference? Nicely played, Florio.

  2. BornSlippy says: Nov 15, 2009 4:01 PM

    Roof is closed and the crowd noise cd is set in the pa system.

  3. WoPhat says: Nov 15, 2009 4:14 PM

    Showers on the forecast? Sally’s!

  4. The Real Shuxion says: Nov 15, 2009 4:17 PM

    Smart move by Indy, if I were Polian I would do the same thing.

  5. workhorse says: Nov 15, 2009 4:21 PM

    Hey WoPhat-
    No field drainage system = roof closed.

  6. IndyWilson says: Nov 15, 2009 4:21 PM

    BornSlippy, if you can’t beat em, make an excuse. You’ll go far in life.

  7. pondbridge says: Nov 15, 2009 4:33 PM

    Polian is seeding the clouds so that the OTHER rats (from the Lucas Oil Stadium kitchens) can crank up the fake crowd noise.

  8. kev says: Nov 15, 2009 4:45 PM

    The pumped in crowd noise will be louder

  9. Devils Advocate says: Nov 15, 2009 5:04 PM

    cry baby “Sarah” Polian always tries to get his way.
    don’t worry if he loses tonite he will be whining to the competition committee to change some more rules this winter.

  10. Ytsejamer1 says: Nov 15, 2009 5:18 PM

    It’s a good thing nature has granted showers for Indianapolis (I too, second WoPhat’s sentiment)…otherwise Bill Polian would have complained to the league saying Mother Nature conspired against Indy being unable to keep the stadium closed for noise generation and thus giving the Patriots an advantage because they usually play outside. Phew…

  11. Richm2256 says: Nov 15, 2009 5:29 PM

    Piped in crowd noise works better with a closed top.

  12. rarson says: Nov 15, 2009 6:15 PM

    “Piped in crowd noise works better with a closed top.”
    Then why the hell did they waste the money to make the roof retract at all?

  13. Phil from Detroit says: Nov 15, 2009 6:17 PM

    A 15 percent chance of showers according to the weather channel means showers are expected? You mean the players may get a few raindrops on them. Give me a break.

  14. Blue Horse Shoe says: Nov 15, 2009 7:31 PM

    The great ‘oz’ has spoken.
    Thanks for wasting out taxpayer money.

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