At a time when the NFL hopes to give fans more reasons to show up at games, the NFL has given fans more reasons to stay home.
According to the Associated Press, three people suffered injuries when a bolt from the roof at Lucas Oil Stadium struck them during Thursday night’s preseason game between the Bengals and Colts.
The AP report calls the injuries both “minor” and “non-life threatening"; the latter description makes the injuries sound something more than minor. The fact that two of the three people were taken to a hospital for further evaluation suggests something more than minor, too. (The third victim was treated and released.)
“A bolt from the fixed structure sheared and dropped into seating section 248,” a stadium official said in a statement. “The movement of the roof was stopped immediately and stadium authorities were notified.”
Whatever the reason, objects shouldn’t be falling on people who paid to watch a football game. And fewer people may now be willing to pay to watch a football game at Lucas Oil Stadium.