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Water damage reported at Lucas Oil Stadium July 9, 2008 Just weeks before its grand opening, the new Lucas Oil stadium is dealing with some serious water damage resulting from Tuesday night's storms.
updated: 7/10/2008 5:54:04 PM
John Klipsch, executive director of the Stadium Authority, said three of the stadium's 20 roof drains broke, sending a torrent of rainwater into three separate areas of the building. "These are major drains, some 15 inches, so when one broke loose, a lot of water came out. So in some areas we had inches of water standing in there and in other areas we had a couple feet or more," Klipsch said. Klipsch said all damage occurred on the lower level in areas housing electrical boxes, telephone closets, meeting rooms and the data center. He said the retractable roof, playing field, seating bowl and suites were all untouched. While Klipsch noted the damage was confined to less than one percent of the building, it did damage a vital area. "The data center is the main control for phones, WI-FI, Internet access and other high tech stuff," Klipsch said. The damage comes just over six weeks before the Indianapolis Colts take to the field for the first time, August 24, and just five weeks before the public open house, August 16. Klipsch said crews are working frantically to make repairs and replace equipment. "We have all contractors effected working on an emergency team to troubleshoot the effected areas," Klipsch said. "At this juncture, no one reports we'll miss our opening dates." He said the stadium will be ready for football. As for what caused the three drains to fail, "it's early to say if it was a design problem or a manufacturing problem or an installation problem. We'll have to assess that," Klipsch said. He said it was too early to assess the dollar amount of damage but was confident "most of it will be covered by our insurance policy." Eyewitness News spoke to some people who were on a tour of the stadium Wednesday morning who knew nothing about any water breach. Stadium Authority press release: The Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority (ISCBA) announced that contractors building Lucas Oil Stadium (LOS) are assessing and repairing damage caused by last night's heavy downtown thunderstorm. Three of the stadium's 20 primary roof drains that gather and direct water from the top of the stadium to the ground were damaged, allowing rainwater to enter the interior of the stadium. Last night's storm damaged three areas of the stadium. Those areas include the southwest corner, where a fractured drainpipe allowed rainwater to enter and affect some lower rooms, electrical boxes and telephone closets. The second area involves the northeast corner where a roof drain cracked and allowed rain to saturate the floors of several meeting rooms and entered the data room. The third area involved the underground loading docks. The rainwater overflow here managed to course into the floor drains and caused very limited damage. The playing field, the club sections, suites and the seating bowl areas were all unaffected by last night's storm. The Hunt Construction Group Inc., of Indianapolis, and a number of other contractors called in workers at 10:00 p.m. last night to assess the extent of damages and mitigate and repair the areas affected. "Despite the frustration caused by last night's storm, we currently do not anticipate any delay in the stadium's grand opening plans," said John Klipsch, Executive Director of the ISCBA. "Crews responded immediately to manage, assess and begin the process of damage repair and restoration and will continue working to ensure the project is completed on time."
Gregg Montgomery July 12, 2008 A damaged drainpipe allowed more rainwater inside Lucas Oil Stadium this morning, but no more damage was reported. Three of the stadium’s 20 drains from the roof were damaged Tuesday and allowed up to 3 feet of rain to accumulate inside the soon-to-open building. Crews have worked around the clock since Tuesday so the 63,000-seat home of the Indianapolis Colts can open on time, a spokeswoman for the Indiana Stadium Convention and Building Authority said today. “There’s still moisture being cleaned up and there’s still pumps running,” Shelley Triol said. More rainwater collected this morning in the southwest corner of the $750 million stadium because of a leak in a temporary fix to a fractured drainpipe, she said. Today’s rain added to Tuesday’s in lower levels with electrical boxes and phone closets. More than 1-1/2 inches of rain fell Downtown this morning, according to National Weather Service radar reports. Other areas affected Tuesday included the northeast corner where rain saturated meetings rooms’ floors and entered the data room. The worst of the damage occurred in the data center, affecting equipment related to the stadium’s phone, Wi-Fi and Internet systems. Underground loading docks also had water damage Tuesday. Damage estimates remained unavailable, but insurance was expected to cover most of the costs.
The ISCBA is the state agency responsible for financing, designing and constructing the new Lucas Oil Stadium and the Indiana Convention Center expansion.
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