Lucas Oil Stadium traditionally served as home to the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts, but this weekend, there will be a Midwest Regional matchup, welcoming college basketball and around 35,000 fans. This provides players and fans with a variety of view lines out of four regional matches taking place within the football stadium.
In Newark, games will be played at the Prudential Center (which once hosted the net and also has a Seton Hall house). In Atlanta, the game will be played at State Farm Arena, home to the Hawks. In San Francisco, he will play at Chase Center, the new home of the Golden State Warriors. Attendance capacity at these locations will be less than 20,000.
Home to the NBA’s Indiana Pacers, Gainbridge Field House traditionally serves as a local home. However, Gainbridge Field House will host the state finals at IHSAA High School this weekend.
Friday, No. 1st seed Houston will take on No. 4 seed Purdue, while 2nd seed Tennessee will face No. 3 seed Kentucky. The winner will play on Sunday, with the final four berths set to the line.
According to Fox 59, the court was compiled from 262 panels of freshman northern hard maple recovered from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Connor Sports, the official NCAA court partner, is based in Michigan.
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The harvested wood is delivered to the manufacturing plant, where the teams put together the floors. The floor then goes to an Ohio facility where graphics are painted.
An estimated dozens of crew members will set up the court. This is 60×120 and weighs over 42,000 pounds. It takes less than four hours to assemble the court.
The court was built on an ascending platform as the game takes place at the football stadium. Considering that three schools will be within five hours of Indianapolis, there will likely be a small number of alumni alumni from Kentucky, Purdue and Tennessee.
There will be a total of 35,000 fans on hand on Friday as the four teams appear on the floor at Lucas Oil Stadium. It is the first time Lucas Oil Stadium has held an NCAA tournament game since the Stadium hosted the Final Four in 2021. However, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, a limited number of fans were present.
Lucas Oil Stadium will host the Final Four in 2026, so this weekend we will be rehearsing dresses.
