I think your stadium down there looks like it was designed by Albert Speer.

I'm as big a Colts fan as you can get, and I am so glad that the Colts are moving up with LOS.  But with that said, I live about 1 mile from the New Cowboy Stadium under construction here in Arlington, and it is gorgeous, just the concrete and steel arches are amazing and very fitting for a 21st century sports facility.  The two aspects that are ridiculous are 1) It's being built across the street from a Wal-Mart Superstore that is only 2 years old and a new Ci-Ci's Pizza joint, and similar low-density suburb style development, and 2) It's a half-mile or so caddy-corner(sp?) from Ranger's Ballpark at Arlington which is it's architectural arch-nemesis (they can be seen from each other).

If the Dallas mayor hadn't dropped the ball, this thing would have been another beautiful icon of modern architecture in downtown Big D, but for some reason the Cotton Bowl/Fair Park setup was too sacred.  So instead of throwing taxpayer's hard earned money at their favorite team and passion, they throw some huge amount of money into the Cotton Bowl which is on-track to lose every single event it hosts, even it's namesake event.  On top of this, Arlington taxpayers get to subsidize yet another jewel in their entertainment crown of Rangers' Ballpark, Six Flags, Hurricane Harbor, and Cowboys' Stadium.  The good news for Arlington is that capital is flooding into the Collins/I-30 corridor with multi-use mid-rise projects being announced and everyone racing to buy an apartment complex or strip mall and raze it to the ground and put high property value, medium-to-high density projects in their stead.

I'm so glad that Indy did not drop the ball, they now have an asset which they can leverage to get big events, even if it will only get architectural awards from the "I love monstrous buildings that have brick facades for no structural reason Committee."  The Colts going to LA, San Antonio, or even to Plainfield(was this seriously talked about?) would have made me very sad.  Though I think we should to go for something that is more than a super-sized Conseco Fieldhouse next time we do it.

Don't get me wrong, the facilities look great, there is many more seats than the dome, and I'm sure the retractable rook and end-zone panels will create a very unique atmosphere.  I'd like to see the NHL do it's new Winter Classic there one year, with the roof closed and the end-zones opened up to let the cold in.  I'm just a old architecture student who leans more to modern architecture than  making a big steel structure and putting an expensive facade that only adds to the weight.

And remember BBS, the stadium's designs aren't what lost the bid, it was the difference of about 30,000 seats, or about $30 million dollars.  We have no real competition for 2012, and the newness of LOS combined with all the new amenities that downtown Indy is getting because of it will cause Indy to win the next bid.

Sorry I, MRW, wrote that not realizing I was under BBS account.

I totally understand why the league went with Dallas and the extra $30 million. Its a capitalist country and money talks. However, the stadium in Dallas is pretty darn ugly in my opinion. It really does look like something Albert Speer would of designed for the 1946 Berlin Olympics. And the fact that the put it next to Six Flags and all that commercialism has given rise to the phrase "Jerry Land" there in Dallas which is the capitol of suburban sprawl.

As for the Colts stadium I love the design and the look of it. The brick I think adds character to it and fits well within the city landscape.

How will it "change the way fans see the game?" Football is football and unless the cop holders mechanically move out to give me a hand job while I watch the game I really doubt that much is going to change.

Oh yeah and Jerry Jones is a complete tool.