Lucas Oil Stadium is employed to switching concerning sports. Considering that opening in August 2008, the Indianapolis venue has played host to soccer, basketball, soccer and countless other things to do.
This month, nevertheless, the household of the Indianapolis Colts is using on an unprecedented problem: swimming’s U.S. Olympic Trials.
Certainly, the exact venue in which Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew was slinging passes five small months in the past will welcome Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky and others starting June 15. Wednesday afternoon, United states Swimming gave lovers a peek powering the curtain at Lucas Oil Stadium’s spectacular aquatic makeover.
A time-lapse movie depicted crews tearing up the stadium floor and placing in a few Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Three swimming pools. One NFL Stadium. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 #𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗺𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀𝟮𝟰.
Action usually takes spot June 15-23 in @LucasOilStadium and on @NBCOlympics to come to a decision the U.S. Olympic Swim Group this summer months.#SwimTrials24 | https://t.co/FLouSBuUuN | @teamusa pic.twitter.com/b54uVUqIVI
— United states Swimming (@USASwimming) June 5, 2024
Indianapolis has prolonged been a beloved place for the Olympic swim trials, but this will be the city’s very first time hosting the occasion considering the fact that 2000. Omaha has hosted the final 4 in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021, respectively.
Swimming at the 2024 Summertime Olympics in Paris is scheduled to start on July 27.
