DEC. 5 >> TENNESSEE TITANS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS >> 1 P.M. EST
[1] MAYFLOWER BUSINESS PARK Headquarters of Mayflower Transit when it handled secret, middle-of-the-night Baltimore-to-Indy move in 1984. Now a collection of retail stores and restaurants. [2] LILLY LIBRARY Home of Jack Kerouac's first draft of On the Road (ten 12-foot-long sheets of paper Scotch-taped together), which was purchased by Colts owner Jim Irsay for $2.43 million in 2001. The manuscript is now on the road (in Rome through Jan. 7) as part of a 16-city international tour. [3] INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY World-famous 21/2mile oval is site of Indy 500 and NASCAR's Brickyard 400. A 4K racetrack run/walk on Nov. 6 raised $8,500 for the Pat Tillman Foundation. [4] HALL OF CHAMPIONS Mecca of all things NCAA displays a banner for each of the year's 88 national champions. [5] CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL Host of NFL combine since 1987; players and league brass fill all 273 rooms for three nights each February. [6] VAPOUR LOUNGE Giants QB, Bachelor alum Jesse Palmer frequents it when he's in town visiting family. ("Drives the girls crazy," says chef Matthew Lane.) At now suspended Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal's 26th-birthday party here in October guests included Colts Peyton Manning and Edgerrin James, and the lounge was decked out with ice-sculpted 7s-- O'Neal's jersey number. [7] SHULA'S STEAK HOUSE In the Westin hotel across from the RCA Dome. Many Colts come to tackle the 48-ounce porterhouse "because it's the macho thing to do," says hotel director of operations Garfield Campbell. "Not many finish it." [8] CONSECO FIELDHOUSE Home of the Pacers and WNBA Fever. For this year's world swimming championships, fire department pumped in 300,000 gallons of water to make a temporary pool. [9] EAGLE CREEK PARK Tight end Marcus Pollard trolls the 1,350-acre reservoir for crappie, walleye and largemouth bass. [10] BRICKYARD CROSSING GOLF COURSE The 6,994-yard public course includes four holes (7-10) inside the Motor Speedway oval. Pollard and kicker Mike Vanderjagt are regulars. -- Adam Duerson
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? FOOTBALL CAPACITY: 55,506, lowest in NFL
? LARGEST HOOPS CROWD: 67,596 (for U.S. Olympic Dream Team vs. NBA All-Stars in 1984)
? RETIRED COLTS NUMBERS ON DISPLAY: 19 ( John Unitas), 22 (Buddy Young), 24 ( Lenny Moore), 70 ( Art Donovan), 77 ( Jim Parker), 82 ( Raymond Berry), 89 ( Gino Marchetti)
?GAMES PLAYED IN INDY BY THOSE PLAYERS: Zero
? FINAL FOURS HOSTED: Three (1991, '97, 2000). Scheduled to host again in '06 and '10
? COST OF CONSTRUCTION IN 1984: $77.5 million
? ANNUAL GUESTS: approximately 1.5 million