Lucas Oil Stadium, New Orleans Caesars Superdome Officially BFFs

Lucas Oil Stadium, New Orleans Caesars Superdome Officially BFFs

Lucas Oil Stadium Receives Caesars Superdome Friendship Bracelets As It Awaits Arrival Of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour

October 31, 2024  (INDIANAPOLIS) – Indy has a new BFF and the friendship bracelets to prove it.

New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome handed off its giant friendship bracelets, which were suspended outside the dome for its three-night run of the Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour shows, to Indianapolis, where they will accessorize the north side of Lucas Oil Stadium for its three-night run of the tour.

“Those of us in the tourism industry talk to each other all the time and share information that allows us to do our jobs better,” said CIB Executive Director Andy Mallon.  “The sharing of a friendship bracelet, however, takes things to a whole new level.”

After Swifties, en masse, asked the Superdome if it would be sharing its supersized friendship bracelets with other tour host venues, the idea took hold and Superdome General Manager Evan Holmes reached out to Lucas Oil Stadium Director Eric Neuburger to offer the formalization of their friendship through the sharing of its bracelets.  It was an easy yes, according to Neuburger.

“Indy has a longstanding tradition of cooperative relationships and they don’t stop at the downtown mile square outline, or the city limits, or a state line,” said Neuburger.  “We like to believe that hospitality has no limits and friendships can exist everywhere.  We saw the bracelets on the Superdome early on and thought it was such a cool idea, so we happily accepted the offer to bring them to Indy and are grateful for New Orleans for its generosity.”

“The overwhelming support, joy and enthusiasm we had the opportunity to experience by hosting Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour and her fan base was immeasurable,” said New Orleans Director of Sales and Marketing Abby Jones.  “It was felt not only by our team members and partners at Caesars Superdome, but by the entire city. When given the opportunity to pay this forward and continue the connections, we jumped at the chance to do so.”

The bracelets consist of inflatable “beads” that are each seven feet tall, and strands are 140 feet long.  Contemporary artist and sculptor Shawn Kolodny designed the bracelets.  They will be affixed to Lucas Oil Stadium by members of the Stagehands Union and Sport Graphics.