The returns on Lucas Oil Stadium were favorable last evening.  This should come as no surprise: It’s nice, it’s new and it has a roof that you can open and close! But with anything new, there were also a few detractors. Like season ticket holders that can’t, um, quite see the game from their seats.

From the Indy Star (via Sports by Brooks):

One of them, Paul Carnes, Indianapolis, paid $1,280 for two season tickets, not including playoffs. His view is obscured by a hand rail that runs the length of the field.

Standing isn’t an option, he said, because fans behind him get mad. Worse, people emerging from a nearby ramp often obscure the whole field.

“This is terrible,” Carnes said. “I hate it.”

Colts vice president Pete Ward said the team doesn’t consider such seats “obstructed view.” The hand rail, Ward said, is a building code requirement that’s “an issue with a lot of the new stadiums. We’re looking into what, if anything, can be done to improve the situation.”

As The Star reported in July, about 200 seats do have what the Colts consider an obstructed view, because of a design decision to make room for more seats.

Hey, would you like to hear an obvious, terrible joke? GREAT.

/clear throat, pulls mic close as it makes feedback noise

What’s the deal with these Colts fans getting angry about not seeing the game? It’s not like they wanted to watch with how bad their team played!

/umbrella rings neck, yanked off stage at open mic