We weren't just designing a stadium, we were designing a new building for Downtown Indianapolis.

That color of brick seems to be unique to this area.

I'll say it again: It's the Indianapolis Colts that are coming into our stadium with a mentality that our quarterback is going to run his offense at the line 80 percent of the time, ... I can't imagine what that means to Baltimoreans to see that Colts helmet in this stadium and them thinking they can run their offense on the line. Fans, the challenge is there. Keep up the noise because we can wear them out.

We're working hard in Indianapolis to have a facility similar to this, a sort of sister stadium, but there's a lot of distance to be covered still. These things are very complex, and they take a lot of twists and turns. The exciting thing is that if we get it done as planned, and we move in for the 2008 season, we'll have Peyton Manning there for the opening.

When they came before us in March, they told us they would be building an 8,000-seat stadium at $6 million. A couple of months later it was 6,000 at $7.5 million, ... Now they are talking about 4,000 seats at $8 million. The smaller the stadium gets, the higher the price goes.

The plaza is a culmination of about two years work designing, raising funds, and the building the plaza. Originally we had planned to do this in the fall, but because of the hurricane it was sidetracked.