One date on the venue record
The Lucas Oil Stadium event feed for 20 September to 5 October 2026 returns two records. The first is the 42nd Annual Circle City Classic on 26 September, running 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The second is Colts vs Houston Texans on 27 September from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Indiana Black Expo prints the same Saturday as 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on its football page.
The daytime window the schedule sets
The published Saturday clock fixes a daytime window for day-use inventory. The south parking lot opens at 8:00 a.m., and the ticket office and gates at 9:00. The parade steps off from American Legion Mall at 10:00 a.m. Education Day and College Fair runs 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Upper East Club Lounge. The Daycation Party runs 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Upper West Club Lounge with a 21-and-over rule. The tailgate and fan festival runs 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on South Street, and the HBCU Band Showcase runs 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. on the field.
The shelf a day-use operator can compare
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The block window runs three nights
Indiana Black Expo routes housing through Visit Indy to a Passkey block with a published window of September 24 to September 27, 2026. Those are three nights: Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The block is closed to new reservations and publishes no rate.
The release morning carries a second record
Checkout lands on Sunday 27 September. The venue's feed carries a second record on that Sunday: the Colts against the Houston Texans from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Lucas Oil Stadium, one day after the Classic.
What the two records settle
The published record gives one stadium Saturday inside a three-night block window, a 12-hour stadium clock on the venue page and an 11-hour clock on the organiser's page. The crowd figure on the record is the organiser's own, on the Classic Parade page: nearly 100,000 spectators gather each year.