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Indianapolis Colts’ quarterback, Peyton Manning, is recovering after undergoing an operation Monday to remove an infected bursa sac from the left knee. This has caused a cloud of uncertainty to hover around the organization of the Indianapolis Colts.

The two-time MVP and eight-time Pro Bowler is expected to be in rehabilitation for up to six weeks. He may not be ready to play with the Colts when the regular season opens on September 7th against the Chicago Bears.

The president of the Indianapolis Colts, Bill Polian, said in a statement released Monday night that the surgery went well and the physicians for the team expect a full recovery in four to six weeks.

That being the case, Peyton Manning will likely miss most of the training camp, which begins on July 24th in Haute, Indiana. He will also be missing the five scheduled pre-season games. As long as there are no complications, Peyton Manning should have ample time to regain his conditioning and timing to be ready for the regular season.

Throughout his decade-long career, Peyton Manning has started all of the games of the regular season, the longest consecutive starts among all quarterbacks that are currently active. Manning has taken more than nine thousand seven hundred snaps overall since he was first drafted into the NFL in 1998.

In his professional career, Peyton Manning has only missed one play during the regular season due to injury. He suffered a fractured jaw in a 2001 game against the Miami Dolphins that had him on the bench briefly.

This is not Peyton Manning’s first encounter with a bursa problem. When he was a senior at the University of Tennessee, he had a bursa sac rupture in his right knee during a 1997 SEC championship game against Auburn.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway can be found in Speedway, Indiana, which is an enclave of Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is home to the famous Indianapolis 500 race.

Known as the original “speedway”, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway came into existence in 1909. It was the first facility for racing to use the word “speedway”. The permanent seating capacity at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is more than two hundred fifty thousand racing fans. The infield makes the seating capacity an enormous four hundred thousand people. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the biggest high-capacity sports facility in history.

Although the speedway is considered relatively flat by the standards of Americans, it is high-banked by those of the Europeans. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a two and a half mile rectangular oval with dimensions that have not changed since it was first built. It has four one-quarter mile turns, two five-eighth mile straight-a-ways and two one-eighth mile straight-a-ways.

A modern infield road course was built in the late 1990s and includes the southern parts of the track and creates a track that is just a little bigger than two and a half miles. The current grounds that span over five hundred fifty-nine acres have grown from the original three hundred twenty acres on which it was built.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was put on the list of the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and became a National Historic Landmark in 1987.

In addition to the Indianapolis 500, the speedway is also home to NASCAR’s Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, previously known as the Brickyard 400.

Indianapolis, or Indy as it is known, is the capital city of the USA State Indiana. It is known as the thirteenth largest city of the United States of America, and is second to Phoenix in terms of the most populated capital cities of the US States. The Indianapolis Zoo, Museums, and various other monumental places makes Indianapolis a very happening tourist city of the Indiana state.

The transportation system of Indianapolis is quite good. Indianapolis International Airport provides direct flights to various destinations. Amtrak is the national railway system for the passengers; the rail service is available at the Indianapolis Union Station. The bus service is considered the best mass transit system of Indianapolis.

The climate of the city is pleasant throughout the year. The minimum temperature may fall to -7 degrees in the month of January and December, and the maximum temperature may reach up to 30 degrees in the month of July and August. The climate hardly has any impact on the daily routine work of Indianapolis people.

Indianapolis has lot to offer students seeking higher education; Butter University, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Martin University, University of Indianapolis and The Art Institute of Indianapolis are some of the university and higher education centers of Indianapolis. Students can pursue their higher education in any stream whilst living in the city.

Indianapolis hosts plenty of sporting events around the year; it best known for hosting basketball tournaments and racing events. The city has its own basketball team known as Indianapolis Colts. The city is all set to host Super Bowl XLVI event in February 2012.

After narrowly loosing the bid to host the Super Bowl in 2011, the reps for the Indianapolis Colts fought long and hard to win the chance to host the Super Bowl. Their efforts paid off, Indianapolis will host Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium in 2012.
After listening to the presentations of both Houston, Texas and Glendale, Arizona, the owners of the NFL voted and decided the Super Bowl XLVI is the year 2012 would be held in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Jim Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, is beside himself with joy. He said that he knew Indianapolis would do a splendid job of hosting the largest event in the NFL. He sail that all of the citizens of the city of Indianapolis, the entire state of Indiana and all of the Indianapolis Colts fans should all be celebrating and feeling good.
The governor of Indiana, Mitch Daniels, said he is both thrilled as a fan of the Colts and proud as an Indiana citizen. He said this makes the state’s reputation of being a capital of both large events as well as sports solid.
Roger Goodell, the commissioner for the NFL said that the owners were overcome with enthusiasm that Indianapolis put into their bid to host the Super Bowl event. They were also impressed with the strength of the private and public partnership of the organization. Roger Goodell also said that the community of Indianapolis did a wonderful job of coming up with an exceptional bid. He added that all of the bids we incredible, but Indianapolis’s bid was full of quality and backed by the community’s passion.

Bill Polian, the president of the Indianapolis Colts, said, “It’s the culmination of a long journey and a dream.”
The Indianapolis Super Bowl Bid Committee members were excited about the chance of winning the bid to host the big event even before they made there presentation on Tuesday.
The committee chose five people to present the bid. The primary points of the bid from Indianapolis were the Lucas Oil Stadium, the new home of the Colts and the accessibility of the downtown area of the city. The plan from the city also includes Super Bowl village, located within just a square mile and in the center of the downtown area. The bid also includes a party on Friday night at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as well as a concert on Saturday night at Monument Circle prior to the main event.

In the 1970s, downtown Indianapolis was not a place you’d like to live or visit, but it began to become that way in the 1980s, when many skyscrapers were built to revitalize the city including Chase Tower.

Officially, downtown Indianapolis refers to the central business district (CBD), but the boundaries are still disputed to this day. Some believe it is just the original downtown, while others believe it includes the smaller neighborhoods on the outskirts. The debate has been going on for a while, and it appears that it will go on for at least a little while longer, until a city council decides to settle it, if they ever do.

The Indiana Convention Center draws many tourists, and business men, making tourism a large source of income and revenue for Downtown Indianapolis. Other attractions include Lucas Oil Stadium, where the Indianapolis Colts will be playing, Conseco Fieldhouse, where the Indiana Pacers play, and Victory Field, which houses the Indianapolis Indians, which are a minor league baseball team in the International League, and in the farm system of the Cleveland Indians.

Another major attraction of downtown Indianapolis is the Circle Centre Mall, which contains well over 100 stores spanning four levels. This mammoth of a mall is 786,000 square feet, and is anchored by two three-level stores. Nordstrom and Carson Pirie Scott are the two anchors, and are 210,000 square feet and 144,000 square feet respectively. The third level is entirely a food court, while the fourth level is dedicated to entertainment, and has a brewery on it. The mall also contains an arcade, and a nine screen movie theater to boot.

Downtown Indianapolis is surprisingly home to the first Union Station in the world, although it doesn’t even have a commuter rail service. This is due to the fact that Indianapolis was a central rail hub in the 19th century. This has since changed, but the Union Station remains in place as a reminder, and a source of future hope that someday, downtown Indianapolis will get its own commuter service.

The Indianapolis Colts have been one of the most potent teams in the NFL in the modern era. The star-packed team led by Peyton Manning is in contention in the playoffs virtually every year. After a disappointing loss in the 2007 AFC Divisional Playoffs to the San Diego Chargers, the Colts are looking forward to a better playoff run in 2008, preferably one that will land them in the Super Bowl again. The team hopes to win another championship this year as they did in 2006 against the Bears. Players and coaches are eagerly anticipating the coming season, in which they truly believe a title bid is possible. Many are also keen about the opening of the Lucas Oil Stadium, which will replace the old RCA Dome as the Colts home.

The Colts won their division last year with an astounding 13-3 record. Getting to the playoffs shouldn’t be a problem for the team, which has dominated one of the toughest divisions in football for a few years. The real challenge will come in January with the playoffs, where they have often stumbled. Despite the disappointments, team president Bill Polian and Coach Tony Dungy believe that it is possible for the team to return to the Super Bowl where they had won just two years back. They believe that they have had a strong draft and hope that their offseason changes will help them this season.

Among the changes to the roster is the addition of rookie offensive lineman Mike Pollak, who is a great fit to the Colts system. Tight end Jacob Tamme was also drafted in order to give Manning another throwing option. Tamme and his coaches hope that he will be able to develop into a mobile tight end and follow teammate Dallas Clark’s footsteps. The coaches are working extensively with the new players, as well as the old to get the team on one page. They would like a solid unit that can carry them all the way to February and in order to get that they know that a lot of hard work is required.

Although the upcoming season is looking very bright for the Colts, a couple of issues do still exist. Recently, star receiver Marvin Harrison has been accused of being involved in a shooting. Nothing is proven thus far, but the Colts hope that the accusations are not true. They would like Harrison to remain Manning’s number one target and like most of the world they were surprised at the news. The story is still in progress, but the franchise will do what it deems best and it will try to reduce the distractions that are caused by the incident. It will be interesting to see how the story unfolds and what the team does in reaction to the developments. They still have a few months before the season starts in which they will try to get everything sorted out and prepared to give them the best shot at winning.