Inside, you’re immediately nailed by the sheer power of vast, enclosed space. It’s 295 feet from playing field to roof peak, 846 feet from one end zone window to the other. We get an instinctive rush when we confront such a vast indoor space, because we’re seeing that our not-so-humble species has the power to create worlds. Architecture moves us when it suggests that we’ve surpassed our old limitations, whether in imagination or technology.

The most dynamic architectural detail inside is the structure itself — the exposed bones of the four steel “superframes” at the corners that support the arched roof trusses. Their complexity is a thing of beauty in itself, and the fact that it’s not only exposed but so close at hand — you can nuzzle right up to the beefy I-beams as you walk through the top concourses — is a way of humanizing the vastness. We feel more comfortable when we can see how something’s put together.