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Video board
- Thread starter dio
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Still amazed Stanford completed the entire stadium renovation in a single offseason. I was at the Cal/Stanford game the year before and they literally had bulldozers parked outside the stadium ready to tear it apart as soon as the season ended. Goes to show you that you don't need a decade to make some major strides in facilities if you have the money.
I'm pretty sure the video boards did not go up in 1995. I started school in 1996 and I don't they they had video boards for at least 3 or 4 years after that.
The dancing tree is amazing. Truly. And what I did not know was that they get a brand new dancing tree every year! WOW!
Mick Ronson
Well-Known Member
sounds about right: 98 or 99 (i would have guessed 99). i remember because a buddy of mine (CU alum) was visiting Boulder and we were on campus when they were mounting the south board with a crane. we stood and watched for a bit. the other times i've seen him since were in Cali.
I remember a while back, every so often the PA system would let loose with some awesome screeching mic feedback. So at least we don't have that anymore!
SuperiorBuff
Well-Known Member
Who remembers the damn bullhorn speakers mounted on poles that blocked your view?
I remember them well. In the 1986 CU/NU game, there were students up on the railings swinging those things back and forth. It was epic.
It brings up a good point, though. I'm not sure how to upgrade the PA system in the stadium without doing something similar to that. The big ass speakers mounted on the top of the Dal Ward Center are ear splitting for anybody who sits North of the 40 yard line. Something needs to be done so everybody in the stadium can hear the PA announcer without having his/her eardrums shattered. I don't know how to do that.
Make them similar to stanfords, on the North East and West sides we have boxes/building to mount them to. On the south side put them up on poles at the top of the stands, where the flag poles are mounted.
Walter White
Member
what? i assume there is a joke in there somewhere...
Walter White
Member
No joke. The gian board is distracting, too loud and full of commercials. That's not college football.
No one says we have to have a huge board like that one, but I would like to have some functioning video boards to watch replays of key plays and what not. I do not think that takes away from the college football experience whatsoever. In fact, it enhances it.
I'll agree with that - went to last year's Okie Lite game for Veteran's Day celebration. Sat in end zone facing Godzillatron - before too long, I wasn't watching the action on the field, I was watching TV. Glad I didn't pay for those tickets.
Walter White
Member
Exactly.
I couldn't agree more. The band barely plays because they have to be quiet to let the commercials run between every play, and it is very distracting. You see 5 times more commercials at the game than you do if you watch the game on TV. It's really killed the atmosphere too - DKR Texas Memorial Stadium is no longer a tough place to play because 80% of the fans aren't even watching the field.
Agreed. The video boards at Stanford were very nice. I think we could do something like that, maybe a smidge bigger as Stanford has a more compact stadium.
Deleted member 807
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The more modest video board that SMU has installed looks great. 32' x 45' . Crystal clear HD. $900K from Daktronics.
Not too big as to overwhelm the stadium, like the 55.5' x 134' Godzillatron does at DRKM.
Something like SMU's videoboard would look great on top of the Dal. Put an other matching board on the top of the south stands.
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Deleted member 807
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Godzillatron at 2010 CU game
Have you ever been in a small apartment and there is a 50" hd taking up the whole livingroom? Sitting on the couch is kind of like being in the front row of the movie theater...UT is like that guy.
Have you ever been in a small apartment and there is a 50" hd taking up the whole livingroom? Sitting on the couch is kind of like being in the front row of the movie theater...UT is like that guy.
thank god for acoustical engineers...
Honestly don't see a south side expansion. I dont there is enough room between the street and folsom to put up an expansion that size to match the second tier on the east side. Could put in more seats, but I dont think they will be able to match the size
I'm ok with no south side expansion. Part of the allure of seats in Folsom is a view of the flatirons...
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Deleted member 807
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The south side already has a sizable scoreboard. It would look cheap if only the north were upgraded.
The south board doesn't need to be the exact same size as the one in the north. Keep it the same height, but it could be much wider...without compromising the view of the Flatirons.
