MLB Stadiums That Need New Or Updated Scoreboards

[Milwaukee County Stadium]

Ok We All Know that there are Stadiums That Need New Or Updated Scoreboards, So This Is The Thread That You Can Post Your Opinions on Which Stadiums Need New or Updated Scoreboards.
Here are Some Before And After New ScoreBoards:
Chase Field Before:
http://www.chrisputro.com/ballparks/19990626%20Bank%20One%20Ballpark%20-%20scoreboard.jpg
Chase Field After:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/2634330810_95fa5e5511.jpg?v=0
Oriole Park at Camden Yards Before:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_FqfPuNZroys/RyJTA6NuJdI/AAAAAAAAOnw/8czOJ0sD60Q/IMG_3859.JPG
Oriole Park at Camden Yards After:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2301/2436427270_2ef83686cf.jpg?v=0
U.S. Cellular Field Before:
http://www.coral-lab.org/~catalano/photos/roadtrip_2002/roadtrip_2002-Images/174.jpg
U.S. Cellular Field After:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1069/630096483_2245bd7fe5.jpg
Jacobs Field/Progressive Field Before:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/393094303_edc4de14a1.jpg?v=0
Jacobs Field/Progressive Field After:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2523391630_ebab342c09.jpg?v=0
Coors Field Before:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/185/393074571_1cb9149cd8.jpg?v=0
Coors Field After:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_SEiTfh86xl0/RuIh-np5bHI/AAAAAAAABY0/_ppUy28v43w/CrossCountryTrip-396.jpg

[JT7]

Jacobs Field/Progressive Field After:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2523391630_ebab342c09.jpg?v=0


Jacobs field still needs improvement...that scoreboard looks like a giant yellow pages!

[Milwaukee County Stadium]

Dolphin Stadium Before:
http://sportsmedia.tv/MLB/Florida_Marlins/images/Marlins-Video-Scoreboard.jpg
Dolphin Stadium After:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/128222236_fd4fcfebda.jpg?v=0
Kauffman Stadium Before:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gz9tpfChu-4/R_Zv8_J6qZI/AAAAAAAADgE/qaAvoHOHUl0/Kauffman+Stadium+Scoreboard.JPG
Kauffman Stadium After:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2537698030_098a332b66.jpg?v=0
PNC Park Before:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_2qzpcBkOokU/R2antyvzpOI/AAAAAAAACU8/VFZKtxShxVE/P7280869.JPG
PNC Park After:
http://site.steelcityauctions.com/78723.jpg
AT&T Park Before:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/67/168141533_1f2356b2c2.jpg?v=0
AT&T Park After:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_3auxwoped2o/SIKzlgdNSGI/AAAAAAAAD2Q/6TcVLpu0i1s/IMG_6802.JPG
Tropicana Field Before:
http://projectballpark.org/major/pics/trop4.jpg
Tropicana Field After:
http://twoguysandamap.com/art/TropicanaField.jpg

[fitch94]

Fenway will have a new center field scoreboard in 2010. When the Sox were in Japan to start the season, the ownership was checking them out. They are on record as saying they will not get some overwhelming, gigantic scoreboard. I would be happy with HD.

[Lafferty Daniel]

It's amazing how obsolete some of these video boards became during the past 5-10 years. The Mets should've spent more money now on a bigger board for Citi.

[Wall-E]

Because there is also two little screens next to it, and two manual boards in the outfield; the gigantic big screen in the middle of New Yankee Stadium is going to blow all of these away.

Citi should have got a bigger one, but the real problem with the scoreboard is those damn advertisements.

[BigMac1212]

The Leftfield scoreboard at Comerica Park needs an upgrade.

So does the 2 scoreboards at McAfee Coliseum.

[LetsGoMets687]

Dodger Stadium is getting a new HD one next year to match the size and shape of the right field board.

[Power Wally]

Dodger Stadium is getting a new HD one next year to match the size and shape of the right field board.

Good to hear that. The current "rectangle with rounded corners" mismatches the right field board and the pavilion roof.

[Dougman59]

When I saw this thread I immediately thought of Milwaukee County Stadium as having a scoreboard out of date the minute it was operational. I must admit I rarely ever saw a home run ball land on a replay with that black and white (or faded shades of yellow) screen.

[J.R.]

Miller Park and Great American Ball Park come to mind.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/93/245981561_2ab3ba0ca7.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1438/1459479287_fa4ff94f8d.jpg?v=0

[HoJoPiazza2031]

I know everyone is gonna kill me, but what about wrigley? Ok, the main scoreboard is classic, but the supplimental ones are TERRIBLE.

[fitch94]

I know everyone is gonna kill me, but what about wrigley? Ok, the main scoreboard is classic, but the supplimental ones are TERRIBLE.


I am with you on this one. A video board could be put in and not take away from the classic feel. God forbid they put it up in front for one of those triple deckers behind the bleachers.

[Armando Criscione]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/2522363129_193568097b.jpg?v=0

Comerica Park needs to get with the times and update their scoreboard. The only video board is the one on the right and it is tiny by today's standards. The center screen currently provides the game information. The screen on the left is a black & white dot matrix screen which is basically useless during the game.

And yes there are a lot of advertisements, however, this is to be expected. I would like to see the current configuration replaced with a wide-screen HD video board extending from the left edge to the right edge and they can arrange the ads around the new board.

With the Tigers selling out nearly every game, I would expect this to happen within the next year or two. (hopefully next year Mr. Illitch)

[GuitarPunk2512]

i would like to see a video board at wrigley, but after they totally redo the stadium. i think im one in a few who wants that ...im from the computer generation afterall.

i would also like to see a new hd board at fenway....they keep doing all these renovations and improvments....fenway needs a new scoreboard and a full upper deck.

and am i the only one who thinks comericas scoreboard is badly placed way over in the LF corner? i hate that, i rather see something further out in the field so its easier to see...but over in RF it would block the whol downtown skyline view they have....but idn?

[efin98]

Fenway will have a new center field scoreboard in 2010. When the Sox were in Japan to start the season, the ownership was checking them out. They are on record as saying they will not get some overwhelming, gigantic scoreboard. I would be happy with HD.

Hell I've been going to games that I remember for 17 years and don't believe I've ever seen them replace the darn board in that whole time...I believe they only just added the message board below the video board and stat board and added the ancillary score/lineup board above left/center back wall.

And it would be great for them to change the advertisement boards to new video scoreboards as well...can sell more ads for less and show the paid messages/announcements while showing important things- like more stats!

[Milwaukee County Stadium]

Now Here Are Some Current Scoreborads That Need To Be Replaced Or Updated:
Great American Ball Park
http://www.griffeyjr.com/ballparks/greatamerican/gabpscoreboard1024.jpg
Comerica Park
http://www.baseball-fever.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10636&stc=1&d=1151407284
Minute Maid Park
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2509427433_6d42fc4e2f.jpg?v=0
Miller Park
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/93/245981561_2ab3ba0ca7.jpg?v=0
Metrodome
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1322/823250443_9e0a8902cd.jpg?v=0
McAfee Coliseum
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_QcPfTIeFfDw/RoqB19Xs2RI/AAAAAAAAA5o/ssZIVggz418/IMG_2114.jpg
PETCO Park
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2292/2529869741_8e16c845e3.jpg?v=0
Safeco Field
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/477768712_371a65f74e.jpg?v=0
Ballpark In Arlington
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1179/1431693662_eebb03774d.jpg?v=0

[marlins739]

I noticed that too about Comerica. The bottom left is obstructed by the front of the upper deck. I'd like to see them replace the board there with a big video board taking up the whole area under the Comerica Park sign between the light towers. Ads could frame it on both sides where the old video board and matrix board were.

Another place I would like to see with new boards is Angel Stadium. I like the idea of the small left field board, but the right field one is ugly and not very informative. I'd like to see the video board and the two little ones on either side consolidated into one big one with ads framing it.

The one in Arlington also looks pathetically small and high up on the building. They should put a bigger video board up there

[fitch94]

Hell I've been going to games that I remember for 17 years and don't believe I've ever seen them replace the darn board in that whole time...I believe they only just added the message board below the video board and stat board and added the ancillary score/lineup board above left/center back wall.

And it would be great for them to change the advertisement boards to new video scoreboards as well...can sell more ads for less and show the paid messages/announcements while showing important things- like more stats!


It is going to happen soon enough. If Janet Marie is still in charge they will do it class and be too over the top.

http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2008/03/sox_plan_to_che.html

[mets16]

That one at GABP is pathetic. God how I hate that stadium.

[Yankees12]

What was the first stadium to put in a large HD display, such as the ones now popping up at NYS, Chase Field, Camden, Nationals Park, etc.? I know CBP has a large video display screen, but they also have a more traditional scoreboard right above it.

[mets16]

What was the first stadium to put in a large HD display, such as the ones now popping up at NYS, Chase Field, Camden, Nationals Park, etc.? I know CBP has a large video display screen, but they also have a more traditional scoreboard right above it.

SkyDome I think.

[Williamsburg2599]

Fenway will have a new center field scoreboard in 2010. When the Sox were in Japan to start the season, the ownership was checking them out. They are on record as saying they will not get some overwhelming, gigantic scoreboard. I would be happy with HD.

I think your mistaking Fenway's video board for Fenway's scoreboard. The terms tend to blend together now-a-days, but the Green Monster score board ain't there for nostalgia, it serves a real purpose and is the most used board in the park.

http://fs.footeschool.org/~colleenmurphy/images/800px-Fenway_Park_scoreboard.jpg

Now the video board could be a little bigger and with a better picture, but it serves its purpose without screaming look-at-me, which is important at it's particular location.

[marlins739]

SkyDome has always had a big video board in center field. I think it's been replaced once already.

Turner Field was one of the first to get the new huge ones. Dolphin Stadium got two new ones and a wraparound ribbon board in 2006.

I'm looking forward to the new ones at Dodger Stadium next year. I hope they replace both sides with ones that match the old right field board

[bleacherbum73]

SkyDome has always had a big video board in center field. I think it's been replaced once already.

Turner Field was one of the first to get the new huge ones. Dolphin Stadium got two new ones and a wraparound ribbon board in 2006.

I'm looking forward to the new ones at Dodger Stadium next year. I hope they replace both sides with ones that match the old right field board

I'm sure it's just me but I'm not a fan of the wrap around ribbon boards. I don't mind them in arenas for NHL or NBA, or even in football stadiums, but I think they are distracting for baseball games. They recently installed them at the Scottrade Center here in St.Louis for the Blues and they look cool, especially in a darkened arena, but baseball....meh....:noidea

[Yoda]

Time for an update at USCF.

The out of town scoreboard is pathetic as it the board in left field. Do all the ads really need to be there? Do they have to be about the same size as the screen itself?


I know everyone is gonna kill me, but what about wrigley? Ok, the main scoreboard is classic, but the supplimental ones are TERRIBLE.

Terrible as in they don't exist?

There is only the main scoreboard and two small ribbon led-boards that show scores and innings.

[J.R.]

I'm sure it's just me but I'm not a fan of the wrap around ribbon boards. I don't mind them in arenas for NHL or NBA, or even in football stadiums, but I think they are distracting for baseball games. They recently installed them at the Scottrade Center here in St.Louis for the Blues and they look cool, especially in a darkened arena, but baseball....meh....:noidea

It's all in how they're used. Wrigley and Cincinnati have ribbon boards that don't wrap around, but they never "break character," they don't explode into seizure-inducing light shows when home runs are hit or anything like that.

I like these boards when they display game info and static advertisements.

[Yoda]

It's all in how they're used. Wrigley and Cincinnati have ribbon boards that don't wrap around, but they never "break character," they don't explode into seizure-inducing light shows when home runs are hit or anything like that.

I like these boards when they display game info and static advertisements.

The ribbon board in cincy changes for ads, player info, and general wackiness. :confused:

[bleacherbum73]

It's all in how they're used. Wrigley and Cincinnati have ribbon boards that don't wrap around, but they never "break character," they don't explode into seizure-inducing light shows when home runs are hit or anything like that.

I like these boards when they display game info and static advertisements.

Exactly, at Busch Stadium we have them but they don't wrap around. I also am not a fan of the huge outfield wall scoreboards that some parks have, like Clevelands. I know, I sould like an old man :banghead:

[thechefs2003]

Jacobs Field/Progressive Field After:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2523391630_ebab342c09.jpg?v=0


Jacobs field still needs improvement...that scoreboard looks like a giant yellow pages!

They ought to be ashamed with the amount of advertising on that board :eek:

I count 11 advertisements on there!

[bleacherbum73]

They ought to be ashamed with the amount of advertising on that board :eek:

I count 11 advertisements on there!

Holy Crap:dismay::disbelief::crazy:shrug: How do you find the score on that thing !!

[J.R.]

The ribbon board in cincy changes for ads, player info, and general wackiness. :confused:

I knew they changed for the ads and info, which of course I like.

I hadn't noticed the wackiness.

[Hank 755]

They have ribbon boards at Miller and I have mixed feelings about them. I too thought that they belonged more down the street at the Bradley Center instead of a baseball park, thought I do appreciate them when I am in the bleachers since most parks have them on the ends of the stadium and it is really hard to look off to the right when sitting in right field, luckily they have the score down at I think third and first so that you don't have to angle your head, or did they do away with that this year?

Also I always thought Miller's video screen was lacking. I remember all the hype about the Brewers finally having a darn COLOR video screen and I was expecting something larger than what we got.

I have mixed feelings about having the video screen showing the score since I've noticed, at least on LED boards, that they are harder to read than the traditional light boards.

[Calif_Eagle]

http://fs.footeschool.org/~colleenmurphy/images/800px-Fenway_Park_scoreboard.jpg



The best scoreboard in the game today. Bar none.

[DJ Starion]

I still think that USCF needs a new CF screen. There's too much empty space between the screen and ads

[mrakbaseball]

Now Here Are Some Current Scoreborads That Need To Be Replaced Or Updated:

Safeco Field
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/477768712_371a65f74e.jpg?v=0

Safeco needs updated scoreboards. The current ones are adequate, but a makeover similar to what Camden Yards and AT&T received would be welcomed.

[AMDG]

I am with you on this one. A video board could be put in and not take away from the classic feel. God forbid they put it up in front for one of those triple deckers behind the bleachers.

I agree as well.

What Wrigley Scoreboard is quaint but it provides less information than any other board in MLB. All that space devoted to the scores for out of town games when they have so many day games.

If you want to keep score it really sucks.

what Wrigley needs:

1. A posting of the official score (K. 1B, etc.)
2. Lineups
3. errors (when I went there in 2004 there was no place in the park that listed the number of errors.
4. Pitching stats (Balls, strikes & Total pictures.

If Fenway can do it (I remember the Left field matrix board posting situational information (how a batter did versus lefties, etc.) there is no reason wht Wrigley can't.

[mdseverin]

This is probably not a popular idea but what if they replaced Wrigley's scoreboard with one giant HD screen like they did at Kauffman Stadium. Keep the clock on the top and the same shape, but the board would be a giant LCD. They could project an image to look like the original scoreboard, but would switch to show replays and batter info during the game.

[DJ Starion]

This is probably not a popular idea but what if they replaced Wrigley's scoreboard with one giant HD screen like they did at Kauffman Stadium. Keep the clock on the top and the same shape, but the board would be a giant LCD. They could project an image to look like the original scoreboard, but would switch to show replays and batter info during the game.

That's the exact idea i've had for US Cellular Field. It could work in Wrigley too, but considering they go for that old school feel, i don't see them that anytime soon even though it would be so awesome

[Philtration]

Man...
Some of those are just a confusing mess to look at.
What is the deal that obstructed view at Comerica?

I agree that there is too much dead space around the video board at U.S. Cellular. They just replaced the old out of town scoreboard in right field and it is much better but I would like to see a whole new board in center field.

I doubt that Wrigley will ever get a video board.... unless it has another 1000 seats on top of it.

[RoastedPeanut]

They ought to be ashamed with the amount of advertising on that board :eek:

I count 11 advertisements on there!

Cleveland is just a sad town for sports; given that the crowd is more energetic while watching a random squirrel on the field as opposed to their own Indians..

I personally feel that Cleveland should do away with the team and the scoreboards and just let random squirrels run loose on the field among random, overpaid people..

[Aviator_Frank]

That Comerica board is jammed over so far to the left - why didn't they shift it towards left-center so it would be visible from the entire park?

[Gary Dunaier]

Why did they build the Shea Stadium scoreboard in right field?

[Chevy114]

The best scoreboard in the game today. Bar none.

If I was a red sox fan i would get this: http://www.fenwayoutlet.com/scoreboard.html

[CandlestickBum]

Jacobs Field/Progressive Field After:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2523391630_ebab342c09.jpg?v=0


Jacobs field still needs improvement...that scoreboard looks like a giant yellow pages!


I think I see a baseball score on there, but no balls and strikes.

That's horrible, looks like a billboard not a scoreboard.

[CandlestickBum]

Safeco needs updated scoreboards. The current ones are adequate, but a makeover similar to what Camden Yards and AT&T received would be welcomed.

RU serious? That's a scoreboard? Where's the score?

[OBomb]

Petco Park needs a new board. I've never really liked it, as it has always had a very bare and tacky look to it. Already this season, some of the bulbs have started going out and the place is only 5 years old.

Here are two pictures

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/85/207849051_c929e27a41_o.jpg

http://www.baseballrelated.com/images04/sandiego/scoreboard.jpg

[DiggerODell]

Petco Park needs a new board. I've never really liked it, as it has always had a very bare and tacky look to it. Already this season, some of the bulbs have started going out and the place is only 5 years old.

Here are two pictures

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/85/207849051_c929e27a41_o.jpg

http://www.baseballrelated.com/images04/sandiego/scoreboard.jpg

Looks like it shows you anything you need to know.

[Bleeding Pinstripes]

personaly i think that the single color light up boards should be obsolete. they served a great function replaceing manual scoreboards and showing simple graphics. but the 70's and 80's are over with high deff avalable. all major league clubs should switch.

[curb my enthusiasm]

The best scoreboard in the game today. Bar none.

I'm a Yankee fan, but I agree. That Green Monster scoreboard is just amazing. Old school, easy to read, not cluttered with ads. Just perfect.

[Goober]

I agree as well.

What Wrigley Scoreboard is quaint but it provides less information than any other board in MLB. All that space devoted to the scores for out of town games when they have so many day games.

If you want to keep score it really sucks.

what Wrigley needs:

1. A posting of the official score (K. 1B, etc.)
2. Lineups
3. errors (when I went there in 2004 there was no place in the park that listed the number of errors.
4. Pitching stats (Balls, strikes & Total pictures.

If Fenway can do it (I remember the Left field matrix board posting situational information (how a batter did versus lefties, etc.) there is no reason wht Wrigley can't.

Well, the ribbon boards either just below the main scoreboard, or on the ends of the upper deck give all that info, so I'd rather just keep the old board (especially since it's on the national register of historic places - along with the ivy and marquee).

That being the case, one big problem is where to put a video board... I've always thought that across the street on a rooftop is a good idea. One plan could be the former Budweiser building:

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/39410/thumbs/s-BUD-large.jpg

Which, this year, is advertising the Horseshoe Casino

Anyway, perhaps, if I owned that building, I'd consider taking some of that Budweiser/Horseshoe money and butting up my own video board... Or, maybe the Cubs should buy that guy out, and put up a video board of their own. That way, they get a video board, and don't "compromise" the history of Wrigley directly (and don't piss off any roof-top owners/views from up there)...

Moose

[OBomb]

Looks like it shows you anything you need to know. Go get a job.

It's called an opinion. No need to be rude about it my dear friend.

[DiggerODell]

It's called an opinion. No need to be rude about it my dear friend.

Opinion it was. The rudeness was merely a result of this day more than what you posted and I apoligize. I certainly hope your gainfully employed. :waving

I disagree with your "O" though. I think too many think a ballpark should be more than a ballpark and a baseball game these days.

[JT7]

I don't know if I'm all for the HD Scoreboard Revolution.... I think these highly expensive toys take away from the game itself. Kansas City for instance...I'm not going to lie, I think that board is awesome, but I also think it takes away the attention from the game. I wonder what the players must think when they see a HUGE portrait of themselves in centerfield.

As well, Yankee Stadium. That huge board in Centerfield with the rest of the Centerfield structure looks to busy. It kind of seems out of place. You have Diamond Vision in the center, one color board on each side of that and then the advertisements...AND the 1950's scoreboard clock. Nice touch, but out of place....in my opinion...

[BMF]

I don't know if I'm all for the HD Scoreboard Revolution.... I think these highly expensive toys take away from the game itself. Kansas City for instance...I'm not going to lie, I think that board is awesome, but I also think it takes away the attention from the game. I wonder what the players must think when they see a HUGE portrait of themselves in centerfield.

As well, Yankee Stadium. That huge board in Centerfield with the rest of the Centerfield structure looks to busy. It kind of seems out of place. You have Diamond Vision in the center, one color board on each side of that and then the advertisements...AND the 1950's scoreboard clock. Nice touch, but out of place....in my opinion...

I agree yet disagree if thats possible. Ive been to citi field 4 times so far and I love their two boards. I think it looks great when looking at it. but I do tend to look at it more because it looks so great that I almost missed a couple of pitches. I dont know if I like it because shea didnt have it or if because its like a magnet to my eyes.

[Aviator_Frank]

I'm a Yankee fan, but I agree. That Green Monster scoreboard is just amazing. Old school, easy to read, not cluttered with ads. Just perfect.

One thing I always liked about all of the Fenway advertising is that it's color-matched into the walls, i.e. no gaudy corporate colors, just white type on the Fenway green.

[JT7]

I agree yet disagree if thats possible. Ive been to citi field 4 times so far and I love their two boards. I think it looks great when looking at it. but I do tend to look at it more because it looks so great that I almost missed a couple of pitches. I dont know if I like it because shea didnt have it or if because its like a magnet to my eyes.

I know what you mean and that's exactly what im talking about....Really, what were stadiums without the huge HD boards? Oh yeah, a place to play baseball...

[Goober]

I agree yet disagree if thats possible. Ive been to citi field 4 times so far and I love their two boards. I think it looks great when looking at it. but I do tend to look at it more because it looks so great that I almost missed a couple of pitches. I dont know if I like it because shea didnt have it or if because its like a magnet to my eyes.

First place I ever went with a huge HD board was Atlanta, and the thing was mesmarizing... I literaly couldn't keep my eyes off it. From that standpoint, I understand the dislike for them (hey, the game's over here!), but they sure a nice addition, and when a guy can plunk down $1000 and watch something in the comfort of his own home, with HD replays, rather than missing out by going to the game*, these huge HD boards will become the norm, rather than the Wrigley/Fenway scoreboard of old...

*several years ago, my father and his friend (who has had season tickets at Wrigley for a while now) got into a discussion about the Cubs making the World Series, and that my Dad's friend wasn't going to give up his season tix because he wanted to be there if the Cubs ever made it. My father said he was going to take the money he would have spent on season tix, and buy an HDTV (this was when cheap ones were still $3-5000), and if the Cubs ever made the WS, he'd still have the money he saved by not buying season tickets to buy his WS tix off StubHub...

That's what teams are up against as far as scoreboards - people who would rather stay home and watch what is percieved as a superior viewing experience with the prolifiration of home HDTV.

Moose

[brewers08]

Miller Park needs one. They should just scrap the whole thing, its ugly imo (and i love Miller Park)

[Gary Dunaier]

That being the case, one big problem is where to put a video board... I've always thought that across the street on a rooftop is a good idea. One plan could be the former Budweiser building:

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/39410/thumbs/s-BUD-large.jpg

Which, this year, is advertising the Horseshoe Casino

I wonder if that house could support a video board on the roof.

[DJ Starion]

Miller Park needs one. They should just scrap the whole thing, its ugly imo (and i love Miller Park)

I think Miller Park is getting a new one this coming offseason

[UnderPressure]

Dodger Stadium is getting a new HD one next year to match the size and shape of the right field board.

They still have the same screen. I'm guessing you meant 2010?

[jnakamura]

They still have the same screen. I'm guessing you meant 2010?

According to the Dodgers website it was supposed to be part of last off-seasons' renovations. I assume because of the economy there were no renovations at all last year.

[Arlington Stadium Child]

The Rangers are WAY WAY behind on this issue.

They added the ribbon boards and an electronic video board on the LF Wall.

The ribbon boards are equipped with loud fans that drown out the sounds on the field and the video board in LF only shows what looks like a stamp sized video with updated scores on either side of it but it is behind a chain link fence which distorts the view of it and really makes it hard to look at. It was added so people in LF could see replays but you cannot read it or really see what the video is.

It would make more sense to expand the video during replays. I would suggest moving it to another area of the ballpark to view.

The atmosphere has really gone down over the last few years.

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[marlins739]

Arlington really does need a new scoreboard. Replacing the entire area of the line score, video board, and Dr. Pepper ads with a new board would look very nice. Then, replace the three small ads on the office building under the left field light tower with a smaller auxiliary video board. That opens up the out of town scoreboard for more ads or more scores, and lets everyone in the park see a video board (for the most part).

[Smirkman]

Well, the ribbon boards either just below the main scoreboard, or on the ends of the upper deck give all that info, so I'd rather just keep the old board (especially since it's on the national register of historic places - along with the ivy and marquee).

That being the case, one big problem is where to put a video board... I've always thought that across the street on a rooftop is a good idea. One plan could be the former Budweiser building:

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Which, this year, is advertising the Horseshoe Casino

Anyway, perhaps, if I owned that building, I'd consider taking some of that Budweiser/Horseshoe money and butting up my own video board... Or, maybe the Cubs should buy that guy out, and put up a video board of their own. That way, they get a video board, and don't "compromise" the history of Wrigley directly (and don't piss off any roof-top owners/views from up there)...

Moose

I think that is a neat idea, but there is no way the neighborhood or zoning allows for that to happen.

[Aviator_Frank]

That Arlington board reminds me of my old Toshiba T5200 gas-plasma laptop.

[levyro]

That Arlington board reminds me of my old Toshiba T5200 gas-plasma laptop.

That laptop is probably what runs that scoreboard! :hyper: