Commonwealth Stadium is getting some upgrades this year that the fans should enjoy.
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[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]The University of Kentucky plans to spend $6.25 million this summer installing a new sound system and video scoreboards in Commonwealth Stadium before the first home football game on September 10.
The UK Athletic Association would pay for the upgrade using $3.15 million in private funds and a $3.1 million internal loan from the cash-strapped university, which has not given raises to most employees for three years.
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The existing video boards use Cathode Ray Tube technology that was installed in July 1999 and has become difficult to maintain, according to a summary of the project included on the agenda of the council’s April 28 meeting.
The university would install two large panels that use Light-Emitting Diode technology, along with “ribbon boards” on the upper deck sidelines and suite corners that would increase advertising revenue.
The stadium’s current video boards “don’t provide the kind of sophisticated viewing experience that fans have come to expect across the country,” Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart said in a written statement.
The new boards will give fans more access to statistics, scoring updates from games, video replays and closed captioning, Barnhart said.
“As importantly, the boards will generate increased revenue through the sales and marketing of video advertising,” he said.
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If they are paying that much for new video screens, lets hope they are HD!!
