http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-footb...13aab.html

Its a great day to be a huskie!! So now NIU MUST work on press box/suites and then seating in south!! some simple can look really nice under the score board!!!

I really think this is going to have a greater positive impact on the Game Day experience at HS than most might think.

Kind of like when I went from the 36" Tube to the 50" HD with surround sound........

looks great!, i was hoping for them to build brick around it with brick pillars like Wake Forest, but ill take it. def an upgrade!

How does that size (15.5 ft high and 39.5 ft wide) rank against the rest of the conference?

Cant they add the brick at a later date?

(04-23-2013 01:50 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  How does that size (15.5 ft high and 39.5 ft wide) rank against the rest of the conference?

Not all FBS schools listed but it seems that we are really only passing Buffalo in total SQ feet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_col...deo_boards

81 Navy Independent Navy – Marine Corps Memorial Stadium 33.5 x 18 603[81] 23
82 WKU Sun Belt L.T. Smith Stadium 31.5 x 18 567[82] 23 2002
83 Iowa State Big 12 Jack Trice Stadium 26.5 x 20.5 543 23 2002
84 UTEP C-USA Sun Bowl Stadium 26 x 20 520[83] 2001
85 Middle Tennessee C-USA Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium 29 x 17 493[84] 23
86 Buffalo MAC University at Buffalo Stadium 21.5 x 20.5 441[85] 23
87 Northwestern Big Ten Ryan Field 24 x 18 432[86] 2001
88 Troy Sun Belt Movie Gallery Stadium 27.5 x 15.5 426[87] 23
89 Texas State Sun Belt Bobcat Stadium 25.5 x 14.5 370[88]

They need to encase those standards with something. I'm hoping this will be the plan.

They will not encase the standards. We are copying Akron's stadium. Go to Akron athletics and you will see the scoreboard. Akron also has ribbon boards and a berm in the end zone. The other end zone has their ftball building and in-door facilite.

(04-23-2013 02:21 PM)niu2222 Wrote:  They will not encase the standards. We are copying Akron's stadium. Go to Akron athletics and you will see the scoreboard. Akron also has ribbon boards and a berm in the end zone. The other end zone has their ftball building and in-door facilite.

So we're Akron II? Wouldn't mind having their new stadium though (with appropriate colors of course).

I would've made it 40x22 which would be the biggest in the MAC and bigger than U of I. You also could advertise that you have the biggest in the state.

(04-23-2013 02:02 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(04-23-2013 01:50 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  How does that size (15.5 ft high and 39.5 ft wide) rank against the rest of the conference?

Not all FBS schools listed but it seems that we are really only passing Buffalo in total SQ feet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_col...deo_boards

81 Navy Independent Navy – Marine Corps Memorial Stadium 33.5 x 18 603[81] 23
82 WKU Sun Belt L.T. Smith Stadium 31.5 x 18 567[82] 23 2002
83 Iowa State Big 12 Jack Trice Stadium 26.5 x 20.5 543 23 2002
84 UTEP C-USA Sun Bowl Stadium 26 x 20 520[83] 2001
85 Middle Tennessee C-USA Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium 29 x 17 493[84] 23
86 Buffalo MAC University at Buffalo Stadium 21.5 x 20.5 441[85] 23
87 Northwestern Big Ten Ryan Field 24 x 18 432[86] 2001
88 Troy Sun Belt Movie Gallery Stadium 27.5 x 15.5 426[87] 23
89 Texas State Sun Belt Bobcat Stadium 25.5 x 14.5 370[88]

Looks like we'll be in the middle of the MAC based on this. I think it will definitely help though. I remember the scoreboard before the current one, and that wasn't all that long ago.

(04-23-2013 02:31 PM)niu2222 Wrote:  I would've made it 40x22 which would be the biggest in the MAC and bigger than U of I. You also could advertise that you have the biggest in the state.

UofI is installing a 36X96 video board this summer along with 940 feet of ribbon boards.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id...ideo-board

(04-23-2013 02:29 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(04-23-2013 02:21 PM)niu2222 Wrote:  They will not encase the standards. We are copying Akron's stadium. Go to Akron athletics and you will see the scoreboard. Akron also has ribbon boards and a berm in the end zone. The other end zone has their ftball building and in-door facilite.

So we're Akron II? Wouldn't mind having their new stadium though (with appropriate colors of course).

I would just like a slightly smaller version of their skybox.

That is what I based off my photo shop pic for the NIU skybox.
http://csnbbs.com/attachment.php?aid=4416

(04-23-2013 02:45 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(04-23-2013 02:31 PM)niu2222 Wrote:  I would've made it 40x22 which would be the biggest in the MAC and bigger than U of I. You also could advertise that you have the biggest in the state.

UofI is installing a 36X96 video board this summer along with 940 feet of ribbon boards.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id...ideo-board

damn....that actually looks pretty sweet

No mention of the berm.


Pics of the scaffolding being taken down.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...=1&theater

Looks like University of Delaware has the same size videoboard:

In times like this its best not to look at what others around us have and just be happy that we are getting a screen twice the size with a better resolution, the sound system and 200 ft of ribbon boards.

Illinois' old videoboard was installed in 2008 and was 38.5 x 21.5. Looks like we should have just bought that one from them at a discounted price.