TBO.com - TBO is Tampa Bay Online

What's New At The Forum

ADVERTISEMENT

By ERIK ERLENDSSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 4, 2007

As fans enter the St. Pete Times Forum for opening night against New Jersey, and subsequent nights throughout the season, they will be greeted by some new additions to the arena. The most noticeable will be the brand new state-of-the-are scoreboard that hangs over the ice and the 360-degree LED display board around the lower bowl along with new endzone scoreboards.

Facts about the new estimated $7 million upgrade to the scoreboard and other digital additions:

* The total number of LEDs is 9,465,856, which make up the 2,366,464 individual pixel light points that are capable of delivering limitless colors, patterns and configurations.

* The center ice broadcasting center totals 2,253 square feet of video capabilities, more than 500 percent of the capabilities of the old scoreboard which was originally placed in 1996.

* The main broadcasting center of the scoreboard is 15½ feet high and 106 feet wide (1,643 square feet) in a continuous 360-degree exposure.

* When broken apart, each of the four sides boasts a 39-foot 2-inch diagonal picture, as compared to a 14-foot 2-inch diagonal picture on main boards of the arena's old jumbotron system.

* A video halo sits above the main screen which adds 610 square feet of video to the system. It is comprised of four 5-foot by 23½ -foot corner videos and four 7-foot by 5-foot corner videos.

* The 144-foot amber scoreboard at each end zone will continuously present the game clock, penalty clock and other scoreboard needs, including out of town scores.

* The video LED ring is 904 linear feet in length and 2 ½ feet in height and is 32 pixels high and 13,776 pixels wide.

* The existing 296 feet of ring board signage was relocated to the upper-level fascia. It will run along the "sidelines" of the upper level.

Share this:

Loading Comments...

Email Print

ADVERTISEMENT