New HD Display at Chase Field

by peeklay on Jan 11, 2008 3:48 PM EST Comment 19 comments

I know this was covered before here, but it looks like we have some more details on the new screen in centerfield. It looks as though the Dbacks and Daktronics are going to be able to deliver the "biggest and best" screen in MLB, if not all sports stadiums in the US.

I definitely like the fact that they can have two 16:9 screens right next to each other....lets just hope they actually show replays this year or this is a big waste of money....

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If they hadn't gone out and gotten Haren...

...I would have been pissed at them for getting this.

Should be sweet to watch, at least if they don't use it for stupid stuff like telling us when to do the Univision Wave. Some actual replays would be nice... but not entirely expected, since it seems baseball doesn't want us second-guessing the umps.

Come on, Sandy Baby, loosen up. You're too tight.

by DbacksSkins on Jan 11, 2008 6:27 PM EST reply actions

I thought

that the new screens are being paid by the sports commission, so it's not money that would even have anything to do with personnel.

Stay grindy, my friends.

by soco on Jan 11, 2008 8:22 PM EST up reply actions

I thought...

...they're splitting the cost?

Come on, Sandy Baby, loosen up. You're too tight.

by DbacksSkins on Jan 11, 2008 9:40 PM EST up reply actions

I'm not certain

The Tribune said "The new board likely would be funded by the Maricopa County Stadium Authority with help from the Diamondbacks." Emphasis added; I haven't heard any more specifics than that. I'll reserve judgment until I see exactly how it's going to be used: it should be used to educate the fans (they'll have room to post OPS on the board now!) but could also just be another source of advertising to beat us over the head. The truth will likely fall somewhere in the middle...

by Jim McLennan on Jan 12, 2008 11:37 AM EST up reply actions

Room to advertise that

sometime they will show the OPS?

by nargel on Jan 12, 2008 2:18 PM EST up reply actions

Well....

If the Stadium Authority is paying, then I don't have anything to complain about. You Maricopa County taxpayers, on the other hand....

Come on, Sandy Baby, loosen up. You're too tight.

by DbacksSkins on Jan 12, 2008 2:32 PM EST up reply actions

Let's just make sure..

...Richie Sexson doesn't hit anymore home runs in Phoenix. Just to be on the safe side.

I'm not superstitious- it's bad luck.

by kishi on Jan 12, 2008 2:25 AM EST reply actions

And not just for the scoreboard's sake, either...

Richie Sexson.... ugh...

Come on, Sandy Baby, loosen up. You're too tight.

by DbacksSkins on Jan 12, 2008 3:11 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah

Disliking Richie Sexson is becoming a tradition in my family- my older sister is a Mariners fan.

I'm not superstitious- it's bad luck.

by kishi on Jan 12, 2008 12:20 PM EST up reply actions

I would imagine...

...AZSEAFAN feels the same way.

Come on, Sandy Baby, loosen up. You're too tight.

by DbacksSkins on Jan 12, 2008 2:31 PM EST up reply actions

The guy the phrase..

.."waste of space" was invented for.

We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.

by hotclaws on Jan 13, 2008 12:48 PM EST up reply actions

Artist's impression

by Jim McLennan on Jan 12, 2008 1:16 PM EST reply actions

That

is going to be ridiculous.

Stay grindy, my friends.

by soco on Jan 12, 2008 6:29 PM EST up reply actions

Doug Davis is the poster boy?

Huh?

by johngordonma on Jan 12, 2008 7:48 PM EST up reply actions

I don't think

It's an official mock-up - but just gives you an idea of the size (f'n huge, in case you hadn't gathered!) and how it'd fit into the current set-up.

by Jim McLennan on Jan 12, 2008 8:07 PM EST up reply actions

If they were smart

They'd get this thing up and running before the Super Bowl and have themselves a party. You could probably recoup a decent amount of the cost on admission alone.

Bob Melvin Sucks

by nihil67 on Jan 14, 2008 9:14 AM EST up reply actions

That's a really good idea

Don't know if the NFL would go for it, but sounds like it'd be a lot of fun.

I'm not superstitious- it's bad luck.

by kishi on Jan 14, 2008 11:49 AM EST up reply actions

You Don't Have to be the NFL ...

To have a super bowl party ...

Although, it does help to call it a 'SuperBowl' party. Silly technicalities.

My company had our Christmas party on Chase Field just over a month ago, and I can tell you that there was NO work on it at that point, so I hope it's a fast instillation into next year.

by Captain D Bag on Jan 17, 2008 5:05 AM EST up reply actions

I think they'd need NFL permission, at least

Found the link I was looking for:
http://football.about.com/b/2007/02/01/nfl-strikes-down-church-party.htm

The NFL made a church cancel their Super Bowl party last year- they say you can't broadcast the game on anything larger than a 55 inch screen without their permission.

I'm not superstitious- it's bad luck.

by kishi on Jan 17, 2008 12:50 PM EST up reply actions