Michigan Stadium scoreboard upgrades underway (pics)

Submitted by Cruzcontrol75 on December 7th, 2022 at 8:22 PM

The new scoreboards are part of a $41 million project that will improve numerous aspects of the fan experience at the Big House and other athletics facilities

  • $8 million will fund “production room upgrades” inside the Crisler Center. Those facilities serve multiple different athletic venues, including the Crisler Center itself, Michigan Stadium, Yost Ice Arena, field hockey, soccer, indoor track, baseball and softball. The production room is also where Michigan produces content for the Big Ten Network and its digital platforms.
  • $12 million will fund a replacement of the Michigan Stadium video boards in the north and south end zones. “We will be going larger,” Rademacher said. 
  • An additional $4 million will fund “permanent safety additions for access” to the new video boards. 
  • $5 million will be used to replace the audio system at Michigan Stadium. This includes the audio installations in the seating bowl and around the concourse. 
  • The estimated cost of site work and design fees is $12 million. 

 

https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Article/Photos-Michigan-Stadium-scoreboard-improvement-project-underway-199876997/

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MacGyver

December 8th, 2022 at 8:32 AM ^

WiFi was great at the Horseshoe this year but it was only available to Verizon subscribers. I presume Verizon is onsite with equipment trucks for each game.

Lucas Oil had decent WiFi and an enclosed stadium might provide more opportunities for wireless access points within reach of every phone.

These are guesses on the WiFi infrastructure at each stadium. I’m not a wireless communications expert nor do I play one on TV. Also, I did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

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707oxford

December 7th, 2022 at 8:55 PM ^

Probably won’t happen but I really hope they cover the ugly steel scoreboard columns with brick, or do something to make the supports look better...not just add more of them.  Quite an eyesore juxtaposed with the rest of the stadium. 

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uferfan

December 7th, 2022 at 8:57 PM ^

With that much scoreboard space, I hope there’s room for a live out of town scoreboard. There have been virtually no updates during games the past couple of seasons other than Slippery Rock.

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Amazinblu

December 8th, 2022 at 7:31 AM ^

Ufer, the only out of town score that matters is Slippery Rock…. Ok, I’m just kidding.  I don’t think a “running / live” out of town, Top 25, or B1G score section is necessary.  But, an update on those scores during a few three minute media timeouts would be nice.

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bsand2053

December 7th, 2022 at 9:18 PM ^

Okay, so I understand Brandon fucked up and didn’t get scoreboards that could be maintained in a cost effective way so I understand needing new ones.  But can we give it a rest for a while after that?  The stadium doesn’t need bigger scoreboards and we (rightfully) don’t sell ad space so there’s no revenue being generated.  I’d like to see the athletic department spend money on things like adding women’s hockey and men’s volleyball or whatever facility improvements Bakich requested rather than shit like this 

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UMxWolverines

December 7th, 2022 at 9:28 PM ^

My company is supplying the concrete for the project, the first pour will be tomorrow afternoon. It was supposed to be today, but the foundation company had problems. I will be on site to make sure the concrete is up to par, and will definitely post pictures. 

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