Vancouver Buys the Most Expensive TV on Earth
Thanks to a reader for giving me the heads-up on this news. From the Canucks press release:
Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment and Daktronics Inc. (Nasdaq: DAKT) announced today a multimillion dollar enhancement to Vancouver’s General Motors Place, which will replace the existing scoring and video display system with an integrated Daktronics super system…One of the largest LED fascia displays will be installed in front of the 300 level of seating, surrounding the seating bowl. The display will measure over 2 feet high and more than 950 feet in circumference.
Okay, so it probably only cost about a bazillion dollars — but at least it doesn’t count against the salary cap!
But about those ticket prices…
July 26th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
It sure as hell will look good though!
July 26th, 2006 at 2:06 pm
Yeah it’ll definately look good. Better than the orange-y display screens with their lil dotted animations of clapping hands.
July 26th, 2006 at 2:53 pm
True enough.
Well, it’s due to be completely installed before the season begins — so in 70 Days, 1 Hour and 6 Minutes we’ll see what the most expensive television on earth looks like!
July 26th, 2006 at 7:00 pm
Each of the four main video displays will measure approximately 14 feet high by 24 feet long, with Pure Pixel® resolution exceeding 300,000 pixels per screen.
Replays that include a fourteen foot high Luongo???
Oh. My. Stars. That makes me as giddy as a schoolgirl.
I MUST make my way down to Van City and catch a game this year.
July 26th, 2006 at 11:41 pm
Whatever happned to actually watching the game that is taking place on the ice…and listening to an organist play ‘three blind mice’ when the referee’s skate out onto the ice?!
September 25th, 2006 at 3:24 pm
The size is pretty impressive, but 300,000 pixels is not. To put it in perspective, that would be a so-so screen on a small digital camera, or something around 700×430 pixels.
In other words, describing the HD aspect ratio of these screens (as the PR does) is a bit of hype.