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Tigers Set To Upgrade Comerica Park Video, Scoreboard In Time For Opening Day

Daktronics today announced that the Tigers have selected the company to design, manufacture and install an HD video upgrade at Comerica Park. The integrated system is expected to be completed prior to Opening Day (Daktronics). In Detroit, Lynn Henning notes the new look left-field scoreboard will “increase in size and scope to become one of the largest video-presentation areas in pro sports -- and the largest video board in Michigan.” Tigers VP/Ballpark Operations Mike Healy said, “This is a major construction project. One of the biggest since the ballpark opened." The scoreboard's "old video panel -- situated to the right of the stationary center panel -- will grow by almost 600 percent, from 1,008 square feet to 6,000 square feet." It will be nearly "three times as big as the existing center panel (2,176 square feet), which lists basic statistics and information." It is believed Comerica will house the "fourth-largest video screen in the big leagues, once it's completed at the end of March." Comerica Park's video board has been "one of the smallest in the majors." The old Tigers sign atop the scoreboard, "which consisted of block letters, will be replaced by a Tigers script sign and will be significantly taller -- 36 feet from 22 feet." The overall scoreboard will be "raised about 16 feet to provide better sight-lines for fans." The new board will feature a "speed-pitch screen twice the old display's square footage: 5-feet-by-96 feet compared with the former 5-by-48." Additionally, all video, on the scoreboard and on the auxiliary boards "located atop the upper deck on each baseline, will be converted to LED." More than 400 "flat-screen, High Definition televisions will replace Comerica's old monitors." Flat-screen TVs and a recording unit (benefiting the official scorer as decisions are reviewed) will also be installed in the press box." Below is a list of the world's largest video screens on sports scoreboards (DETROIT NEWS, 2/16).

VENUE LOCATION
SIZE (SQUARE FEET)
Charlotte Motor Speedway Charlotte, N.C.
16,000
Meydan Racecourse Meydan City, Dubai
12,708
Kawasaki Racecourse Kanagawa, Japan
12,272
Cowboys Stadium Arlington, Texas
11,520
Kauffman Stadium Kansas City, Mo.
8,820
Tokyo Racecourse Tokyo, Japan
8,066
Citizens Bank Park Philadelphia, Pa.
7,372
Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas
7,370
Sun Life Stadium Miami, Fla.
6,850
Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Mass.
6,806
Minute Maid Park Houston, Texas
6,696
Sha Tin Racecourse Sha Tin District, Hong Kong
6,006
Comerica Park Detroit, Mich.
6,000
L.A. Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, Calif.
6,000
   

TIGER'S EYE: MLB.com's Jason Beck notes even the "Tigers lettering on the top of the scoreboard will be dynamic, state-of-the-art LED, allowing for special effects and color changes that should outshine other big league parks" (MLB.com, 2/16). The Tigers also will have two "newly refurbished tiger statues" atop the scoreboard. The "massive fiberglass statues made their way through southwestern Connecticut" Tuesday, where they will be refurbished at Milford-based ShowMotion Inc. (CTPOST.com, 2/15).

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