The latest addition to what will be more than $5M in offseason upgrades at Citi Field is a new HD-13 "center-field scoreboard from Daktronics," which will measure 5,670 square feet, more than 60% "larger than the original," according to Terry Lefton in this week's SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. A 1.5 million-pixel board "will allow multiple split screens, improved clarity and animation, and provide better overall pictures in direct sunlight." Mets Chief Revenue Officer Lou DePaoli said, "This is going to allow us to reinvent the show across all three of our main boards." He added that "some static signage adjacent to the scoreboard was being removed." Installation of the new video board "will start later this month," and is expected to be ready by Opening Day on April 13. Also being added "is more LED ribbon signage, 234-by-5 feet, replacing some static ad boards in left field, along with an adjacent 'K board' to track strikeouts." With the additions, total LED signage in Citi Field "will grow from 13,500 square feet to 17,000 square feet" (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 1/19 issue). In N.Y., Mike Puma notes the new video board "will be among the 10 largest displays in professional baseball." The old video board "was 3,500 square feet" (N.Y. POST, 1/20).
