New Scoreboard update for Miller Park in 2011

[Invader3K]

Just add the new scoreboard to the laundry list of reasons to love Mark A.

According to some he was using the new scoreboard to continue to gouge the tax payers.

 

[CheezWizHed]

So Mark, do you mind if we come over in a couple weeks and watch the SuperBowl on your new big screen? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[BCZF]

McCalvy says that he'll possibly be taking some pics this week.. He might be allowed better angles, etc.. Who knows...

[Dragonbait]

So Mark, do you mind if we come over in a couple weeks and watch the SuperBowl on your new big screen? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

That would be SOOOOO wicked.... Too bad the No Fun League wouldn't allow it.

 

course... if they dont charge... cant it happen?

 

[BCZF]

Board isint going to be done for the SB anyway, though that would be neat.

[AJAY]

Andrew Wagner of OnMilwaukee.com just tweeted this photo. I am assuming it was taken today.

 

http://a.yfrog.com/img619/3068/psgg.jpg

 

 

Edit: It looks like they are about to lift the Miller Park sign into place. You can see the backside of it on the ground.

[CheezWizHed]

Board isint going to be done for the SB anyway, though that would be neat.

 

I figured, but it would have been cool.

 

I'm not sure why the NFL would prohibit something like that. That is, if they got their share of the proceedings. I'm pretty sure I've heard of movie theaters showing football games (live) before.

 

Seems like it would be a neat alternative to actually attending the game. If your stadium (or BB or basketball) has a nice screen, sell tickets (and concessions) to watch the game. The bonus of having it at MP would be to actually sit down on the field and watch the game. That would be unique enough to sell a lot of tickets.

[owbc]

New image on the front page of JSonline:

 

http://media.jsonline.com/images/375*265/mjs-millerboard_-nws_-lynn_.jpg

[berniebrewer4life]

Twitter has a couple of pics of it positioned above the screen.

 

http://ow.ly/i/7wZh

 

http://ow.ly/i/7wUW

[Crew2323]

Does anyone know if that new Miller Park sign will light up?

I asked McCalvy if this sign lights up like the previous one did, and he said it does.

[pretendastronaut]

A bunch more pics of the sign being hung today;

 

http://brewersbeat.mlblogs.com/archives/2011/01/miller_park_scoreboard_progres.html

[hawing]

Does anyone know if that new Miller Park sign will light up?

I asked McCalvy if this sign lights up like the previous one did, and he said it does.

The McCalvy link provided by pretendastronaut above says the new Miller Park sign is backlit. To me that sounds different than "lights up," as the MP sign above the original scoreboard did.

We'll find out soon enough, though really it can't be too soon, can it? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[stoops17]

I really like the hops in the new Miller Park sign.

[bacon06]

Just add the new scoreboard to the laundry list of reasons to love Mark A.

According to some he was using the new scoreboard to continue to gouge the tax payers.

 

As in the continuation of the stadium tax allegedly funded the new scoreboard?

[valpocrewsader]

Hmm, why such large gaps between the board and the advertising panels on the sides? I sure hope that's just temporary, it looks awful.

[sbrylski]

Hmm, why such large gaps between the board and the advertising panels on the sides? I sure hope that's just temporary, it looks awful.

I think "awful" is pretty harsh. But it would make sense if they affixed a border all around the video board and ads, considerably or completely closing those gaps.

[AJAY]

I really love the new sign very much. It seems like a huge artistic upgrade compared to the crappy sign they used to have. Adam McCalvy mentioned another portion would be added on later. I am assuming that will be the top half of the baseball shown in the original rendering.

 

Can't wait to see the actual HD images on the video board. It should be awesome.

[AJAY]

Not sure if this was posted already, but I just saw another photo on Twitter. This one gives a good spacial and size persepective.

 

http://twitpic.com/3tcb4d/full

[TooLiveBrew]

Hmm, why such large gaps between the board and the advertising panels on the sides? I sure hope that's just temporary, it looks awful.

I think "awful" is pretty harsh. But it would make sense if they affixed a border all around the video board and ads, considerably or completely closing those gaps.

It looks pretty obvious imo that there will be something like the border Sam mentions.

 

That's essentially the picture I've been waiting to see, so thanks for linking to that, AJAY.

[1992casey]

Hmm, why such large gaps between the board and the advertising panels on the sides? I sure hope that's just temporary, it looks awful.

The gaps are filled in the renderings in the lead post. I'd assume that the stuff filling the gaps is trim and not structural, and like a building, trim would be installed near the end of the process.

[sbrylski]

I still think the stadium overall looks too "industrial" and could use some brick finishing or something. Like cover the back wall (the one beyond the actual OF wall) and up the major green steel pillars in the back.

[Warning Track Power]

I still think the stadium overall looks too "industrial" and could use some brick finishing or something. Like cover the back wall (the one beyond the actual OF wall) and up the major green steel pillars in the back.

Absolutely agree. I've always felt like the outside exterior of the stadium should have been continued on the inside beyond the OF wall. Don't know how I would actually pull that off and how much cost that would have added to the total cost of Miller Park, but the concrete and green does make it look awfully industrial and bland as sbrylski stated.

 

As long as we're on the topic of ballpark improvements, I miss the old manual scoreboards in the fence in LF. Wish those would return. Never been a fan of the videoboards in the fence

 

[Invader3K]

As long as we're on the topic of ballpark improvements, I miss the old manual scoreboards in the fence in LF. Wish those would return. Never been a fan of the videoboards in the fence

I also liked the old manual boards. Made the place feel a little more traditional. My guess is that the video boards are simply another way to sell advertising. Part of the economic reality of modern MLB, I suppose.

[greeg35]

agree, the video boards are distracting and tacky in my opinion.

[Invader3K]

I really love the new sign very much. It seems like a huge artistic upgrade compared to the crappy sign they used to have. Adam McCalvy mentioned another portion would be added on later. I am assuming that will be the top half of the baseball shown in the original rendering.

Yeah. The old sign was starting to seem dated and out of place. It looked like something you would see in a bar or something (of course in a much smaller version). The new sign fits the look of the stadium much more nicely.