Big HDTV for a bigger Texas Stadium

Jerry Jones, owner of the NFL’s Dal­las Cow­boys, has encour­aged his archi­tects to make the new Texas Sta­dium a big­ger, bet­ter facility.

The new facil­ity still has the rec­tan­gu­lar hole in the roof, although it can be cov­ered by a set of slid­ing doors. The wind makes a fierce howl as it whips through the con­struc­tion site. In this YouTube video, the howl is audi­ble over the free­way noise.

Beneath the hole is a set of 4 HDTV mon­i­tors that are sus­pended 110 feet over the foot­ball field:

The board will run from the 20-yard line to the 20-yard line — mea­sur­ing 180 feet in length and 50 feet in height — mak­ing it the largest video board instal­la­tion in the world.

There’s more infor­ma­tion in this arti­cle from the Dal­las Morn­ing News, includ­ing a graphic that com­pares the board to city buses (Stack 4 large city buses. Repeat 6 times!), as well as the stadium’s web site.

Image of the sta­dium con­struc­tion site cour­tesy of Bran­don Cripps through a Cre­ative Com­mons license.

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