The new video board behind one end zone at Florida State’s Doak Campbell Stadium will be 56 feet tall and 120 feet wide, the university announced Friday.
Exactly how big is that?
– According to the Orlando Sentinel, the video board is three times larger and more than two times higher than its predecessor in Tallahassee.
– The biggest video board in college football belongs to Auburn, at 190 x 57 (10,830 square feet). Florida State’s screen will be the nation’s fourth largest.
– You won’t be shocked to hear that FSU’s new video board will be three square feet larger than in-state rival Miami’s. You can just imagine the Hurricanes frantically scrambling to add a few more feet to their screen for state video-board supremacy.
– ACC rival Syracuse’s video board is 10.6 feet long and 12.6 feet tall. That mean’s the Seminole’s board will have roughly 50 times the square footage of the Orange’s board.
– The Green Monster at Fenway Park is only 37 feet tall, so Florida State’s video board will be taller than a wall nicknamed for its imposing stature.
– Of course, 120 feet is 40 yards, which means the video board would stretch across almost half the football field if it were laid down on the turf.
– The tallest player on the Seminoles’ roster is sophomore offensive lineman Brock Ruble, who stands six feet eight inches. The video board is 8.4 times taller and than Ruble (its length is 18 times Ruble’s height).
– No, this FSU video board is not bigger than the Dallas Cowboy’s famed screen, which is 160 feet wide and 72 feet tall.
Via the Sentinel, here’s what the Seminole’s AD had to say about his new purchase:
“We are pleased to be taking another step in making the football game day experience for our fans, season ticket holders, student body and student-athletes the best that it can be,” FSU athletic director Stan Wilcox said through a release. “While our former video boards were state-of-the-art when installed, the image quality of the new boards will be second to none.
With a screen that big to watch the game on, why even pay attention to the field?
