Leatherneck Nation

Progress is coming along nicely on SDSU's new stadium. They've got a webcam here: http://danajdykhousestadium.com/multimedia/web-cam/
You can see that the new giant scoreboard is up now, built by Daktronics (for those that don't know, Daktronics is one of the largest, if not the largest, scoreboard/video board companies in the country with installations at the majority of professional sporting venues and a ton of college and HS locations....and they're headquartered in Brookings).

It's going to be really nice when it's done.

EDIT - they're testing out the video part of the board right now, here's a screenshot in case it's shut off when you check it out:

Here's a better view of the board...

Couple more photos:

I am envious, I am jealous.


Does anyone remember when "picture in picture" was a thing with TV (way before DVRs) out cute little video board is the small picture in the lower right hand corner of SDSUs video board.

RedNeck wrote:I am envious, I am jealous.


Does anyone remember when "picture in picture" was a thing with TV (way before DVRs) out cute little video board is the small picture in the lower right hand corner of SDSUs video board.

Pretty much....here's a visual comparison:

SDSU's board is 3 times as wide and almost 4 times as tall.

OMG, Scott, is that the correct proportions?

Anybody on here want to watch the Super Bowl and my place? I got a sweet 13" black and white.

RedNeck wrote:OMG, Scott, is that the correct proportions?

Anybody on here want to watch the Super Bowl and my place? I got a sweet 13" black and white.

Yes, it is. According to the press releases, our new video board is 32 feet wide and 8 feet tall: http://goleathernecks.com/news/2014/8/1 ... 44043.aspx
And according to the press release for SDSU's board from Daktronics, their new one is 31 feet tall by 100 feet wide: http://www.daktronics.com/news/Pages/Da ... tball.aspx

So, essentially, their video board is as tall as ours is wide.

To be fair, it is the largest video board in the FCS and Daktronics is located in Brookings, so they have a pretty good local connection. And they have a lot more money, both in private donations and in support from the state, than we do.

Ours: 256 square feet
Theirs: 3100 square feet

Supplying a video board to university is nice for football but even better than that is what Daktronics does for the local students. That little stipend of $10K comes in pretty handy and the work experience looks damn good on the resume.

http://www.daktronics.com/en-us/employment/students

It is a nice stadium, but it still doesn't relieve the fact that they have to live in South Dakota.

Necks2003 wrote:It is a nice stadium, but it still doesn't relieve the fact that they have to live in South Dakota.

Idk, I think there's some good parts of SD....Black Hills, Badlands.