While players and coaches prepare for their first NFL preseason game Friday in Minnesota against the Vikings, the Houston Texans' staff has an even bigger job to contend with: getting its giant Reliant Stadium video scoreboard ready for a public unveiling.
Houston Business Journal was given a sneak peak Thursday at the largest video board ever installed in a sports stadium.
Fans will get their first view of the Texans’ 16.5 million, 277-foot wide video display, which is six times larger than the team’s previous scoreboard, when the Texans face the Miami Dolphins at home Aug. 17. The project was designed and manufactured by Japan-based Mitsubishi Corp, the same group that developed the much-heralded video boards used by the Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees.
“You’re seeing these large installations partially because that’s what the fans have come to expect, but the cost of ownership has come down to a point where it is affordable to do something like this and it’s a major part of the entertainment offering that we provide,” said Texans' President Jamey Rootes.
Though Bayou City residents are keenly aware of the rivalry between Houston and Dallas, Rootes said one-upping Cowboys owner Jerry Jones — whose stadium video board was previously the largest in the world —was never a part of the plan.
“That certainly was not our objective going in, to be larger than anybody,” Rootes said. “We wanted to have the biggest and best presentation... These replacement cycles have a long horizon so I wouldn’t envision
(the Cowboys) would be in the market very soon (for a bigger board).”
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