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The University of Utah Athletics
Rice-Eccles Stadium Adds Video Display System
6/30/2003 12:00 AM | Football
June 30, 2003
SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium will have a video display system and new scoreboards installed before the 2003 football season thanks to a $1.6 million gift from Larry H. and Gail Miller. The announcement was made today by Special Assistant to the President/Athletics Director Dr. Chris Hill at a press conference at the stadium. Joining Hill in the announcement were Larry H. Miller and Head Football Coach Urban Meyer.
"Over the years, my wife and I have become more and more endeared to the University of Utah," said Miller. "As we started to look at this project, we saw it as an opportunity for us to enhance our relationship with the U. even further."
The video display system, designed by Daktronics, will replace the entire existing scoreboard in the south end zone of Rice-Eccles Stadium. Work on the project will begin immediately. The system is expected to be in place by Aug. 21, when Rice-Eccles Stadium will stage the Grand Opening of the Olympic Cauldron Park and Salt Lake 2002 Visitors Center. Ute fans can get a sneak preview of the new system during Fan Fest on Aug. 23.
"The relationship we've built over the years with Larry and Gail Miller is something special both for the Athletics Department and the University of Utah as a whole," said Hill. "This gift will move Rice-Eccles Stadium into the group of elite stadiums in the country. I can't begin to express how excited I am about this project."
The centerpiece of the new video display system is a 22-foot-7-inch by 38-foot ProStar VideoPlus LED display that will provide live video of game action, instant replays and graphics. It will have the largest video display area of any sports venue in the state of Utah.
A 6-foot-5-inch by 38-foot LED scoreboard display will sit underneath the video board. Six sponsor panels will be stacked to the left and right of the video board (three on each side). A full-color ProAd LED display will run the length of the entire system at the bottom, measuring 8-feet by 58-feet.
When in place, the complete south end zone video display system will range 44-feet by 58-feet. The existing auxiliary scoreboards in the northeast and northwest corners of Rice-Eccles Stadium will also be upgraded to LED scoreboards. A s a part of the project, a state-of-the art video control room will be constructed in the Kenneth P. Burbidge Jr. Family Athletics Academic Center, adjacent to the Jon M. Huntsman Center. It will be connected via fiber optics to the video boards in both Rice-Eccles Stadium and the Jon M. Huntsman Center. This control room is being made possible by a gift of $300,000 from the George and Dolores Dorfje Eccles Foundation.
"In my opinion, Rice-Eccles Stadium is the most beautiful stadium in the country," said Meyer. "The only thing missing in terms of atmosphere and fan amenities was a video scoreboard. We now have the complete package to be a big time college football program thanks to this generous gift from Larry and Gail Miller. You cannot overstate how important a high-quality video scoreboard will be to our fans and our recruits, or what a difference it will make to the atmosphere of game day in Rice-Eccles Stadium."
Daktronics is one of the nation's leading companies in stadium and arena video display systems. Their video systems are used by Mountain West Conference schools New Mexico, San Diego State and Wyoming. Daktronics boards have also been recently installed in such venues as Chicago's Soldier Field and Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium.
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