Godzillatron: Texas-sized TV
September 1st, 2006
Leave it to the Lone Star State to construct the world’s largest HDTV, a 55 foot-high 134 foot-wide behemoth towering over the south end zone of Royal-Memorial Stadium in Austin. The $8 million unit, built by the South Dakota firm of Daktronics Inc., needs not one, not two, but forty five-ton air conditioners to keep the screen from bursting into flames.
We all know that ‘everything’s bigger in Texas’ – and anyone who’s ever taken Psych 101 could tell you why – but doesn’t a 7,370 sq. foot video board inside a 90,000 seat stadium seem a bit ridiculous? If you’ve paid the money to see the national champions, why watch the game through a TV, no matter how insanely huge? The university could have bought a $4 million screen and spent the other half on researching how to make up for all the carbon thrown into the air running twenty five-ton AC units in the Texas heat.
Commenting on the screen, with all the eloquence befitting a Big XII wide receiver, Quan Cosby mused, “Oh man, that thing’s big.”
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September 5th, 2006 at 4:57 pm
As usual, another exageration from the folks in Texas…
Godzillatron, while impressive, is not the largest HD stadium screen in the Western Hemisphere or even the U.S…. That honor goes to the new scoreboard at Miami’s Dolphins Stadium, built by the same company.
It IS the biggest screen in collegiate sports, however.
September 19th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
The Dolphin’s screen is larger measured diagnolly, however the Longhorn’s screen covers more square footage. It depends on how you want to measure as to which is larger.