New Video Board Installation Begins at Bowers
7/22/2015 10:30:00 AM | Football
Installation of the new state-of-the-art video board at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium began Tuesday.
The old video board / scoreboard (installed in 2006) was removed last week.
The workers are installing supports for the new board. The construction at Bowers begins the installation of new video boards for Sam Houston's facilities on campus for football, track and field, volleyball, basketball and softball.
Installation of the new boards is expected to be completed by the beginning of the Fall 2015 semester.
Jim and Tonya Ferris and Ann Wismer and Michael Landolt of the Wismer Distributing Company in Baytown, and Kurt Stevenson of Stevenson Beer Distributing Company in Trinity and Anheuser-Busch, have partnered with the SHSU Department of Athletics to make possible the addition of the video scoreboards.
The football and track and field video scoreboard, which will replace the current board in Bowers Stadium, will be among the largest in the Football Championship Subdivision schools. Dimensions are 32 feet, 4 inches by 79 feet, 6 inches, and the board features a full LED, 15 mm, 480 x 1584 HD video display. It includes the capability for live video, custom animation with full-color graphics, and up-to-the-minute sports statistics, timing and results information.
The basketball and volleyball video board will be placed on the west wall of Johnson Coliseum, replacing the current scoreboard. It is 17 feet, 9.3 inches tall by 31 feet, 1.6 inches wide with a 10 mm video display. The board also includes the capability for live video, sports statistics, timing and scoring information.
The softball video board is 23 feet, 11.2 inches tall by 27 feet wide and includes a video screen. All three of the new boards will feature sponsor advertising opportunities to provide additional revenue for the Bearkat athletic program.
Sam Houston stands as the only athletic program to have earned five Southland Conference Commissioner's Cups, symbolic of the league's men's and women's all-sports championship. The Bearkats' football, track and field, men's and women's basketball, volleyball and softball programs have combined to win eight league championships since 2010.
The success of Sam Houston's athletic programs has brought nationwide attention to SHSU, with more than 50 Bearkat athletic events in the past four years being telecast on the ESPN family of networks.
