Yeehaw!

Let’s fire up this bad boy, this fully armed and operational battle station.

Here’s the new 4K kinetic scoreboard being introduced to the media down in South Philly:

Looks fantastic. Can’t wait to see Kevin Hayes light the lamp down there this season.

Here are some facts and figures of the new scoreboard, via press release:

  • The system was produced and tested in Lititz, PA (90 miles west of Philadelphia)
  • It was delivered disassembled to Wells Fargo Center on a total of 19 trucks (16 tractor trailers + 3 flatbed trucks)
  • The entire system weighs 90,000 pounds
  • Features a grand total of 6,601 square feet of 4K LED video technology
  • Has 50% more screen real estate than the Wells Fargo Center’s previous center-hung model
  • When fully expanded, the center-hung will feature more square feet of 4mm LED video technology than scoreboard in an arena that hosts both the NBA and NHL
  • Complementing the center-hung display are two massive crown trusses designed to create a captivating experience with multi-directional movement
  • These trusses can appear as part of the overall center-hung during game play, but quickly convert into separate entertainment displays featuring real-time movement and a stimulating next-generation light show
  • 6 Big Tow winches are installed into the arena’s catwalk to support the crowns
  • Crowns move up/down at four feet per second
  • Crowns move from their highest position (top of scoreboard) to lowest position (just above the arena floor) in 30 seconds via TAIT Navigator
  • Each Crown is 65 feet long and 8 feet high
  • Each Crown is roughly 12,000 lbs.
  • The first-ever Kinetic 4K center-hung entertainment system
  • Unprecedented ability to transform and be configured in a variety of formats
  • Over 40 million pixels within the complete center-hung entertainment system

Sounds good to me. Let’s rock and roll.