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wyopokesfan23

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Sitting at the game Saturday I looked around and thought to myself how much better the AA would be with some better lighting and a hanging scoreboard. Comments?
 
Someone else might know better because i have nothing to back this up but i had always heard that they can't put a scoreboard hanging in the middle because of the design of the AA. The dome can't handle the weight. Makes sense to me.
 
TSpoke said:
Someone else might know better because i have nothing to back this up but i had always heard that they can't put a scoreboard hanging in the middle because of the design of the AA. The dome can't handle the weight. Makes sense to me.
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You are right on the money...the structure couldn't support a mid-court hanging scoreboard.

On a side note, anyone know when & why UW decided to take out the big East/West side scoreboards and replace them with that giant piece-of-shit that is there now? I loved when the former boards displayed running stats for every player in the game. Must have been a LeeMoon thing...what a lousy decision.
 
The east / west boards have been down for a while. I don't recall them having player stats ever, but Maybe my memory is bad. The current TV screen board is kinda strange in its placement and adds are way to big for the screen size imo. It might take some engineering and a slight remodel, but I bet they could come up with something better. Hell hang some screens, and use a projector - that might look better...

Speaking of the rafters I was wondering why they took down our 1934 Helms foundation National Championship banner. It needs to be put back up next to the 1943 NCAA Championship banner.
 
I thought that they built an identical arena at Weber State. They have the center hanging scoreboard:

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That would be so much nicer in the AA, but with bigger video boards. It would be nice to get some corporate sponsor to pony up the bucks and modernize the AA.

Looking at those pictures though, it appears they have a different truss system, so maybe the AA won't hold it.
 
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