Brewers eye new scoreboard in 2010
By Don Walker
Tuesday, Oct 7 2008, 04:06 PM
A Miller Park stadium district committee this afternoon gave conceptual approval to a Milwaukee Brewers plan to build and install a new high-definition scoreboard and audio system in Miller Park by opening day 2010.
Estimated cost of the new scoreboard: Anywhere from $9 million to $12 million.
The scoreboard will be funded largely by the Brewers. But the district has tentatively agreed to commit $5.25 million toward the project. That $5.25 million commitment comes from the district's segregated reserve fund, which is funded jointly by taxpayers in a five-county region and the Brewers.
The new scoreboard will be built in the same location as the current scoreboard but will be bigger and better, team officials and district officials say.
High-definition scoreboards are becoming the norm in stadiums. In addition to a new scoreboard, the sound system in Miller Park will be improved as
well. Ever since the park opened in March 2001, there have been complaints about the quality of the sound system.
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I really don't have any complaints about the scoreboard, the audo can be pretty crappy at times
