Video boards going up in Moody Coliseum this summer
7/4/2017 1:23:00 PM | General, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Women's Volleyball
ABILENE – For the first time in its nearly 50-year history, ACU's Moody Coliseum will feature video boards beginning this fall with the volleyball season. The boards will be hung on both the north and south ends of the coliseum later this summer, well before the first home volleyball match of the season on Sept. 23.
The boards were purchased by ACU Athletics utilizing funds from the new 10-year partnership with IMG College that was signed earlier this year. The boards were purchased from Northwestern University earlier this summer when they were removed from NU's Welsh-Ryan Arena as part of a multi-million dollar renovation to the university's arena in Evanston, Ill.
Moody Coliseum's current scoreboard is a center-hung board that does not have high-definition video capability. The new board will allow ACU to enhance the in-game atmosphere, display instant replay, and increase advertising revenue by showing more dynamic, rotating spots.
"The new video boards will take the atmosphere at Moody to another level," ACU director of athletics Lee De León said. "(Associate director of athletics for internal operations) Drew Long did a great job securing those boards for us through contacts he had from his playing career at Northwestern, and we're excited to add those boards to the coliseum to increase the excitement at our events for both student-athletes and fans."
The Outfront Media video boards were installed in Welsh-Ryan Arena prior to the 2014-15 season and are just three years old. The dimensions are 25 feet wide and will cover 238 square feet on each end of the coliseum. In addition to ACU sporting events (volleyball and men's and women's basketball), the boards can be used for other university events in the coliseum like daily chapel, Summit, graduation and Sing Song.
