Andy Sheehan from KDKA-TV took a tour of Consol Energy Center today. Nice timing for him as we were running some game video from Game 1 (the tape of Game 2 was mysteriously lost) on the screens.
This is also the first look at the scoring matrix above the main display. This is a 5×25 screen that we’ll put time, scoring, and penalty info. Of course at Mellon Arena, we display that information with a Lite Brite.
The Penguins web header and Mitsubishi Electric logos are just coming off of a laptop, since we don’t have the control software in yet.
As a reminder, it wasmuggy this morning and my hair was wet for about 4 hours. Also, the camera adds 15 pounds and it was a 5 camera shoot. Sheesh. Eat a salad, Chris.
Photo gallery coming on pittsburghpenguins.com later, but here’s a nice hi-res still image to hold you over.
What's going into the corners between the video boards? Is it just advertising space or will there be angeled matrix/led board that could display stats?
I think seeing someone standing right by the screen with it on has finally give me an appreciation of the size. The guy in the hard hat looks like he's going to be crushed by Gonchar's stick.
Thanks
Kent
Kent: I'm not speaking for Chris, but from the rendering during the KDKA video, it looks like it's going to be a static advertising board. It didn't look like a moving or animated board.
Actually, it's just going to be black. The animation that we gave KDKA had CONSOL there, but that was an early rendering. As it stands now, just black.
That was Andy Sheehan standing in front of the screen. It was a fun visual.