UA to Renovate the JAR

[akzipper]

From Instagram:

 

Hopefully it doesn't take too long. Technically no games are scheduled for the JAR until the middle of October.  Guess teams will have to find somewhere else to practice for a bit?

Edited September 26, 2017 by akzipper

[Hilltopper]

From today in the JAR lobby.

[Hilltopper]

[Hilltopper]

It should be finished by next Monday.

[zippy5]

Can't wait to see it

[K92]

9 minutes ago, zippy5 said:

Can't wait to see it

Me too.  This is exciting.

[Hilltopper]

All the heavy I-beams have been welded into place and painted. They are needed to support the much larger video board. Now the skeletal structure is being assembled.

Edited September 28, 2017 by Hilltopper

[zippy5]

This is fun. That thing is gonna look huge in the JAR

[Dr Z]

I can see where the ? goes on all four corners!  ?

[K92]

That thing is going to be so sweet,

[clarkwgriswold]

20 hours ago, Hilltopper said:

All the heavy I-beams have been welded into place and painted. They are needed to support the much larger video board. Now the skeletal structure is being assembled.

 

That new floor looks a little rough.

[ZippyRulz]

Ha ha, should slow down the opponents a little. Might get a bad bounce here and there 

[ZZZips]

Scoreboard partially assembled and elevated off the floor. Board can now be lowered and raised to fit the needs of the athletic department.   MBB first practice went off as scheduled.

[LZIp]

thats gonna look sexy.

[Dr Z]

Thanks for taking the time to post @ZZZips ??

[Hilltopper]

[AyYo]

Almost complete!

[pdt1420]

Well that escalated quickly!

 

That thing is massive. 

[clarkwgriswold]

One down side is that the area of the scoreboard you can't see from the top of the bleachers will now be bigger!  I guess I need to break the habit of going all of the way to the top and getting my back to the wall.

[Balsy]

On 8/23/2017 at 8:56 AM, skip-zip said:

The height would be a little bit of an issue.  You'd  have to lower it through a hole in the roof to get it inside anywhere.  That would be fun to watch.  

 

I bet it can be disassembled into parts no?  I don't know much about giant video boards...but I'm assuming it came in parts and was assembled?

[Hilltopper]

They need to relocate some of the hanging banners to keep them from blocking the view from the top rows of the bleachers 

[Blue & Gold]

11 minutes ago, Hilltopper said:

They need to relocate some of the hanging banners to keep them from blocking the view from the top rows of the bleachers 

Is this something they're planning on doing, or is this just something you've noticed & suggest?

[ZippyRulz]

That will be a fun job for someone, programming the scoreboard video for the games.

 

[skip-zip]

5 hours ago, Balsy said:

 

I bet it can be disassembled into parts no?  I don't know much about giant video boards...but I'm assuming it came in parts and was assembled?

 

Actually, I think we learned from this project that the entire construction work, welding, etc. was done right inside the building.  I'm sure I erroneously thought that these things are made somewhere and transported and raised at the facility.  And vice versa with a disassembly.  

[zippy5]

Board is finished and in place.. Looks awesome. Not sure how to link to it as it's on the ZipsMBB instagram story. But if you follow them, give it a look.