New video board system being installed at U.S. Cellular Coliseum

Posted on October 7, 2015
Construction crews work on installing the new marquee video board outside the U.S. Cellular Coliseum (Photo by Joe Ragusa/WJBC)
Construction crews work on installing the new marquee video board outside the U.S. Cellular Coliseum (Photo by Joe Ragusa/WJBC)

By Joe Ragusa

BLOOMINGTON – The U.S. Cellular Coliseum is adding some new video boards.

The main video and score board is being replaced, along with the boards that line the interior of the Coliseum and the outdoor marquee.

“There will be some enhancements on the the concourse and suite level as well,” assistant general manager Traci Andracke said. “TVs of a larger size that will have the in-game play as well as different announcements, upcoming events, directional signage, that kind of thing.”

Andracke said the new additions will give the Coliseum a new look.

“They’ll bring us up to 2015 and beyond,” Andracke said.

The boards cost the city of Bloomington $1.4 million. Andracke says the old system was so outdated, they couldn’t even find replacement parts.

Joe Ragusa can be reached at [email protected].

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