Pics of New Scoreboard

[jocoshock]

i'm sure somebody has thought of this but if the roof gets a half inch of ice and five inches of snow....is it going to collapse with that giant scoreboard?

Another reason to fire Eric Sexton.... j/k...

[Ricardo del Rio]

In short, no.

Load Ratings have safety factors built in. So for instance, a bridge could hold 8000 lbs before collapsing, and with a safety factor of 4, they give it a load rating of 2000lbs. I'm in a much different field, so I don't know what safety factor is common in buildings, but I'd guess it's at least 2.

Conventional safety factor for structural steel in commercial buildings is 3.0.

When Koch was constructed, it would not surprise me, if the design safety factor was 5.0. Structural engineers will get very conservative in structures like Koch. Nothing will put a firm out of business faster than a roof collapse.

There is a well known, local structural engineer, who has the reputation of over designing structures. He once commented to me, "I like to sleep at night."

[fastbow]

If we keep up this run, we're going to need a roof redesign. Those banners can get heavy fast...

[bighouse]

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...sneak peek into the almost finished locker room.

[bighouse]

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And one of Cle from this years video. (I guess it fits the thread, I can see the scoreboard in the background.)

[MadaboutWu]

That is sweet. Gives me goose bumps. Let's get ready to rumble.

[Snapshot9]

That is one awesome Scoreboard!!! It definately picked up some bling! I don't know how a new recruit could not be impressed with Charles Koch arena...

[Metalkatz]

This is pretty cool as well http://instagram.com/p/dSUSiTrWKU/#

[ShockBand]

Oh, if only we could play this on the big board before a game:

[RoyalShock]

Oh, if only we could play this on the big board before a game:

That was my wife's favorite video at her previous job. (One of her bosses and a couple of co-workers were major douchenozzles.)

[SubGod22]

Lord knows I've felt that way at work...

[KC Shox]

Was a ribbon board supposed to be in the works too? Or am I misinformed?

[pogo]

I believe the ribbon is at the top and bottom of the new scoreboard and not around the arena.

[Wuzee]

There are ribbons on the scoreboard but also a "faux ribbon" around the arena. The ad spaces above the entrances have been replaced by video screens that can be run as individual screens or in coordination, like a ribbon.

That's going to be a huge boon for advertising, because they can cycle through a series of ads in those locations instead of a single painted sign.

[bighouse]

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Picture of the finished locker room from John Robert Simons twitter.....awesome.