The Baltimore Ravens Thursday unveiled the high definition replacements to M&T Bank Stadium’s 24-by-100 foot video screens. In addition to sharper images on the two boards, Ravens fans can count on seeing action from other games via the NFL RedZone Channel. So too will it be available on 500 new standard-sized flatscreen TVs that have been placed throughout the stadium.
The Ravens Want Their Fans To Be Abreast Of League Action
With the RedZone channel being made available to cell phone users beginning next season, it makes sense for the Ravens (or any other team, for that matter) to make it easy for fans to get updates on other games, rather than have them digging in their pocket for their phones to see an out-of-town score. One commonly made argument in favor of staying home and watching football on TV is that it’s much easier to keep track of the full slate of NFL action. And this serves to blunt that claim to some extent.
It will be interesting, however, to see whether the Ravens plan on selectively shutting off the feature. The last thing they would probably want is for the crowd to go into an uproar while the Ravens are about to snap the ball because the video screen just showed another team scoring against the Steelers.
According the National Football Post, the two new video screens cost $7 million, which was paid for jointly by the Ravens and the Maryland Stadium Authority. The screens will make their debut this weekend at the NCAA lacrosse championships.
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