[News] Saddledome getting a 3.75x bigger Jumbotron

[Bubba17]

"Flames getting a new scoreboard".
DP:
- yeah but XYZ has bigger one
- false advertising, make the old one smaller so the new one looks way bigger

Can you just enjoy the fact they are getting a larger one for the OLD rink and will probably get one of the really big ones when the new rink is done.

[woolymammoth]

Link to flames website on the Twitter post directly says the Event center will be getting another new one designed specifically for it

[TheIronMaiden]

I wonder if these capital expenses are a because the Flames don't expect to pay up to the salary cap the next few seasons.

[Lewis_D]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Considering this is for the saddledome , they should have saved money and bought one off of Facebook marketplace.

Who knows, maybe when it's time to move they'll sell this one on facebook marketplace. Keep your eyes out if you're in the market for a lightly used jumbotron around that time.

[CSharp]

Maybe the Flames organization thinks this might be part of the cap space for the next few years until both the rebuild and new arena is completed.

[dino7c]

There are more than the Flames at the dome

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Circa89

I didnt think the Saddledome roof was structurally sound enough to increase the weight of the scoreboard... does this mean they are going to intentionally collapse the roof in order to kick start the rebuild? hahaha

Insurance. I guess we know how the Flames and the City finally closed that budgeting gap.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by jmerkel3d

I know the numbers are there. I just mean purely from a visual standpoint, they shrink it down before expanding it to accentuate the size difference. It's just a visual trick to make it more impactful visually, that's all.

I'm in marketing and animation so obvious perception manipulations are just super obvious to me, not a big deal


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If you are in marketing, you probably know that this was actually done because someone wanted it to be “more dramatic” or “flashier” and misleading people about the size never actually crossed anyone’s mind. The only real point of reference, which is the circle top, stays the same size, and they have all the numbers. Who do you think they are trying to mislead and for what purpose?

If you are in marketing, and your first assumption was that this was done to mislead people… I don’t know man, maybe you’re doing the wrong kind of marketing lol.

[Press Level]

Size matters.

[Circa89]

Originally Posted by sleepingmoose

nothing beats the og

yaaaahoooooooo!!!!!

[jmerkel3d]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

If you are in marketing, you probably know that this was actually done because someone wanted it to be “more dramatic” or “flashier” and misleading people about the size never actually crossed anyone’s mind. The only real point of reference, which is the circle top, stays the same size, and they have all the numbers. Who do you think they are trying to mislead and for what purpose?



If you are in marketing, and your first assumption was that this was done to mislead people… I don’t know man, maybe you’re doing the wrong kind of marketing lol.

You're totally right about "jazzing it up," and that was my point - that it was necessary. Like I said, these things stick out to me and was just pointing it out because it's an obvious tactic to make things seem more impactful than they may be in their own. I don't think there's anything nefarious here, and certainly didn't suggest so, just little subtleties like this that don't register to most people - but are more "felt" - are interesting to me and maybe to others who work in design or animation, if that's not you then totally cool!

While I may shave some issues with the Flames marketing and PR, this doesn't qualify as one of them

Don't get me wrong, a bigger scoreboard is cool, but I think the Flames could invest much more into other areas of their in-game experience that could maybe be more impactful.





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[Zary's-Mustache]

This amounts to about pennies on Murray edwards stock. About time he got off his wallet.

[EVERLAST]

Yeah but the oilers are gonna cone back and complete thr reverse sweep

[RoadGame]

Originally Posted by sleepingmoose

Nothing beats the OG

Had this same sentiment reading through the thread. Maybe this is just human nature for some middle-aged people or something, but having a bigger primary screen surface or whatever leaves me totally unmoved. The only part about the new current jumbotron that makes me happy is when I see a rendering of the old-style "8 bit" cowboy shouting Yahoo! after a goal.

In a world where retro can be cool, I'd honestly have no problem if the OG still hung from the rafters. Objectively my opinion is kind of rediculous and of course technology moves on, younger fans have no nostalgia for the '80s like I do, etc. etc. but yeah the jumbotron is not part of the fan experience I have any issue with.

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Whoa. Looks cool!

Will it still shoot fire?

Yup, and lightning bolts from its arse

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by jmerkel3d

Don't get me wrong, a bigger scoreboard is cool, but I think the Flames could invest much more into other areas of their in-game experience that could maybe be more impactful.

We’ll just have to hope everything is magically fixed with the new arena.

Because yeah, woof, I don’t know if the in-game experience feels any better (or even different) than it did 15 years ago.

[jmerkel3d]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

We’ll just have to hope everything is magically fixed with the new arena.



Because yeah, woof, I don’t know if the in-game experience feels any better (or even different) than it did 15 years ago.

Right? I've been lucky to go to a lot of games in the past few years and they really haven't done much to switch things up or make it more interesting, beyond the usual carousel of sponsors with different gimmicky segments throughout. Even my gf, who is not a fan at all, remarked on how stale the experience is (outside of the hockey which she really enjoyed!).

But I'm very much with you, I'm really hoping they revamp everything for the new arena - and I don't see how they don't - because things are pretty stale right now, especially if you compare to, say, a Raptors game or even another NHL team like Nashville or Vegas. The Dome atmosphere has not been very electric for a long time (outside of playoffs) and it just feels like there's no sense of urgency to modernize it or update it. Who knows, maybe the bigger screen is the first domino, but I doubt it.

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[Johnny Makarov]

So no more concerts in the Dome?

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Are they still rocking the CRT big screens (or whatever they were) in the nose bleeds?

They replaced those a few years back with bigger/better brighter screens.

Which is good, because the first few rows of the bleeds could see the old screen. This one looks like it will be too high up, so the bleeds will no longer be able to see the whole replay screen at all.

[Since1984]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

So no more concerts in the Dome?

The new scoreboard will be the same weight if not lighter than the existing Jumbotron.