BOULDER, Colo. — After selling out every home football game for the first time ever, the Colorado Buffaloes will build a new video board.
CU Athletic Director Rick George said Wednesday that the program will begin construction on the new video board on the south end of Folsom Field that will be ready for the 2024 season.
Colorado said the new video board will be more than five times the surface area of the old board.
The video board will also go from being one of the smallest in the Power 5 conferences to above the national average of all schools within those conferences.
"Enhancing the atmosphere of Folsom Field on game day is always a top priority, and we are always looking for ways to improve," George said. "I’m confident this new video board will further enrich and elevate the game day experience for our fans next year in our first season in the Big 12 Conference."
The new board will measure 130 feet wide by 36 feet high, 8 feet taller than the current board and 98 feet wider, or about the same width of the ribbon board under the current video board, which measures 32 feet by 28 feet.
Construction will begin in January and is expected to be finished for CU’s season opener Aug. 31, 2024, against North Dakota State. CU said funding is ongoing for the project and interested fans can donate online to the project.
CU said the majority of the approximately $15 million project will go into the steel infrastructure to support the video board, which will include four columns running from the bottom of the video board to the ground around the south side of the stadium.
The ribbon board below the video board will also be significantly expanded, stretching from the north end of the club level on the east side around the bowl to Balch Fieldhouse on the southwest side, over 1,000 feet from the top of section 203 to the top of section 220.
Colorado head coach Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes play their final home game of the 2023 season this Saturday. The Buffaloes (4-5) host the Arizona Wildcats (6-3) in Boulder. Saturday's game will kickoff at noon.
The game is the final home game of the season at Folsom Field, which is celebrating its 100th season. In September, Colorado announced it had sold out all its home football games for the first time ever.
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