Replacing the existing 13-foot-by-32-foot scoreboard—which stands 19 feet 7 inches—will be a 36-foot 10-inch-by-60-foot video scoreboard with full LED matrix display. The video screen will be 16 feet 3 inches by 28 feet 10 inches.
The cost of the new scoreboard is $459,910 and will be constructed and installed by Spectrum, a scoreboard and electronic display company based in Houston. Spectrum installed the current scoreboard at Henry Winston Stadium in September 2003 and has constructed video scoreboards for Pearland, Alvin, Goose Creek and Dickinson ISDs.
FISD plans to pay off the initial cost of the new scoreboard in five years. Texan Bank approached the district with a $100,000, one-time payment offer for premier sponsorship rights for the life of the board—which could be up to 30 years, FISD Deputy Superintendent Thad Roher said at the meeting. The bank's name will rest under a top arch that will display the stadium's name.
The remaining balance of the nearly $460,000 pricetag will be raised through advertising, officials said. The scoreboard features four panel spots for advertisements as well as two spaces that will rotate video ads. Initially, FISD will use money from the general fund and replenish it when revenue begins accruing. District officials project approximately $450,000 in revenue over the life of the board.
The district plans to have the new scoreboard built and operational by the start of the 2015-16 school year.
Meetings
Friendswood ISD school board
5:45 p.m. April 13
302 Laurel Drive, Friendswood
281-248-1267
www.myfisd.com
