Construction on huge Lambeau video screens on schedule

GREEN BAY -- When it comes to HDTV, the Green Bay Packers say bigger is better. Construction on two huge video screens at Lambeau Field is right on schedule!

The screens are 50 feet high and twice as long. "There are no finer scoreboards in the country," Packers VP of Sales and Marketing Tim Connolly said. "I think people are going to be blown away," Kregg Shilbauer with Made Ya Look Productions said.

The screens are as big as 1,100 40-inch flat screens glued together, on each end of the stadium!

There's more to the Lambeau Field construction project than big screen TVs. The Lambeau Field production crew is getting a serious upgrade -- eight new HD cameras, eight feeds from the networks, and 12 different angles will be able to show replays instantly.

"With the added cameras it's really going to give the fan a totally different look at game day, when you're sitting in the stands," Shilbauer said.

When a play gets reviewed, the NFL will allow the big screens to show just what the referee is looking at under the hood. "What did he see that we're not seeing? I think it's going to give you an opportunity as a fan to go 'oh, that's what he saw,'" Shilbauer said.

The smaller side boards will show messages, advertisements and action from around the league. "We can have the big board focus on the game and have the auxiliary boards bringing highlights, leading rushers, leading passers and all the fantasy stats that people like," Connolly said.

Construction in the north end zone should be complete in three weeks. Crews hope to finish the south end zone in time for the shareholders meeting on July 24th. "We're looking forward to looking at their faces when they see that board. It's 1080. It's as good as it gets," Connolly said.

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