The Flames announced Thursday that the jumbotron will be replaced prior to the 2024-25 season
The next time that Nazem Kadri scores a highlight-reel goal, Dustin Wolf makes a jaw-dropping save, Martin Pospisil delivers a bone-crunching hit or MacKenzie Weegar drops for a gutsy shot-block, you won’t be squinting to watch the replay at the Saddledome.
The Flames announced Thursday that the jumbotron will be replaced prior to the 2024-25 season. The new state-of-the-art model — in partnership with the broadcast rights holder, it will be known as the Sportsnet Scoreboard — is nearly four times larger than what was previously hanging above centre ice, with the primary video surface growing from 576 square feet to 2,160 square feet. The four main screens will each measure 30 feet high and 18 feet wide.
The soon-to-be-installed scoreboard will also feature an upper LED halo ring with a 40-foot circumference.
As the Flames put it in Thursday’s release: “Before the move to the new event centre, this technology will continue our commitment to elevate the fan experience at Scotiabank Saddledome for all sports fans in Calgary. A new centre-hung scoreboard will be designed specifically for the new event centre.”
The current scoreboard at the Saddledome dates to December 2006, although some of the electronics needed to be replaced as part of the clean-up after the flood in 2013.