Charlotte Bobcats Arena Scoreboard

What

The Charlotte Bobcats Arena scoreboard is the largest scoreboard in any indoor entertainment venue in the country and features the largest video screen in use in any NBA facility. Full-screen LED technology allows an unlimited configuration of live and recorded video, scores, animation and graphics. And a unique, three-dimensional backlit cityscape above the scoreboard features the Charlotte skyline and uses a 360-degree projection system that allows the skyline to change and feature graphics such as airplanes and fireworks and night-time or daytime skies.

The scoreboard:

• is 38-feet-high by 36-feet-wide
• features four 16-foot-high by 28-foot-long LED video screens
• weighs 80,000 pounds

Fascia displays on the upper and lower levels are:

• Lower Level: Fascia display is three-feet-high by 945-feet-long and surrounds the circular perimeter of the lower seating bowl
• Upper Level: Two 2.5-feet-high by 160-feet-wide fascia displays run parallel to the basketball court sidelines

How

The center-hung video display and scoreboard was designed as part of what is the most technologically advanced scoreboard and sound system in the country. Standard scoreboards have typically featured fixed digital displays surrounding an LED screen averaging 16 feet high by nine feet wide; the Charlotte Bobcats Arena scoreboard video screen is almost four times that size with no fixed digital displays.

Who

The scoreboard was based upon an original concept from Barry Silberman, arena COO and designed by Spurgeon Design Group, experts in lighting, video, sound, and sets for Broadway shows, themed venues, and Las Vegas theatrical extravaganzas. Most of the board, including the LED video portions, was manufactured by Daktronics, who has built scoreboards for some of the most recognizable sports facilities in the country.