Take a lesson HSBC Arena!

August 24th, 2007 NHL venues, Sabres

Another peer venue is getting the full state of the art scoreboard and electronic amenity upgrade, this time Washington, D.C.’s Verizon Center. From reading the specs it looks to me like this whole set up wll be amazing and breathtaking.

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Meanwhile, here in Buffalo we soldier on with this tinkertoy at HSBC Arena, manufactured by Sony Jumbotron, a company which no longer even makes scoreboards. Yes, when the arena opened in 1996 our scoreboard earned oohs and aahs and accolades. Today it is just a quaint old relic, kind of like that 5 foot boxy big screen TV which you tucked into the basement years ago in favor of the snazzy new wall hung plasma.

I spoke to Sabres Managing Partner Larry Quinn early last season about plans for a replacement scoreboard, and he assured me that the thought process was well underway for not only a new video board but a complete overhaul of the arena’s sound system. 2008-09 seemed to be the target.

I’ll be seeing Larry around the arena once training camp gets underway. I will certainly share the news from D.C. with him at that time.

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2 Responses to “Take a lesson HSBC Arena!”

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    Alex Says:
    August 25th, 2007 at 12:41 pm

    Wow that is one dramatic picture! When did that happen? Did the scorebaord actually come crashing down?

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    Peter Farrell Says:
    August 25th, 2007 at 4:04 pm

    Alex, that took place just weeks after the arena opened in 1996. Can’t remember the exact date offhand.

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