The big screen

[wallpaperman]

I’ve been to a lot of baseball games in the States, the big screens can be great, particularly in baseball where there are lots of breaks in play.

However, i’m quite surprised that not so long ago many people got bent out of shape at the thought of spending £1 million on a full size indoor pitch at East Mains, yet this seems to have great support.

I get that it might generate some additional advertising revenues, but even so.....

[Kato]

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If the screen is not showing replays of contentious decisions from the current match or action replays of goals just scored then it is utterly pointless. All other things people have suggested it could show are all available on your handheld smart phone. Advertising you say. If it brings money in that will make it pay for itself then fair enough. Otherwise it offers no real justifiable value.

How much will the screen cost? What's the operating outlay?

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[Kojock]

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How much will the screen cost? What's the operating outlay?

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I have absolutely no idea but I think Ron would’ve done a feasibility study and know exactly how much it is costing.

[The 90+2]

Happy Birthday messages with pics for the kids @ £30/40 a pop £10k + a season easily and that’s just basic standard ****.

[Hibbyradge]

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Would rather go back to the cave, pre seating. Bring back the slope and Turnbull's Tornadoes.

Glad I'm an auld git, don't want to watch inside a giant pinball machine.

Most of the state of the art English stadia, screens, beer, et al, are soulless bunkers with less atmosphere than the moon.

However, I do get that I'll be in a minority and probably rightly so.

I wouldn't have given the away fans those bloody waterproof ponchos either.

Adding a screen and the digital ribbons may not be your first choice, but they aren't going to detract from the current atmosphere.

If you're happy with it now, you'll be at least as happy next season.

[Hibbyradge]

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Exactly my thoughts.

Would be funny if the top league insisted you had to have one for VAR decisions to show up on. Should it ever happen obviously.

Man United use VAR obviously, but they don't have a big screen.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

Are some folks forgetting this is a businessman and a US businessman at the that? He’s not come in all gung-ho.

He might even know a thing or two about the power of moving image but if not (!) he’s got US counterparts who are successful in the game.

Who knows the combo of the big screen and smart phones might be a powerful one... man of the match? make it interactive. Hook people on to the screen and give then competition/promo codes vouchers into their Apple wallet to use at partners sites/stores.

[Bristolhibby]

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Good question. But it's called a diddler in our house. Or a zap.

You know when you're watching a south American game and the director keeps panning out to pretty girls in the crowd, or random directors up in the box instead of watching the game on the pitch?

Clicker or remote in ours.

J

[Viva_Palmeiras]

How much does Vue at Omni/Ocean terminal (Porta!) charge for force people to sit through their adds? And how many punters do they reach?

[WoreTheGreen]

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Clicker or remote in ours.

J

Big finger in mine

[lyonhibs]

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Revenue generating advertisements
Match highlights
Iconic moments from Hibs history
birthday messages and announcements (offer a package where you can pay a fee and have a couple of players record the message and it’s played in the stadium at half-time)
Interaction with fans, have them tweet or text messages during the game that could be displayed on it.
competitions or entertainment with the fans, kiss-cams or putting the cameras on kids in the stands and offer a prize for the best dancer.
Videos of our mascot doing daft, entertaining stuff or pulling pranks like you see with NBA and NFL mascots.
Team line ups and substitutions with pictures or GIFS of the players involved in which dafties like Boyle will be doing something funny
Song lyrics

Just off the top of my head

I'm decidedly pro Ron Gordon and his investment plans and I'm sure his vision for the club and ER on match days is keeping in line with the fact that we're a Scottish football club of some 145 years standing not an entertainment franchise born the day before yesterday.

From "kiss cams" onwards in the quoted post would be far too far down the "americanisation" route for my liking

[KingPat4]

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It’s about attracting new fans to the club. Ron probably realises that we have exhausted the grumpy old men market in that respect.


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I can't deny it. Ive turned into Grumpy Gibby the North Stand Hibby.


Gie the baw tae Reilly!

[Renfrew_Hibby]

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Man United use VAR obviously, but they don't have a big screen.

No but they do have high quality smaller digital scoreboards in each corner of the ground which relay any VAR outcomes.

This would be mandatory in the Premiership.

[HFC93]

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If Ron wanted to divert our attention from the important things about his vision for the club, then he's played a blinder.

A big screen?


Jaysus.

To be fair, he covered loads last night. A lot of it with substance. Folk are just having a bit of fun the big screen stuff.

[Sudds_1]

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Its a matter of regret that this 'big screen' is going to render redundant all those fascinating 'Fill In The Corners FFS Petrie!' threads on here. For shame.

Unless we have 4 big screens😇

[MyJo]

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I'm decidedly pro Ron Gordon and his investment plans and I'm sure his vision for the club and ER on match days is keeping in line with the fact that we're a Scottish football club of some 145 years standing not an entertainment franchise born the day before yesterday.

From "kiss cams" onwards in the quoted post would be far too far down the "americanisation" route for my liking

Some of the baseball teams in America are over 100 years old and generating more money than our entire league, old-firm included. That sort of stuff is good enough for them.

We're also trying to attract younger people to the club and they see all that kind of stuff on social media and the telly so incorporating that into the matchday experience might be the difference in getting them to Easter Road rather than sitting at home watching teams from other countries on the telly.

Or maybe we should just tell them to go to the cinema if they want to be entertained......that's worked well for us in the past

[Hibby70]

Just think when we play The Rangers we can zoom in on "neanderthal of the week".

[hfc rd]

I presume you won’t be able to see the screen if you bought a ticket in upper East Section 45?

[NAE NOOKIE]

It has to be situated between the east and south, coz if you put it between the FF and East only the west will have a good view of it. It seems wherever it goes the east is gonna be the stand that suffers and whatever happens the west will be in prime position, for obvious reasons though.

The best place for it would be slung under the roof of the south right at the front, or perhaps on top of it

[hibbyfraelibby]

Slap bang behind the goals in the South sounds like the right place to me. Hang it from the roof and give the uglies a good old expensive restricted view of the wiring.

[Ozyhibby]

I sit in the east and I can see the wall that the screen will presumably go on no bother so I imagine it will only be parts of the east that can’t see it.


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[Billy Whizz]

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I sit in the east and I can see the wall that the screen will presumably go on no bother so I imagine it will only be parts of the east that can’t see it.


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Why not put it in the South, then everyone can see it?

[bod]

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I heard it won’t play any video as such and will be static content.

So plenty of pictures of Hibs players but none of them actually scoring a goal.

It’s also going to have one of those levers/stand that push it out from the base and angle it towards certain bit of the ground. Like some people have at home but a bit bigger.

So it’s no a tv screen just a big picture frame ?

[Greentinted]

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Used to love reading the HIBS line up in the reserve league:

Newman Trialist and Newman A N Other Trialist and Newman Davidson Junior Blair Trialist and Newman

I often used to think ‘what if some trialist’s name actually was Newman?’

[Hibee Mac]

It's going in the corner at an angle, everyone will see it. There will be better and worse places to see it, but you will see it.

It also has to go in the corner of East and South no question, therefore giving the "best" views to all home stands. Would be stupid to put it next to the FF and give the 20 Ross county away fans prime viewing.

I'm all for us modernising the stadium, looking forward to it.

[SquashedFrogg]

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Between East and South I believe.

Baws. I might need to move now for a better view. Fancy the FFL all of a sudden 😀

[Since452]

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Baws. I might need to move now for a better view. Fancy the FFL all of a sudden 😀

Complaint in

[SquashedFrogg]

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Complaint in

Haha

Although the East stand gets the remote control 👌😀

[atomant]

With the imminent "Americanisation" of the club, I'm looking forward to the barbecues in the car park..

[atomant]

And cheerleaders!!!!