DULUTH — Installation of a new video board at Amsoil Arena is ongoing with Minnesota Duluth’s men’s and women’s hockey teams on hiatus for the holidays.
The project began Monday with dismantling of the original, 14-year-old scoreboard that had served Amsoil Arena since it opened in December 2010. The framing of the original scoreboard will remain — the architecture of Amsoil Arena prevents the installation of a larger one — and is being used to house the new, high-resolution video board and its internals.
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A new bottom ring — used for the game time, score, shots, penalties and advertising — is being installed underneath the main video board, replacing the aging original ring.
The new video board is a Daktronics video board, just like the original. The production equipment — which was also 14 years old — used to operate the video board is also being replaced by new equipment.
DECC officials didn’t have an exact timeline on when the project would be completed, however, those working at Amsoil Arena this week were hoping to light up the new video board early next week.
Work will pause over the weekend, and the scoreboard will be lifted, for youth hockey on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday.
DECC executive director Dan Hartman told the News Tribune in August that $800,000 was budgeted for a 10-year-lease of the new video board and production equipment.
The Bulldogs are scheduled to return to the ice at Amsoil Arena right after New Year’s, with the women hosting Syracuse on Jan. 2-3 and the men hosting Alaska on Jan. 3-4.
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