Michigan: New stadium videoboards should make for 'better fan experience'

Ann Arbor — Technology evolves quickly and what’s new often becomes archaic quickly. Such was the issue with Michigan Stadium’s two previous videoboards that were updated in 2011.

Replacement parts were becoming difficult, if not impossible, to locate and conversations began about four years ago to determine what’s next for the boards that are located opposite each other in the North and South end zones. In spring 2022, the University of Michigan Regents approved a $41 million project that included $12 million to replace the videoboards and another $12 million for the infrastructure to construct them.

The biggest college stadium has added enormous videoboards that will be functional for the…