Pinnacle Bank Arena gets a $10 million upgrade to boost fan experience
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Pinnacle Bank Arena on Tuesday showcased its first major additions since its opening in 2013.
“We want to keep pushing forward, and that takes investment,” general manager Tim Savona said.
The biggest addition, literally, was a massive center scoreboard upgrade.
The new scoreboard is more than 12 feet taller than the previous one, now totaling at 37 feet, 6 inches tall and 32 feet, 6 inches wide.
Not only did it get bigger, but the pixels increased from 6.5 million to 29.9 million.
The ribbon screen that wraps around the arena also got half a foot taller and doubled in pixels to 2.6 million.
The two screens alone cost nearly $5 million.
PBA also recognized the poor network signals for Wi-Fi and cellular in the arena and addressed that problem.
All over the arena, 350 new Wi-Fi access points have been added, including under the seats.
To complement the new access points, what was previously a 2-gigabyte fiber pipe has been upped to 10 gigabytes.
Additionally, some new LED red, blue and green lights have been mounted around the outside roof of the stadium to make it glow.
All in all, the whole project came in at around $10 million, which came from the West Haymarket Joint Public Agency.
Savona said Lincolnites can expect more to come in the next few years.
“We want to maintain a state-of-the-art, first-class facility that the patrons, the artists and the athletes can come to enjoy and be proud of, and the city of Lincoln and our community can benefit from,” Savona said.
