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Stadium Guide:

CAPACITY: 73,800
LUXURY BOXES: 76 Dugout Suites; 88 boxes at club level.
(Dugout Suites added in 1999)

Construction Started: 4/4/72
Area Covering: 113 acres
Officially Opened: 8/17/73
Field Level: 50 ft. below ground level
Cost: $22 million
Upper Deck: 60 ft. above ground level
Surface: AstroTurf 12
Concession Stands: 42 outlets
Crown of Turf: 9 inches
Restrooms: 127 locations
Drainage: Subsurface pipes
Parking Facilities: 12,000 cars, 300 buses & 250 campers
Current Surface Installed: 2000
Stadium Lighting: sideline, 180 ft. candles; mid-field, 300 ft. candles
Cost: $1.3 million
1st Regular Season Game: Bills 9, Jets 7 (9/30/73)
Largest Crowd: 80,368 vs. Miami, 10/4/92.


SONY JUMBOTRON VIDEOBOARD:

  • Largest SONY JumboTron in the United States
  • Construction Started: 6/15/94
  • Cost: $5.7 Million
  • First Game Utilized: 8/8/94 vs. Washington
  • Size: 31.5 feet by 41.5 feet
  • Light Emitting Elements: 278,784
  • Number of Operators: 11 video technicians
  • Capabilities: full-color instant replay, live action shots, crowd shots, out-of-town highlights, and various in-stadium shots from cameras exclusive to videoboard usage.
DAKTRONICS SCOREBOARD
The black and white Daktronic Scoreboard is a matrix system designed to compliment the SONY JumboTron Videoboard. It is a digit scoreboard system, operated by a series of computers, that enables you to place numbers or letters anywhere within the board.

It requires a minimum of 3 computer operators. It is also capable of displaying such information as down and distance, game score, statistics, out-of-town scores and animations.

Six independent boards make up the Daktronics system. The Game-in-Progress board measures 8' x 39' with 17,024 lamps. The Out-of-Town board measures 8' x 22' with 9,856 lamps. Two of the sideline boards measure 4' x 40' with 2,560 lamps per unit. The two additional sideline boards measure 4' x 52' with 3,328 lamps per unit.


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