Jumbotrons, etc

[emmadawg]

why the hell can't we have something updated --- i'm sick of Telesouth - (owned by Olemiss alums) giving them everything!

<div class="BlogMain_EntryTitle"> About Jumbotrons... </div> <div class="BlogMain_EntryDate"> Posted 4/18/2008 2:27 PM CDT <span id="SiteAttributionActivity" class="BlogPostContent_SiteAttribution">on clarionledger.com</span> </div> <div class="BlogMain_EntryContent" id="postBody">

Just got off the phone with Ole Miss AD Pete Boone and director of finance John Hartwell. Here's what they had to say about the new Jumbotron that's supposed to replace the old one at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium:</p>

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It will be big: The actual screen is 84 feet wide by 48 feet tall and it's supposed to be HD quality. Also included in the construction is a new sound system and a screen on the back side of the structure that will list upcoming events, etc...</p>

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The cost: Hartwell said four bids have been submitted for the project, ranging from 5.2 million to 7.7 million. Hartwell and Boone said the winning bid would be chosen on Wednesday.</p>

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Who's paying: TeleSouth, which is paying for this in exchange for a media rights package at Ole Miss.</p>

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When will it be done: Hartwell said construction would take about two months. If all goes well, it could be done by mid-July so that tests could be run to make sure everything's right by the opening football game.
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[BigMotherTucker]

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When will it be done: Hartwell said construction would take about two months. If all goes well, it could be done by mid-July so that tests could be run to make sure everything's right by the opening football game.
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This season? I thought we were suppose to have ours first.. Right?

/Paging BigErn </p>

 

[SnakePlissken]

until at least 2009 or 2010. There has been ZERO comments about improvements to any of our athletic facilities in any form or fashion from the administration. The only comments we've had in the last 6 months have been that there has been "quiet period", or whatever they called it, fund raising campaign for a basketball practice facility. If we were looking to get a new jumbotron you would have heard something by now from the school.

 

[Homer J Simpon IV]

Hell, we're sick of Telesouth too. It may be owned by Ole Miss alums, but those alums used friendly administrative connections to basstape us on money owed for broadcast rights. They pocketed millions, while Ole Miss got screwed.

A couple of years ago it all came to light, and we got a "new contract," that in essence basstapes us again, but with lube this time, I guess.

 

[FlabLoser]

Our TV not only sucks, it looks awful and is inconstant disrepair. It is obsolete and replacement parts are bought used on the second hand market. No ****.

 

[Mutt the Hoople.buhoops]

...and he'll spring for new crappy speakers as soon as he can figure out a way to get a huge tax deduction out of it.

 

[Ole Miss Grad]

'Owned by Ole Miss Alums"

You might want to check on that.

He is not an Alum.....in fact, you might want to look into where he went to school and how much he's donated to MSU.....and who owned Dawg's Bite too.</p>