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Title: BoK Center LED
Post by: In_Tulsa on July 21, 2011, 12:22:14 PM
Now the the BoK Center is doing so well do you think they will ever get some big LED screens for the outside? I was by the BoK the other night and thought how cool that would look.
Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: dbacks fan on July 21, 2011, 12:25:44 PM
Cue the anti-led billboard light pollution group in 3-2-1.......
Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: Hoss on July 21, 2011, 12:32:27 PM
Quote from: In_Tulsa on July 21, 2011, 12:22:14 PM
Now the the BoK Center is doing so well do you think they will ever get some big LED screens for the outside? I was by the BoK the other night and thought how cool that would look.

They've already got the marquee.  I'm by no means anti light pollution, but I think it would be fairly tacky.  Detracting from what I already see as a very unique building.
Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: carltonplace on July 21, 2011, 02:22:44 PM
Quote from: dbacks fan on July 21, 2011, 12:25:44 PM
Cue the anti-led billboard light pollution group in 3-2-1.......

Patric!!!! Look ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^!!!!!
Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: sgrizzle on July 21, 2011, 02:25:31 PM
One early sketch had an LED screen o the glass wall support (the horizontal-ish line below the glass which is currently covered in steel)

(http://dmbalmanac.com/venuetdd/1741.jpg)

The marquee outside was supposed to be bigger but the sponsor for it was up their neck in asphalt when it came time to make the payment.
Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: Townsend on July 21, 2011, 02:28:44 PM
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Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: we vs us on July 21, 2011, 03:37:29 PM
Quote from: Townsend on July 21, 2011, 02:28:44 PM
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Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: patric on July 21, 2011, 04:13:06 PM
Quote from: In_Tulsa on July 21, 2011, 12:22:14 PM
Now the the BoK Center is doing so well do you think they will ever get some big LED screens for the outside? I was by the BoK the other night and thought how cool that would look.

Give some thought as to how well a hotel or residential building would do with a giant 24/7 video screen right outside the window.
It would be a dealbreaker for anyone wanting a view.

(http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2010/12/14/light-pollution3.jpg)

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/03/18/bright-billboard-battle-intensifies-on-nycs-upper-west-side/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/01/11/mb-billboard-remove-boyd-building-winnipeg.html

Were trying to revitalize downtown, not poison it.
Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: BKDotCom on July 21, 2011, 04:48:35 PM
is there any need or function to adding large video displays to the outside of the arena??
oh.. they could sell advertising on them!   woo hoo.
Do NOT expect to see live coverage of whatever's happening on the inside.

Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: jne on July 21, 2011, 04:55:19 PM
I'd rather see something like this!  I've always thought there was a lot of potential on Boston to do a cool show like this on multiple buildings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0XKmU5hF5s&feature=related
Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: YoungTulsan on July 21, 2011, 05:04:31 PM
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Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: patric on July 21, 2011, 05:07:31 PM
Quote from: jne on July 21, 2011, 04:55:19 PM
I'd rather see something like this!  I've always thought there was a lot of potential on Boston to do a cool show like this on multiple buildings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0XKmU5hF5s&feature=related

That could be a lot of fun in an entertainment district provided it respected a curfew.  It's just that LED billboards here dont.  Tulsa's billboards are brighter and more loosely regulated than what the national sign industry itself recommends, thanks to some council-level shenanigans a few years back.
Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: Townsend on July 21, 2011, 05:11:23 PM
Quote from: YoungTulsan on July 21, 2011, 05:04:31 PM
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I still use the "rods and cones" thing.
Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: patric on July 21, 2011, 05:20:42 PM
Tulsa's just blow you away...
Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: Townsend on July 21, 2011, 05:25:04 PM
Quote from: patric on July 21, 2011, 05:20:42 PM
Tulsa's just blow you away...

The newer one West of the abandoned Safeway off 51 and Denver.  That's a killer.
Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: TheTed on July 21, 2011, 10:47:31 PM
The neon color changing lights on the big glass wall on the south side of the arena are good enough. Nice but not overpowering. I wish they'd fire it up more often, not just for events.
Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: Hoss on July 21, 2011, 11:05:05 PM
Quote from: TheTed on July 21, 2011, 10:47:31 PM
The neon color changing lights on the big glass wall on the south side of the arena are good enough. Nice but not overpowering. I wish they'd fire it up more often, not just for events.

They used to, before they realized how much it was costing them.
Title: Re: BoK Center LED
Post by: patric on July 22, 2011, 12:08:45 AM
Quote from: Hoss on July 21, 2011, 11:05:05 PM
They used to, before they realized how much it was costing them.

As it turns out, even billboards made from "energy saving LEDs" can spin the meter when you start talking thousands of LEDs -- something on the order of 30x the power an average home uses:

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/do-digital-billboards-waste-energy/