The New Scoreboard costs more than Texas Stadium...

[juck]

When fans walk into the new Dallas Cowboys stadium for the first time, one word will pop into their mind when they see the world's largest center-hung scoreboard: Massive.
Stretching roughly from 20-yard line to 20-yard line and suspended 90 feet above the field, the Mitsubishi Diamond Vision scoreboards - one facing each sideline - are inescapable.
"It cost $40 million to build Texas Stadium," the Cowboys' 42-year-old former home in Irving, said Stephen Jones, Dallas Cowboys executive vice president.
At the new Arlington stadium, "the scoreboards alone cost more than $40 million," Jones told an audience at the University of Texas at Arlington's Business Week dinner last month.

Thats crazy stuff there.:laugh2:

 

[TellerMorrow34]

My how times have changed.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

I mean you have to look at the cost ratio now a days.

 

[bbwlover]

I N F L A T I O N

 

[tomson75]

I N F L A T I O N

Cost of a McDonalds Quarter Pounder in 1971 = $.55

Cost of Texas Stadium in 1971 = $35 million

Cost of New Stadium = $1.5 billion


I don't think a Quarter pounder costs $20.42 now....

its a wee bit more than average inflation. IMO, of course. The costs are obviously different, but that margin can't be explained by inflation alone.

 

[big dog cowboy]

"It cost $40 million to build Texas Stadium,"

At the new Arlington stadium, "the scoreboards alone cost more than $40 million,"

Apples and oranges comparison.

Look at house and car prices from then to now for example.

 

[AdamJT13]

According to this inflation calculator, $40 million in 1971 is the equivalent of $209.57 million today.

 

[joseephuss]

Cost of a McDonalds Quarter Pounder in 1971 = $.55

Cost of Texas Stadium in 1971 = $35 million

Cost of New Stadium = $1.5 billion


I don't think a Quarter pounder costs $20.42 now....

its a wee bit more than average inflation. IMO, of course. The costs are obviously different, but that margin can't be explained by inflation alone.

I wonder how much this new state of the art stadium would have cost to build back in 1971. That inflation calculator came up with $290 million dollars.

 

[Hostile]

That is a mind boggling thought to me.

 

[Yeagermeister]

$40 million?????

That's almost as much as Sarge's yearly beer tab


Morning Sarge

 

[hockix]

According to this inflation calculator, $40 million in 1971 is the equivalent of $209.57 million today.

I wish my salary had increased the same...

 

[theebs]

the coolest thing about that scoreboard is that even though its huge, the arches that hold it could also support a 90,000 pound basketball scoreboard.

amazing. Yet people are worried about it falling on the players.

 

[Big Country]

Apples and oranges comparison.

Look at house and car prices from then to now for example.

My father bought a brand new 365 HP Corvette in 1964 for $4000 (which was one tier from the top vette). The fuel injected vette was 375 HP for that year, which was the top dog.

Now they are easily $40,000 for the lowest tier, and depending on other options... the brand new ZR1 supercharged vette goes for six figures now.

 

[AdamJT13]

the coolest thing about that scoreboard is that even though its huge, the arches that hold it could also support a 90,000 pound basketball scoreboard.

amazing. Yet people are worried about it falling on the players.

I think people are more worried about the cables than the arches.

 

[DanTanna]

30 years ago a Jumbo Jack was $1.00. Now it is $1.39. What is this inflation you speak of. I thought it filled balloons.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

30 years ago a Jumbo Jack was $1.00. Now it is $1.39. What is this inflation you speak of. I thought it filled balloons.

Can we keep massage parlor prices out of this thread please?:

 

[Big Country]

Can we keep massage parlor prices out of this thread please?:

:laugh2:

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

My how times have changed.

Yep.

I mean you have to look at the cost ratio now a days.

Nope.

I N F L A T I O N

Nope.






The stadium itself is brick and mortar.

The "scoreboard" represents technology.

 

[juck]

I hope the scoreboard shows 60 yard numbers in our favor consistently.