Getting a TV that's the right size for your space is essential. But, when your space is a stadium, the bigger the better. By now, you are probably more than familiar with the huge punt-blocking screen in Cowboys Stadium, but it's not the only game in town. Here's a list of other enormous displays we wouldn't mind doing a little gaming on.
Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
Its nickname pretty much sums up why it’s on this list: “Godzillatron”. Joining the new Cowboys stadium as the two objects in Texas astronauts are most likely able to see from space, this screen is mammoth. At 134’ x 55’, this $8 million video board gives people from the Lone Star State one more reason to say: “Everything’s bigger in Texas.”
Game We’d Most Like To Play Here: NCAA Football 2010
Tokyo Racecourse
Photo Courtesy of Engadget.com
You're probably not surprised to see Japan's name on the list. At 218’ x 37’ this is one of the widest screens on this list (and one of the most expensive at $28 million). If we were able to hook up some internet-connectivity, this could be one of the biggest and best screens to play any online-multi-player game.
Game We’d Most Like To Play Here: Halo 3
Yankee Stadium
Photo Courtesy of Yes.mlblogs.com
At 110’ x 60’, this screen is powered by 8,601,600 LED lamps, which makes it uniquely bright and crisp. Baseball fans have been raving about it, especially when they see how beautiful it makes the Kiss Cam look.
Game We’d Most Like To Play Here: MLB 09: The Show
Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium
Photo Courtesy of Daktronics.com
Baseball hasn't been much fun to watch in KC in the past few years, but maybe hooking up Guitar Hero or Rock Band to their 105’ x 85’ display might help put some butts in the seats.
Game We’d Most Like To Play Here: Beatles Rock Band
Land Shark Stadium
Photo Courtesy of Daktronics.com
Once crowned as the largest LED screen in the world (like many on this list) the home of the Dolphins, Marlins and ‘Canes boasts comes in at 138'6" x 48'6".
Game We’d Most Like To Play Here: Madden 10
Great American Ball Park
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This 138’ x 39’ screen in Cincinnati cost 10 million dollars, but judging by the records put together by the Reds, it may have been the best investment they have made in quite some time.
Game We’d Most Like To Play Here: Grand Theft Auto IV
Stade de France
Clocking in at 4220 square feet, this screen is touted as the biggest display in all of Europe. Sounds like the perfect opportunity to bust out our copy of FIFA to us. We could try and sneak some Madden on there, too, but that might not go over so well.
Game We’d Most Like To Play Here: FIFA Soccer 2010
Chase Field
Photo Courtesy of Daktronics.com
Chase field’s biggest attraction is its swimming pool, but the 136’ x 46’ display is noting to splash at.
Game We’d Most Like To Play Here: Call of Duty 4
Harrah’s Atlantic City
You have to wait until night time to make use of it, but Harrah's huge, LED-powered screen is just massive. It reaches 33-stories high, which doesn't give it an optimal aspect ratio for gaming, but it would still have some serious wow-factor.
Game We’d Most Like To Play Here: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010
Dubai’s Podium Tower
Photo Courtesy of ledlightreviews.net
Though it won’t be completed until 2011, this tower with a 33-floor high LED screen is another reason why Dubai is one of the coolest looking places in the world. But just like the Harrah screen, the height could pose a problem to a lot of games out there, so we would stick with a first person shooter or sport game.
Game We’d Most Like To Play Here: Tetris (Great Pick By The Readers!)
New To The List:
Comcast Center
By popular demand we wanted to add the screen in the lobby entrance of the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. The "Comcast Experience" is a 25.4' x 83.3' LED screen that was built in 2008. And from what we can see from some of the video clips the picture looks awesome, but because of the gaps in the screen due to the entry ways, we probably wouldn't want to play any games on it. Still, great find by the readers. Let us know if you have any more you'd like to see added to this list in the comments field.
The giant screen at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia should have been on this list.
Posted by: Archangel | September 17, 2009 at 04:23 PM
The Reds play at Great American Ballpark, not the Bengals
Posted by: Seth | September 17, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Wow aint that the truth!
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Posted by: Tish Jones | September 17, 2009 at 10:51 PM
The Comcast Center in Philly has a nice 10 megapixel screen. Too bad Comcast is evil.
Posted by: Steve | September 17, 2009 at 10:52 PM
comcast tower lobby
http://www.break.com/usercontent/2008/12/comcast-tower-lobby-636771.html
Posted by: Josh | September 17, 2009 at 11:20 PM
tetris
Posted by: bobbery | September 18, 2009 at 02:01 AM
The Image Mill in Quebec City.
http://lacaserne.net/index2.php/other_projects/the_image_mill/
Posted by: Matt | September 18, 2009 at 02:24 AM
what! are you high? The HD screen at Cowboys Stadium is the biggest in the world. It's 160′ by 70′ - 11,000 square feet.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/cowboysstadium/stories/wfaa090521_mo_cowboys.3223683.html
and its already been played on
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/08/who_needs_turf_at_cowboys_stad.php
Posted by: Evan | September 18, 2009 at 02:38 AM
the podium tower would own for tetris. you would have like hours for each piece to figure out a perfect game plan.
Posted by: Jason | September 18, 2009 at 05:59 AM
Awesome screens... oled?
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Posted by: jill | September 18, 2009 at 11:35 AM
Check out 'super screens' at http://victorypark.com, pretty cool setup where a lot of people watch NCAA FB games.
Direct link I think is:
http://www.victorypark.com/SUPERSCREENS/tabid/75/Default.aspx
Posted by: Rob | September 18, 2009 at 11:55 AM
great list, makes sense to use one of these screens when launching a new game to the world! twitter(at)locspoc
Posted by: Adelaide DJ | September 18, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Tetris on the Dubai Tower, heck yea! Thats friggin' genious. Wouldn't mind playin' a little Donkey Kong or the like on it, either. :P
Posted by: gaming mouse | September 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM
What about the Miami Dolsphins HD screen, folks? Nothing to sneeze at in my book.
Posted by: ala | September 21, 2009 at 02:06 PM
How about the Jumbotron at the Rogers Centre (formerly the SkyDome) in Toronto? It measures in at 33 ft (10 m) tall by 110 ft (34 m) wide at a cost of US $17 million.
Posted by: McB | September 21, 2009 at 02:25 PM
You forgot Lucas Oil Stadium has two of the biggest HD screens in the U.S.
Posted by: Andy | September 21, 2009 at 05:21 PM