Kickers
State-of-the-art LED scoreboard installed at City Stadium to enhance fan experience
Fans will enjoy high-definition replay, interactive activities, animated graphics, fan cams, and other visual information and displays to amplify the matchday experience. The board will allow for numerous new community events at City Stadium as well, including viewing parties for the FIFA World Cup 26 and other major tournaments.
22 Holdings, LLC, the ownership group for the Richmond Kickers and Ivy Soccer Clubs, in conjunction with the RVA Sports Foundation announced this week the addition of City Stadium’s new state-of-the-art video scoreboard. The video scoreboard was privately funded, and the installation is tentatively scheduled to finish ahead of the Kickers’ home match on Thursday, Aug. 29th.
The new video scoreboard measures 65.62 feet wide by 35.43 feet tall – 40 percent larger than the current scoreboard size – with a 10 mm LED display with nearly 2.2 million pixels offering a picture quality greater than full high definition (FHD). It will offer fans a top-flight viewing experience at Kickers and Ivy home matches as well as the over 150 events hosted at City Stadium per year.
Fans will enjoy high-definition replay, interactive activities, animated graphics, fan cams, and other visual information and displays to amplify the matchday experience. The board will allow for numerous new community events at City Stadium as well, including viewing parties for the FIFA World Cup 26 and other major tournaments.
PlainView LED, digital signage experts based out of Chattanooga, Tenn., worked with the club to replace the existing scoreboard installed in 1994 and continue modernizing City Stadium. PlainView LED previously worked with Chattanooga Red Wolves SC of USL League One and Fort Wayne FC of USL League Two.
The addition of the video scoreboard marks the next major renovation at City Stadium made by the club since signing a 40-year lease in 2016. The club previously installed new stadium lighting, a new sound system, fiber internet, and a new field irrigation system in 2020.
Since 2019, 22 Holdings LLC has invested over $4 million into modernizing City Stadium, originally built in 1929.
More upgrades to the concourse continued in the following years with new premium seating areas including the pitchside patio and buffet, expanded South End Suites, Roos Brews Zone, as well as additional food and beverage points of sales with bars featuring local breweries.
