Auburn to Pay $13.9M for Largest College Scoreboard

Auburn University will spend $13.9 million for what it says will be the largest scoreboard in higher education. The new display area on the scoreboard will measure 190 feet by 57 feet, compared to the current 71 feet by 28.5. The image at right shows how large the new scoreboard (shaded area) will be, compared to the current one. Al.com did an analysis of how Auburn's new scoreboard will compare with existing, smaller ones. Auburn fans will have 10,830 square feet of scoreboard, compared to 7,661 at Texas A&M and 7,370 at the University of Texas at Austin.