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Bye, bye old jumbotron!

There were many rumors last season that the Colorado Avalanche and other teams based in Pepsi Center were going to install a new jumbotron for the 2013/14 season. The installation should be part of many upgrades on the list for the arena which also includes a better sound system and leather seats in the lower level.

The Avalanche finally confirmed the installation of the new jumbotron a few days ago. It will be the biggest jumbotron of its category with its width spanning from blue line to blue line. Some fans have started to ask themselves if its wideness will not have some negative impact on watching hockey from the upper levels. We will see and I bet many Eurolanche members will have a chance to watch it in the future during the Eurolanche Invasion.

The old jumbotron is already a part of the history. The smaller and much older version had been installed in Pepsi Center in 1991, when the arena was opened. There was a grey background with some kind of yellow text as the stats information. When you watched the highlights of the game, it had never been in HD. It was really a disaster if you compare it with other NHL arenas.

Eurolanche will always remember the old jumbotron. We have nothing but good memories of it. We have appeared several times on the old jumbotron during previous Eurolanche Invasions. Moreover, we were interviewed twice during the intermissions and the interviews were broadcasted live on the jumbotron. You can watch them in the Multimedia section.

Eurolanche´s exclusive photos:

The Colorado Avalanche published the official photo that shows the final moments of the old jumbotron. Days before this post, the Eurolanche exclusively received the same photos from our own source. We also asked the team what was going to happen with the old jumbotron, but they did not know.