Construction begins on new Folsom Field scoreboard

Folsom Field Stadium at the University of Colorado Boulder. (Alec Levy-O’Brien/CU Independent)The University of Colorado Boulder has begun the construction of a new scoreboard in Folsom Field expected to be completed before the start of the 2024 football season. According to CU, the new scoreboard will be five times bigger than the old one, at 130 feet wide and 36 feet high compared to only 32 feet wide and 28 feet high. Folsom Field will go from a stadium with one of the smallest video boards to one above the national average in collegiate stadiums.

The approximately $15 million budget for the project will also increase the size of the ribbon scoreboard below the main screen, stretching the…