SAN ANTONIO — Videoboards are all the rage at national sporting events and at the professional level. But in tonight's Verify, one school district here in south Texas may be getting in on the action as well.
What parent wouldn't want to see their kid on a jumbotron? Playing football, participating in band or any event where they could get a big time camera close up. KENS 5 viewer Patrick Ernst submitted tonight's Verify.
THE QUESTION
Is the Northside ISD installing replays screens or jumbotron-like viewing at NISD stadiums?
THE SOURCES
- Barry Perez, the Executive Director of Communications for the Northside Independent School District
THE ANSWER
TRUE
WHAT WE FOUND
Perez confirmed video boards are in fact coming to Northside ISD.
"Our Board of Trustees approved at their December meeting the replacement of the existing boards at three athletic venue sites in the district. Those would be Farris Stadium, Gus Stadium, and then the swim center that's located at Farris Stadium," he said.
Perez told us that the video boards won't only be used for athletic events, but other events that the district is hosting as well.
"For example our Special Olympics. We host our annual solar car race event there as well. And I think these video boards are going to allow some functionality that we have not had," Perez added.
So yes, it is true. The Northside ISD will be installing video boards at three NISD stadiums.
Perez also said the district is excited that students at several magnet schools will eventually be producing a lot of the content seen on the video boards, which are expected to begin installation sometime before summer.