By the Numbers: New Yankee Stadium Diamond Vision Display

The video display at new YankeeStadium will be approx. 4-timesas large as the one from The House That Ruth Built.When the new Yankee Stadium opens its doors April 2 with its annual team workout, the Yankees will also be unveiling what Mitsubishi Electric is saying is the most advanced, high-definition Diamond Vision display ever constructed in center field. The Yankees and Mitsubishi Electric continue a longstanding agreement which began in 1983 when they installed one of the first Diamond Vision video displays in Major League Baseball at The House That Ruth Built. (Mitsubishi Electric was the first company to introduce large-scale video display boards for the 1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.) The Yankees’ new Diamond Vision display blasts 1080 resolution from more than eight million LEDs (light-emitting diodes) for replays, updates from around the league and messaging. Measuring 100-feet wide and nearly 60-feet tall, the Diamond Vision i...