How big is the jumbotron at the Dallas Cowboys stadium?

The stakes in the Eagles game against the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving couldn't be bigger at this point of the season, and neither could the screen above them.

It is hard to appreciate how overwhelming the jumbotron is until you see it in person, which many Eagles fans will do for the first time today.

There are some facts about the jumbotron that will be hanging over the heads of the players today in Texas.

The sideline displays are 160 feet wide and 72 feet tall.The boards go from one 20-yard line to the other.The two screens weigh 1.2 million pounds.Each sideline display board has a screen area of 11,393 square feet.The source of the video is high definition.The pitch is 20mm.The power consumption is over 600 kilowatts.

30 million light bulbs and 25,000 square feet of video displays make up the world's largest video board.The original cost of building Texas Stadium was more than 40 million dollars.The end zone displays are 51 feet wide and 29 feet tall.Each end zone display screen has an area of 1,439 square feet.The source of the video is high definition.The pitch is 16mm.80 kilowatts is the power consumption.It would take 4,920 52" flat panel TVs to match the size of the center-hung board.The 4 sides of the center-hung board have the first true1080 HD display in an NFL stadium with 20mm spacing and the ability to display HDTV at 16:9 resolution.Each display contains over 10 million light emitting devices.The board is 1.2 million pounds.The video board structure has more weight than the total roof weight.

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