Word: jumbotron
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...league believes the next logical step is to create a medium for fans to gather in public places while their team is playing high-stakes away games. While they hope to set up projectors and screens in arenas - where many fans already flock to watch games on the jumbotron - another practical application would be in movie theaters, some of which are already equipped with digital projectors and satellite dishes...
...really, the onlookers are the stars. At the final countdown to midnight, we CDEs festooneed them with confetti. The words to "Auld Lang Syne" flashed on one of the JumboTron screens for a million-person singalong. Cameras sent pictures of good cheer and warm passion around the globe. To be in this group, even 28 stories above them on the Renaissance roof, was to show people in 1100 other countries that tough old New York could radiate an exhilarating warmth of community. So listen, world: we launched 2007 beautifully. Try not to screw...
...light saber. The kid, Ghyslain Raza, was 15 at the time. Three of his classmates found the footage and put it online, and it became an instant Internet classic. Soon strangers started making fun of Raza on the street. The San Francisco Giants put the video on their Jumbotron. Raza, now 18, became known as the Star Wars Kid. He also became depressed and dropped out of school. Eventually he sued the classmates who had found the video. Two weeks ago, they settled for an undisclosed...
...Earlier this year, when the Pistons visited the Sacramento Kings, negative, stereotypical images of Detroit were displayed on the JumboTron during player introductions—burned out buildings, cars on fire, and many a homeless person...
...February 16, the Celtics downed the Grizzlies at GoldenPalace.comCenter. You may have heard of the company. It has tattooed its name not only on the in-arena Jumbotron but on the backs of prize fighters and strippers...