I know a couple of these things were brought up in the game thread, but I know this is monitored by UR athletics, so thought it is own thread would bring a bit more attention to those issues.
1. Video scoreboards: Didn't work half the night, when they did the stats were wrong. This is an ongoing issue for as much as was paid for them, you would think they would work consistently and not be blank for significant sections of the game.
2: Sound: The sound was really bad/garbled from where I sat. You could barely hear the in game announcer, not sure if he needs to turn his mic up but he adds a significant element of excitement after made baskets and/or clarifications on fouls and what is going on during the game and you could barely hear him.
3. Timeout media personality: I know this has been discussed but you literally can not hear 75% of what she says and a number of folks commented around me that when she does talk the pitch is almost akin to fingernails on a chalk board. I don't know what can be done about this, maybe you close caption when she talks so the crowd can understand what she is saying, tune her mic differently. Or maybe get a new person. I'm sure she is great person but her job is literally to communicate to the crowd and if you can't understand her, well I would say that is a problem.
All in all, I left thinking that they literally turned the lights on a couple hours before game time and had not tested any of the technology/sound prior. Please fix this, it detracts significantly from the fan experience and frankly the crowd's ability to support the team.
1. Video scoreboards: Didn't work half the night, when they did the stats were wrong. This is an ongoing issue for as much as was paid for them, you would think they would work consistently and not be blank for significant sections of the game.
2: Sound: The sound was really bad/garbled from where I sat. You could barely hear the in game announcer, not sure if he needs to turn his mic up but he adds a significant element of excitement after made baskets and/or clarifications on fouls and what is going on during the game and you could barely hear him.
3. Timeout media personality: I know this has been discussed but you literally can not hear 75% of what she says and a number of folks commented around me that when she does talk the pitch is almost akin to fingernails on a chalk board. I don't know what can be done about this, maybe you close caption when she talks so the crowd can understand what she is saying, tune her mic differently. Or maybe get a new person. I'm sure she is great person but her job is literally to communicate to the crowd and if you can't understand her, well I would say that is a problem.
All in all, I left thinking that they literally turned the lights on a couple hours before game time and had not tested any of the technology/sound prior. Please fix this, it detracts significantly from the fan experience and frankly the crowd's ability to support the team.