{"id":450807,"date":"2026-09-02T07:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T07:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/450807\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T07:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T07:20:10","slug":"new-625000-scoreboard-unveiled-at-selland-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/450807\/","title":{"rendered":"New $625,000 scoreboard unveiled at Selland Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_5647.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"The new scoreboard was unveiled at Selland Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.\" alt=\"The new scoreboard was unveiled at Selland Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        The new scoreboard was unveiled at Selland Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                ANTHONY GALAVIZ<\/p>\n<p>            agalaviz@fresnobee.com<\/p>\n<p>Selland Arena received a major upgrade Tuesday with the unveiling of a new video scoreboard ahead of the Fresno Falcons\u2019 season opener in October.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Fresno unveiled the new scoreboard inside the arena in front of invited Falcons fans and community members.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer called the installation an important moment for the arena, acknowledging that upgrades were needed while expressing hope that Selland Arena can attract more events to downtown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been important,\u201d Dyer said. \u201cWe knew for many years that we needed to replace that scoreboard. We worked with VenuWorks and the county to make sure we had the funding and the partnership in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dyer said the new jumbotron cost $625,000. It replaces the arena\u2019s previous scoreboard, which had been installed around the 1980s and repaired several times over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno Falcons President Jimmy Fries called the unveiling a historic day for the organization.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, the new scoreboard displayed memorable moments from the Falcons\u2019 history.<\/p>\n<p>The new scoreboard is expected to be a prominent feature when the Falcons open their season at Selland Arena on Oct. 9 against Oceanside.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_5637.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" title=\"IMG_5637.jpeg\" alt=\"The new scoreboard was unveiled at Selland Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    The new scoreboard was unveiled at Selland Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.                                                                                            ANTHONY GALAVIZ                                                                            agalaviz@fresnobee.com                                                                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_5643.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" title=\"IMG_5643.jpeg\" alt=\"The new scoreboard was unveiled at Selland Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    The new scoreboard was unveiled at Selland Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.                                                                                            ANTHONY GALAVIZ                                                                            agalaviz@fresnobee.com                                                                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_5635.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" title=\"IMG_5635.jpeg\" alt=\"The new scoreboard was unveiled at Selland Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    The new scoreboard was unveiled at Selland Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.                                                                                            ANTHONY GALAVIZ                                                                            agalaviz@fresnobee.com                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published September 1, 2026 at 8:22 PM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788333610_824_Anthony Galaviz headshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Anthony Galaviz\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Galaviz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Anthony Galaviz writes about breaking news\/sports for The Fresno Bee. He covers the Las Vegas Raiders, high schools, boxing, MMA and junior colleges. He\u2019s been with The Bee since 1997 and attended Fresno City College before graduating from Fresno State with a major in journalism and a minor in criminology.\u00a0<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnobee.com\/subscribe&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;\" style=\"color: #5169B8; text-transform: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support my work with a digital subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new scoreboard was unveiled at Selland Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. ANTHONY GALAVIZ agalaviz@fresnobee.com Selland Arena&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-450807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}