The Maryland Stadium Authority has approved the Orioles’ plans for upgrading Camden Yards’ center field scoreboard, the right field wall LED display board, LED ribbon boards across the ballpark and a unified control room, the club said Tuesday.

Baltimore’s new scoreboard will be the 12th largest in MLB, according to the team, spanning 7,466 square feet in place of the old video board, which has been operational since the stadium opened in 1992 and was last updated in 2008. The upgrades will be funded by part of the $135 million in bond financing approved by the Maryland Board of Public Works in January, with $22.7 million allocated for demolition, structural steel, HVAC equipment, electrical equipment, LED video boards and ribbon boards as well as the audiovisual integrator and control room.

The architecture design firm Populous, which worked on the original Camden Yards construction project under its former name HOK Sport, will oversee architectural and engineering services.

All of the new video boards, which will combine for over 16.6 million new pixels of LED displays, will be 4K resolution. The Orioles plan to begin construction following the conclusion of this season and finish all projects, including the installation of a new permanent sound system, by opening day 2026. A temporary sound system was put in place this season.

The club level ribbon boards will stretch 3,918 square feet from the right field foul pole, wrap around home plate and extend out to left-center field. The upper-deck ribbon will be much smaller, planned for only 146 square feet.

It represents the first major upgrades the Orioles will make to Camden Yards since December 2023 when they extended their lease, which unlocked $400 million in public funding for stadium upgrades. The lease term was set for 15 years with an additional 15 years — and $200 million — dependent on the team and the MSA, which owns Oriole Park and the Ravens’ M&T Bank Stadium, agreeing to a ground lease for the surrounding land.

Orioles owner David Rubenstein purchased the Orioles from the Angelos family last year and expressed his desire to finalize the full 30-year lease to keep the team in Baltimore.

“We have to figure out what is the land that is really available for this and then figure out if there can be additional land that the state might want to ultimately provide under some form or another,” Rubenstein said in February. “But we haven’t really engaged in that yet.”

Rubenstein hired Catie Griggs to be the team’s president of business operations last summer and she has overseen a series of major changes, including a shakeup of their business leadership team, adding a streaming option for games broadcast on the team-owned Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, raising season ticket prices and introducing value menu options at the ballpark. Ballpark renovations fall under her purview as well.

Both Rubenstein and Griggs have made no secret of the Orioles’ interest in hosting an MLB All-Star Game, which hasn’t been played in Baltimore since 1993. The league has named Atlanta and Philadelphia as the host cities for the Midsummer Classic this year and next, respectively, but has not finalized any other venues beyond 2026.

Any upgrades will be a boost in the ballpark’s case to end its All-Star Game drought. The Orioles have also explored upgrades to the club level and the addition of more social spaces to the concourse, though neither has been placed before the MSA for approval.

Baltimore Sun reporter Todd Karpovich contributed.

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