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- 0:05Speaker 1: New Proudy Gym video display will enhance Princeton fans game
- 0:08Speaker 1: day experience. Written by Kevin Hieronymous, this article is being
- 0:14Speaker 1: read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
- 0:19Speaker 1: Princeton Tiger fans will find a new addition to the
- 0:22Speaker 1: Proudy Gym lobby this fall to enhance their game day experience.
- 0:26Speaker 1: Thanks to a new video display board funded by the
- 0:29Speaker 1: Princeton Public Schools Foundation, Tiger fans will have access to
- 0:32Speaker 1: digital programs and rosters, schedules, live streams, and other game
- 0:37Speaker 1: day media from their phones, making it easier to stay
- 0:39Speaker 1: connected and engaged with the PHS teams. We decided we
- 0:44Speaker 1: could do a lot more with a digital display out
- 0:47Speaker 1: here than we could with some of the things that
- 0:49Speaker 1: we put in. Proudy Gym. PHS Technology director Steve Morton said,
- 0:53Speaker 1: I suppose this kind of started as putting a display in,
- 0:57Speaker 1: and then I kind of got carried away putting in
- 0:58Speaker 1: a multi display, and inner I let my imagination run wild.
- 1:03Speaker 1: Before I knew it, it seemed pretty accomplishable. The thing
- 1:06Speaker 1: about this that kind of makes it special. Tiger Central
- 1:09Speaker 1: Live has been making video and streaming better for ten years.
- 1:13Speaker 1: This is the first step in making the venue better
- 1:16Speaker 1: and more engaging and connecting with our fans. The Tiger
- 1:20Speaker 1: figurine donated by the class of nineteen sixty, which had
- 1:23Speaker 1: been inside the old trophy case on the east wall,
- 1:26Speaker 1: stands guard in front of the new video board in
- 1:28Speaker 1: the same location. The demo video on display includes vintage
- 1:33Speaker 1: clips of All American Joe Ruklik and the nineteen fifty
- 1:37Speaker 1: five fourth place state basketball team, Princeton's nineteen ninety state
- 1:41Speaker 1: volleyball champions, and the nineteen ninety two Sweet sixteen Tiger
- 1:45Speaker 1: basketball team, as well as team photos of current Tiger teams.
- 1:49Speaker 1: Morton said the display board can be utilized for all activities,
- 1:53Speaker 1: including school plays, job fares, et cetera.