The Pepsi Center has donated its Sony Jumbo-Tron to the Metropolitan State University basketball and volleyball facility. The Roadrunners now have the 16-by-10 video board located behind the south baseline in the Auraria Event Center.

“The addition of the Jumbo-Tron to the Auraria Event Center has transformed our home court,” said Joan McDermott, director of athletics. “We are truly grateful for the generous donation from Kroenke Sports & Entertainment. None of this would be possible without them. This is an example of the great relationship we’ve had with KSE, and we look forward to continuing that in the future. Once again, their generosity shows their commitment to the Denver community.”

The center-hung video board was replaced over the summer in the Pepsi Center.

The project to move the Jumbo-Tron across Auraria Parkway to the Roadrunners took several months as power and support capabilities had to be upgraded to accommodate the video board.

“Pepsi Center was pleased to assist Metro State in upgrading its video boards on campus,” said Dave Jolette, senior vice president of venue operations at Kroenke Sports & Entertainment.

In addition to the Jumbo-Tron, Metro State also received the backlit signage from the Pepsi Center. The Jumbo-Tron was running for the Metro State basketball conference home openers Dec. 13 and will offer replay capabilities as the season continues.