The next time Ryan Getzlaf or Corey Perry score a goal at home, Anaheim Ducks fans can watch the instant replay via giant, high-definition screens embedded in a new scoreboard that soon will hang from the Honda Center’s rafters.

Measuring 20 feet tall and more than 30 feet wide, the new scoreboard will be unveiled during the hockey team’s first preseason game against the Los Angeles Kings on Sept. 25.

Officials said that Ducks owner Henry Samueli is spending “more than $10 million” on the new scoreboard, manufactured by Daktronics, along with an updated audio system and LED lighting capable of projecting images onto the ice rink.

The equipment will “provide an experience that will get the fans fired up,” said Kevin Starkey, chief operations officer at the Honda Center.

“We’re excited about being right on the cusp of the latest technology,” Starkey said. “It’s going to be the focal point of the venue.”

Crews will spend the next month assembling and fine-tuning the massive scoreboard within the city-owned arena.

When completed, the display screens will be more than four times the size of the old board, providing sharper images with vibrant colors and more defined contours, Starkey said. The high-definition resolution will be similar to what’s used at New York’s Madison Square Garden and at the Pepsi Center in Denver.

Along with being larger, the new display board is also heavier, weighing a whopping 46,000 pounds.

The previous 33,000-pound scoreboard was installed when the Honda Center opened in 1993. The display screens were last replaced eight years ago.

A dozen people will operate the new board within a renovated operations center, led by Davin Maske, entertainment manager at the Honda Center.

“We’re most excited about the flexibility the new board is going to provide us,” Maske said. “It’s another tool that will let us follow the game and get the crowd going with the right camera shots and graphics.”

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