MINNEAPOLIS -- Last September, Catie Griggs was less than a month into her new job as the Orioles’ president of business operations when she expressed a desire to upgrade Camden Yards, a ballpark that hasn’t changed a ton since opening in 1992.
“You will see things in ‘25. I think you’re likely to see much more substantive change in 2026,” Griggs said at the time, while sitting in the first-base dugout. “Just looking out behind you right now, I think we have some opportunity with the videoboards.”
The minor renovations for this season included a temporary sound system to replace the old one. The bigger changes, as Griggs alluded to, wouldn’t come until after the 2025 season.
But they’re coming -- including those videoboards.
On Tuesday, the Maryland Stadium Authority approved plans for a series of upgrades, most notably a new videoboard in center field. The display will be 2 1/2 times larger than the existing screen and will rank as the 12th largest among MLB ballparks.
The upgrades -- which will be constructed this upcoming offseason and be ready for the 2026 season -- will also include a new display on the right-field wall and ribbon boards around both the club level and upper deck. There will be a unified control room as well.
These updates are part of Baltimore’s continued investment in the ballpark’s future. In December 2023, the Orioles finalized a new 30-year lease agreement, ensuring that Camden Yards will remain their home for decades to come.
Center-field board: 7,466 square feet, 6,936 million pixels
Right-field wall: 1,333 square feet, 1,238 million pixels
Upper-deck ribbon boards: 146 square feet, 306,432 pixels
Club-level ribbon boards: 3,918 square feet, 8,201 million pixels
In total, Camden Yards will be adding 1,125 feet of ribbon board and 16,681,456 new pixels, all featuring 4K resolution.
The videoboards currently at the ballpark were installed in 2008, replacing the original displays.
The Orioles finalized a 30-year lease agreement to stay at Camden Yards in December 2023. That deal unlocked $400 million (with the potential for up to $600 million) to fund ballpark upgrades because of legislation passed by the General Assembly in ‘22.
The upcoming videoboard upgrades will be funded by a portion of the $135 million in bond financing approved in January by the Maryland Board of Public Works. Of those funds, $22.7 million will go toward demolition, structural steel, HVAC and electrical equipment, the videoboards and ribbon boards themselves and the control room.