LAKE PLACID, N.Y. --- It took just 10 days. The famed 1980 Rink-Herb Brooks Arena has a new state-of-the-art Daktronics video scoreboard.

On Tuesday, Feb. 7, the only scoreboard the Lake Placid Olympic Center had ever known came down to make way for the new board. For more than 39 years the original scoreboard, that chronicled the “Miracle on Ice” and the United States’ hockey team’s improbable run to the 1980 Olympic Winter Games gold medal, registered scores from Pee-Wees to the NHL.

While gone the original scoreboard is not forgotten. Its four panels have divided between Daktronics, who developed and built the scoreboard for the 1980 Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games, the Lake Placid Olympic Museum, the New York State Museum and USA Hockey.

Photos Courtesy: Elise Ruocco ORDA/ Whiteface Lake Placid

-- ORDA --

Established in 1982, the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) was created by the State of New York to manage the facilities used during the 1980 Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid. ORDA operates Whiteface, Belleayre and Gore Mountain ski areas; the Olympic Sports Complex at Mt. Van Hoevenberg; the Olympic speed skating oval, Olympic jumping complex and Olympic arena. As host to international and national championships, the Authority has brought millions of athletes, spectator and participants to the region, resulting in significant economic development.