The future for Kansas City is "augmented reality" and bright shining tech blight like Blade Runner but only dumber . . .
Here's a preview with little opposition at City Hall . . .
41 Action News: More digital billboards could be on horizon for Kansas City
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The ordinance (City Plan Commission) support includes a ratio of 7-to-1. They would take down seven square feet of static billboards for every one square foot gained digitally.
"There will be no new signs with this ordinance," Roxsen Koch, an attorney representing the company, said. "There will be a conversion of existing signs potentially."
Outfront said the change will allow them to cut their total number of signs from 486 to 177.
The ordinance also caps sign owners at 11 electronic displays, and the signs would not be allowed close to residential areas.
Developing . . .
Blade Runner but dumber, funny stuff T.
ReplyDeleteShow a continuous loop of SLie diving into the bushes on the Plaza when he heard gun fire.
ReplyDeleteTo make the same revenue as a static board the companies will have to change the "video" every 8-9 seconds. WOW, what a distraction. Who came up with this brilliant idea?
ReplyDelete^^Its only a distraction to morons like you. The rest of us can handle it.
ReplyDeleteRoxsenK = same attorney who got the Falling Star their tax breaks
ReplyDeleteMessed up personal life, chummy with Mike Burke, jumped around law firms, makes campaign contributions to local politicos..... same as it ever was
How many people say they actually read the ads while flying by at 60 mph? Waste of ad money.
ReplyDeleteDigital Billboards will probably go the way of TV ads.
ReplyDeleteA few will catch your eye as entertainment, but you'll be darned if you can remember what product they were touting. The rest won't even register.