Times Square With Baltimore Flavor: New Digital Billboards Could Soon Light Up Downtown

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Think Vegas, Times Square vibes, and infuse that with immoderate Baltimore flavor–the cleanable premix of the lights, vigor and acquisition that’s conscionable close for Charm City.

City leaders accidental this task has the imaginable to alteration Baltimore.

“This is simply a large attraction and a game-changer for our city,” said Shelonda Stokes, president of the Downtown Partnership.

“Bring immoderate lights to the city. Like, we request it,” said Baltimore nonmigratory Eric Fitzgerald Jr. “Look, we request it.”

“I adjacent my eyes and I conscionable ideate erstwhile I aftermath up, what you spot down maine is each digital,” said Stokes.

It’s the latest revitalization effort led by the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore and City Councilman Eric Costello.

“Were truly excited astir bringing motion, creation and airy into downtown successful a vibrant way,” said Stokes.

They’re proposing a caller territory called “No-Ha” that would let ample integer signage connected buildings to illuminate the metropolis from Camden Yards to the Baltimore Convention Center to President Street.

“We’re talking astir a vibrant signs,” said Stokes. “We’re talking astir ones that bash person immoderate magnitude of advertising, but they’re besides infused with art.”

The anticipation is to bring a caller fresh look and acquisition downtown..

“Bring New York, Vegas–what? Lets spot that, I would emotion to spot that,” said Fitzgerald. “Wow. Like, Ohhh, it’s the lights.”

“Since this pandemic, things person changed a lot, a batch of the businesses down present has closed, a batch of the restaurants person closed,” said Gary Monroe, who works downtown. “So we request thing to bring the metropolis backmost to life.”

Property owners and the arts and amusement districts would besides cod gross from these billboards.

“We besides wanted to marque definite that the broader Baltimore assemblage could benefit,” said Stokes.

People who unrecorded successful the country said they spot a agleam aboriginal for integer displays successful Charm City.

“I cant hold to spot it,” said Fitzgerald. “Wow!”

Officials said this task volition not necessitate immoderate backing from the city, they’ll beryllium partnering up with media companies to assistance screen the cost.

The projected “No-Ha” North Harbor territory goes earlier readying committee tomorrow, past it volition spell earlier the metropolis assembly for a last ballot aboriginal this month.

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Leaders said we could spot signs up arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent year.