COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – Kyle Field is scheduled for a technological face lift over the next two seasons, beginning with LED lights for the 2025 football season.
While speaking on the in-house Studio 12 radio show, Alberts confirmed that LED lights are currently under construction and work is underway to upgrade the wireless internet infrastructure within Kyle Field. Alberts also said new video and ribbon boards are a goal for the 2026 football season.
“What are we doing to ensure that the experience in Kyle Field is not similar to what you can get just sitting in your own basement?” Alberts said on the show. “And so, we always have to think about those things.”
Several Southeastern Conference football programs have LED lighting in their stadiums – such as Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Ole Miss – used to create flashing light shows and change the shade of the lighting to team colors. These technological advancements have become so widespread across the sport that EA Sports announced light shows will be a part of the new College Football 25 video game, for some of the stadiums that feature LED lighting.
Not everyone has been enthused about the new technological additions to the game-day atmosphere. Former A&M athletic director Ross Bjork frequently downplayed the addition of LED lights to Kyle Field, saying the expense was not worth the number of night games A&M plays each season. During the Studio 12 episode, host Will Johnson, who also serves as the team’s radio sideline reporter, mentioned trying to see his notes at opposing stadiums when LED shows are set off during random timeouts during the game.
Alberts ensured that the LED lights would be used at appropriate times during football games.
“We’re never going to move away from the traditions that make A&M, but how do we integrate new stuff, new experiences in a way that doesn’t conflict with that, you know?” Alberts said. “So, you’ll see LED lights this year.”
For the 2026 season, new high-definition video boards and upgrades to the audio system for Kyle Field are on the priority list, pending approval by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents.
Smaller components are also of interest to Alberts, as long as they don’t take away from the game.
“Then, when you get all that kind of stuff done, you can have some fun with drone shows and you can do lots of different things and fireworks,” he said. “I don’t want to interrupt the football, because people come for football, but I think there are some other things we can integrate – whether it’s after the game or between the third and fourth quarter – we can do different things. We’re going to continue investing in the technology that brings the fan and game day experience to a level that stays at the leading front in college athletics.”
For Alberts, modernization doesn’t have to come at the cost of what fans have come to expect at an Aggie football game. Technology can be integrated slowly to meld modernization and tradition.
“Frankly, it’s important to the players,” Alberts said. “It’s important to their families. It helps in recruiting. So, we’ve got to contemplate all that kind of stuff. “
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