New Haven DOOH · The Green · Yale · Chapel Street · June 2026
A Long Island Sound harbor and college city near 135,000 on the Northeast Corridor, from the Green to the Yale campus to Chapel Street, bookable by the hour, priced per play, matched to how New Haven actually moves.
New Haven billboard and DOOH (digital out-of-home) costs span from a few cents per play on urban panels to premium The Green, Medical district and landmark networks. On Blindspot, New Haven screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.28, with no contracts or minimums.
The smart New Haven play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the arteries at commute peak, the malls through the afternoon, the nightlife and tourist cores after dark.
Billboard ranking points
Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.
The historic New Haven Green and the downtown blocks around it carry dense office, government and university traffic and the city's heaviest pedestrian crossing.
The Yale campus, the museums and the surrounding blocks pack a dense student, faculty and visitor audience at the edge of downtown.
The Chapel Street arts row and the Ninth Square restaurant district pack the city's densest dining, theater and going-out crowd.
Yale New Haven Hospital and the medical district pack one of the largest hospital and research workforces in the state across the daytime peak.
The I-95 shoreline, the I-91 interchange and the Q Bridge carry the daily commute and the heavy Northeast Corridor through traffic.
Union Station, the Metro-North and Amtrak hub, and the harbor blocks anchor the rail commuter flow toward New York and Hartford.
The media estate · operator partners
Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from New Haven's media owners, OUTFRONT Media, Lamar Advertising, Clear Channel Outdoor among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.
Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.
Formats
From a highway bulletin to a single mall screen, Blindspot puts New Haven's digital out-of-home and classic OOH formats on one map, each priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter here:
Large-format LED on highways, bridges and boulevards, motion, dayparting and dynamic triggers.
Pedestrian-scale panels and citylights in high-footfall retail and downtown corridors.
Highway and arterial bulletins built for commuter frequency on the busiest routes.
High-intent shoppers from midday to evening across the city's retail destinations.
CTtransit bus and Union Station screens plus stations and place-based screens with captive dwell.
Landmark and spectacular placements for brand statements in the city's signature locations.
Location insights
New Haven is the Elm City, a Long Island Sound harbor and college town built around the New Haven Green and the Yale campus. Mornings load the I-95 shoreline, the I-91 interchange and Union Station with commuters and the Metro-North crowd bound for downtown, the medical district and the university; evenings pull crowds to the Chapel Street and Ninth Square restaurants, the Shubert and the College Street theaters and the city's famous apizza counters; weekends fill the Green, the East Rock and the museums at Yale. Yale, Southern Connecticut and the medical center pack a dense student and hospital audience, and CTtransit runs the Union Station hub. Buy the morning shoreline push and the Chapel Street evening peak.
Yale and the main arteries surge 7:30–10 AM and 5–8 PM. Book exactly those hours and your frequency climbs for the same budget.
Medical district and the city's malls hold heavy footfall from noon to evening, long windows where dwell and shopping intent, not rush, do the work.
The Green shifts from daytime to social and tourism after dark. Different audience, same screens, swap the creative, not the location.
Location intelligence summary
New Haven doesn't have one rush hour; it has rotating audiences sharing the same streets. The only buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the windows when your audience owns the city, skip the ones when it doesn't.
| Objective | Book these zones | Best hours |
|---|---|---|
| Brand launch | The Green + Yale | 6–11 PM |
| Commuter frequency | Chapel Street, Yale | 7:30–10 AM · 5–8 PM |
| Retail foot traffic | Medical district, The Green | 12–8 PM |
| B2B / decision-makers | I-95 / I-91 corridor, Yale | Weekdays 9 AM–6 PM |
| Tourism & events | The Green, Union Station | 10 AM–8 PM |
A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into New Haven’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.
Morning commuters read in 2 seconds; evening crowds dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.
Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.
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Pricing · updated June 2026
Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.
| Format | Price per play | Typical presence | Why it works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadside & freeway digital | from ~$0.28 per play | $100 buys hourly bursts on I-95 and I-91 | drive-time commuter reach |
| The Green digital spectacular | from ~$0.44 per play | the downtown core beside Yale | office and foot-traffic dwell |
| Chapel Street dining digital | from ~$0.40 per play | the arts row and Ninth Square blocks | dining and going-out crowd |
| Medical district digital | from ~$0.34 per play | the Yale New Haven Hospital blocks | healthcare and workforce dwell |
| CTtransit and Union Station screens | from ~$0.29 per play | the rail hub and routes | walk-up rail commuters |
No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen
What a campaign costs
Because pricing is per play and hourly, there's no minimum, but here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.
Commute test
A week of morning and evening bursts on the I-95 shoreline into Downtown.
Multi-zone New Haven push
The Green, the Yale campus and Chapel Street running together across peak dayparts.
Elm City flagship
Full Downtown and campus-edge saturation timed to the Yale calendar and the summer festival season on the Green.
FAQ
From a few cents per play on urban panels to premium boulevard, transit and landmark networks. On Blindspot, New Haven screens are priced per play and booked by the hour, entry plays start around $0.28, with no contracts or minimums.
The Green ranks #1 for reach and dwell. For premium and B2B audiences, Yale leads; for retail intent, Medical district; for mass commuter frequency, the city's busiest transit arteries.
Yes, on Blindspot every New Haven screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum contract, so you can buy only the commute peaks, shopping afternoons, or evening windows that match your audience.
Blindspot aggregates digital out-of-home inventory across New Haven onto one map, roadside and boulevard screens, transit, mall and place-based panels, bookable per play. The wider OOH supply is run by operators such as OUTFRONT Media, Lamar Advertising, Clear Channel Outdoor.
Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Content approval typically averages around two business days across networks.
A multi-day hourly presence on a high-traffic Yale corridor, a concentrated burst across the busiest transit and retail screens at peak hours, or thousands of plays on central urban panels.
No. Blindspot has no minimums, retainers or platform fees; you can run a focused hourly burst on a single screen or a full multi-zone New Haven campaign.
How to book
No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.
01
Open the map, filter New Haven by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.
02
Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.
03
Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.
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