With its ribbons of video boards, the retractable roof and a grass field that can slide in and out of the stadium on rails, here’s a safe bet:

Few fans at Super Bowl I in 1967 could have imagined the technology on display at the $455 million University of Phoenix Stadium for Sunday’s Super Bowl XLII.

But that’s nothing compared to what might be coming.

Engineers are aiming for what could be the next big thing at NFL stadiums and other sports venues: 3-D technology, raising the possibility of Star Wars-like football beamed to fans in three dimensions.

“I think in the next decade you’re going to see some revolutionary technologies in 3-D,” says Jim Gardner, vice president of business development for Austin-based Zebra Imaging, which produces holographic images.

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