Daktronics (Nasdaq:DAKT) announced today that it has been chosen to
provide an integrated video and scoring super system for Lucas Oil
Stadium, currently under construction in Indianapolis. Installation of
the $11 million
Dollar system is scheduled for completion prior to the
start of the 2008 National Football League season. Much of the
manufacturing of the system will be completed during the company’s
fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008.
"This will give fans the best experience
possible,” said Colts Senior Vice President of
Sales and Marketing Tom Zupancic at a press conference held earlier in
Indianapolis. "Daktronics has not only the
best product, but will be working with the organization to help create
the graphic content for these visual elements. The boards will have the
ability to portray every available statistic and advertisement, but our
goal is to give the fans a clean, crisp HD view of the action on the
field.”
Two new large scoreboards, to be positioned in the northwest and
southeast corners of the stadium, will measure approximately 97 feet
wide by 53 feet high, each incorporating one large video board (97 feet
wide by 37 feet high) and two smaller full-color digital displays (24
feet wide by 16 feet high).
Daktronics HD-X technology and its control system allows for complete
flexibility in programming. The primary video boards can serve as single
giant displays or be divided into multiple zones (windows) to show a
wide variety of statistics, information, graphics, animation and live
and recorded video.
Each of the main scoreboards will also include dedicated space for
recognizing corporate sponsors, as well as Lucas Oil Stadium
identification signage.
In addition to the two main scoreboards, Lucas Oil Stadium will feature
a nearly 360 degree configuration of full-color LED technology
surrounding the seating bowl. The ribbon board configuration will
measure approximately 1700 feet wide by three feet high.
"We look forward to providing the Colts, the
Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority, and the fans in
Indianapolis with a unique system that will rival any in the NFL,”
said Jay Parker, National Sales Manager for Daktronics. "Colts
fans will appreciate the high resolution, vivid colors and great viewing
angles of the new Daktronics HD-X video technology.” "We are pleased to make this announcement
that highlights another great component of Lucas Oil Stadium,”
said Will Ellerbruch, Regional Sales Manager. "Daktronics
presented several unique options for the venue, and the decision was
made to go with the very latest LED technology. At nearly five times the
size of the old video boards in the RCA Dome, and with the widest
viewing angles available, fans in all the seats will have a great view
of the displays.”
Keyframe® creative
services, a division of Daktronics, will be providing innovative
graphics and animation as part of the contract. Daktronics currently has
equipment installed at 26 of 31 NFL venues. Recent projects include
super systems designed and manufactured for the Pittsburgh Steelers,
Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, Miami Dolphins and Arizona
Cardinals.
About Lucas Oil Stadium
Lucas Oil Stadium will be a three-deck, seven-level, multi-use building
with a retractable roof that will seat 63,000 for football and 70,000 or
more for NCAA basketball, concerts and other special events. The stadium
is being built on a downtown site bounded on the north by South Street,
on the east by Capitol Avenue, on the south by McCarty Street, and on
the west by Missouri Street. The stadium is scheduled to open for the
Colts 2008 season. It will replace the RCA Dome, which has been home to
the Indianapolis Colts since 1984.
About Daktronics
Daktronics is recognized as the world’s
leading provider of full-color LED video displays. Daktronics began
manufacturing large screen, full-color, LED video displays in 1997.
Since then, over 3,900 video-capable displays have been sold and
installed in sports, entertainment and commercial facilities around the
world. Since 2001, independent market research conducted by iSuppli
Corp. lists Daktronics as the world’s leading
provider of large screen LED video displays.
Daktronics has strong leadership positions in, and is the world’s
leading supplier of, large screen video displays, electronic
scoreboards, computer-programmable displays, digital billboards, and
control systems. The company excels in the control of large display
systems, including those that require integration of multiple complex
displays showing real-time information, graphics, animation and video.
Daktronics designs, manufactures, markets and services display systems
for customers around the world, in sport, commercial and transportation
applications. For more information, visit the company’s
World Wide Web site at: http://www.daktronics.com,
e-mail the company at sales@daktronics.com,
call (605) 697-4300 or toll-free (800) 325-8766 in the United States or
write to the company at 331 32nd Ave. PO Box 5128 Brookings, S.D.
57006-5128.
Cautionary Notice: In addition to statements of historical fact, this
news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are intended to
enjoy the protection of that Act. These forward-looking statements
reflect the Company’s expectations or beliefs
concerning future events. The Company cautions that these and similar
statements involve risk and uncertainties which could cause actual
results to differ materially from our expectation, including, but not
limited to, changes in economic and market conditions, management of
growth, timing and magnitude of future contracts, and other risks noted
in the Company’s SEC filings, including its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for its 2007 fiscal year. Forward-looking
statements are made in the context of information available as of the
date stated. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise
such statements to reflect new circumstances or unanticipated events as
they occur.
