Cleveland Indians Choose Daktronics to Provide Integrated Scoring and Display System for Jacobs Field; Main Video Screen Will Be the Largest in Any North American Sports Facility.Sports Editors/Business Editors BROOKINGS, S.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2003 Daktronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:DAKT) announced today that it has been chosen by the Cleveland Indians  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. to provide a new integrated display
system for Jacobs Field • • [ that will include the largest full-color light emitting diode See LED. (LED) video display at any baseball or other professional sports The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. facility in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The value of the project exceeds $7 million with installation scheduled for spring 2004. Indians INDIANS. The aborigines of this country are so called. 2. In general, Indians have no political rights in the United States; they cannot vote at the general elections for officers, nor hold office. fans will see live video and replays on the world's largest baseball video screen, measuring approximately 36 feet high by 149 feet wide. Additional information, including scores, lineups, player stats, team stats, pitch information, as well as out-of-town game scores and stats, shown on a total of nine large displays, will keep fans on top of the action at Jacobs Field and informed of progress at other Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. parks. The Daktronics system includes the capability to automatically import and present statistical data from Major League Baseball, Elias Sports Bureau The Elias Sports Bureau is a company that provides historical research and statistical services in the field of professional sports. In 1913, Al Munro Elias and his brother Walter established the Al Munro Elias Bureau in New York City. and other sources. Fans will enjoy high-tech, high-resolution LED displays located around the ballpark. "The Cleveland Indians are excited to once again partner with Daktronics to provide our fans with the very best in sports entertainment Sports entertainment is a type of of entertainment that takes the form of a sporting event, but with more emphasis on dramatic storylines, humor, spectacle or titillation than on a contest of athletic skills. ," said Bob DiBiasio, Indians Vice President of Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most . "As we celebrate our 10th anniversary at Jacobs Field in 2004, the addition of this new integrated display system enhances our ability to inform, educate and entertain our fans, as well as uniquely market the products of our corporate sponsors. This is another example of our continued efforts to have Jacobs Field remain one of the premier sports facilities See:
"We appreciate the opportunity to work with the Indians organization to fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. their vision to make Jacobs Field the best place in the world to watch baseball, and look forward to helping them achieve that goal," said Jim Morgan Morgan, American family of financiers and philanthropists. Junius Spencer Morgan, 1813–90, b. West Springfield, Mass., prospered at investment banking. , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Daktronics, Inc. "This unique display system will be unlike any other, with its giant, wide-screen ProStar display and additional complimentary full-color LED displays. From our experience at many other sports facilities, we've learned that fans really appreciate the additional information and excitement that a 'super system' such as this provides. Presentations are especially effective when multiple displays are programmed and used in concert to present information, graphics, animation and video. We've developed our control systems for large sports facilities with that capability." Main Scoreboard and Out of Town Display After the start of the 2004 season, Jacobs Field will claim the largest video screen in baseball, and certainly one of the largest in the world. Measuring nearly 150 feet long, the display will be comprised of the latest Daktronics ProStar(R) VideoPlus technology, using nearly three million red, green and blue light emitting diodes to present images with incredible clarity and color. The main video display will be installed in the center of the existing scoreboard structure in left field. The Indians can boast another "first" with the installation of a fully programmable, full-color LED display below the main scoreboard. The display will be installed as part of the outfield fence, a first in a Major League Baseball facility, and will be used primarily to show scores and other information from American and National League games. This display will measure approximately nine feet high by 172 feet wide. Fascia fascia (făsh`ēə), fibrous tissue network located between the skin and the underlying structure of muscle and bone. Fascia is composed of two layers, a superficial layer and a deep layer. displays Five large fascia-mounted ProAd(R) displays will keep fans and sponsors happy with continually con·tin·u·al adj. 1. Recurring regularly or frequently: the continual need to pay the mortgage. 2. changing messages, stats and graphics. The largest of the fascia displays will measure approximately 3'6" high by 220 feet wide and be installed on the lower fascia along the first base line. Two additional displays, each measuring 3'6" by 172 feet wide, will be mounted on the lower fascia on both the first and third base lines. There will also be two displays, measuring 3'6" by 65 feet, installed on the upper fascia on each side of the ballpark. Additional Displays The Indians will also replace the existing Daktronics incandescent in·can·des·cent adj. 1. Emitting visible light as a result of being heated. 2. Shining brilliantly; very bright. See Synonyms at bright. 3. display on East 9th Street, with a full-color LED video display. The new display will be installed in the existing structure and will measure approximately 9 feet high by 11 feet wide. In the concourse, fans will be able to catch live action on another ProStar(R) display measuring 7'6" high by 10 feet wide. Control System A Daktronics integrated control system will drive all of the new LED displays. The Company's Venus(R) 7000 and V-Play(R) controllers, V-Link(R) video processors, and DakStats(R) scoring and statistics program are integral components and provide the means to create, import, display, manage, share and log the data and images that will appear on the displays.
Equipment Summary
Matrix
Configuration
Approximate (pixels high
Number of Dimensions by pixels Pixel
Location Displays (HxW) wide) Pitch
Left Field - main 36 feet x 480 x 1,984 23mm
scoreboard 1 149 feet (.90")
Left Field - outfield 9 feet x 120 x 2,304 23mm
fence 1 173 feet (.90")
First Base - lower fascia 1 3'6" x 220 40 x 2,928 23mm
feet (.90")
Right Field - upper 3'6" x 65 40 x 864 23mm
fascia 1 feet (.90")
Right Field - lower 3'6" x 172 40 x 2,288 23mm
fascia 1 feet (.90")
Third Base - lower fascia 1 3'6" x 172 40 x 2,288 23mm
feet (.90")
Third Base - upper fascia 1 3'6" x 65 40 x 864 23mm
feet (.90")
East 9th Street - marquee 1 9 feet x 112 x 128 23mm
11 feet (.90")
Concourse 1 7'6" x 10 192 x 240 12mm
feet (.47")
About Daktronics, Inc. Daktronics designed and manufactured the original scoring and display system at Jacobs Field in 1994. The company has scoring and display equipment operating in 23 Major League ballparks and will turn on display systems at the new Petco Park in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia for the 2004 season and beyond. Daktronics has strong leadership positions in, and is one of the world's largest suppliers of, electronic scoreboards, computer-programmable displays, large screen video displays and control systems. The Company excels in the control of large display systems, including those that require integration of complex multiple displays showing real time information, graphics, animation and video. Daktronics designs, manufactures, markets and services display systems for customers around the world in sport, business and transportation applications, and celebrates its 35th year in business in 2003. For more information, visit the Company's worldwide web site at http://www.daktronics.com, email the Company at sales@daktronics.com, call toll-free 1-800-DAKTRONICS (800-325-8766) in the U.S., or write to the Company at 331 32nd Avenue, P.O. Box 5128, Brookings, SD 57006-5128. Cautionary Notice: In addition to statements of historical fact, this news release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. reflecting the Company's expectations or beliefs concerning future events which could materially affect Company performance in the future. The Company cautions that these and similar statements involve risk and uncertainties including 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 which may cause actual results to differ materially. 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 CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or or unanticipated events as they occur. |
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