Daktronics Announces Orders for Collegiate Football Scoring and Video Systems to Be Installed for 2003 Season.Sports Editors/Business Editors BROOKINGS, S.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2003 Daktronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:DAKT) announced today new orders for scoring and video display equipment for five collegiate football facilities. The systems are scheduled to be installed and operational for the start of the 2003 football season. The value of the five projects exceeds $4.5 million. The University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. in Norman will upgrade its existing Daktronics ProStar(R) VideoPlus display in Memorial Stadium with the latest generation of ProStar(R) full-color LED display technology. The facility was one of the first Daktronics customers to install ProStar(R) technology in the fall of 1997. The new video screen will measure approximately 21 feet high by 37 feet wide (272 x 480 pixels with pixels on 23mm spacing) and will be installed in the existing scoreboard structure. Modules from the ProStar(R) screen installed in 1997 will be reconfigured into two large ProAd(R) digital advertising and information displays and mounted on the 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. of the stadium. The University is also purchasing additional Galaxy(R) monochrome LED displays for use as a football matrix scoreboard and as a track and field matrix scoreboard. The United States Naval Academy United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Md.; for training young men and women to be officers of the U.S. navy or marine corps. George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy, founded and opened (1845) it as the Naval School at Annapolis. in Annapolis, Md., will feature a new Daktronics scoreboard and video display system in NMC NMC Nursing & Midwifery Council (UK) NMC NSSDC Master Catalog (NASA) NMC Northwestern Michigan College (Traverse City, Michigan) NMC National Meteorological Center Memorial Stadium. The ProStar(R) display will measure approximately 19 feet high by 35 feet wide (272 x 448 pixels with pixels on 23mm spacing). Fans of the Troy State Trojans, Troy, Ala., will enjoy a new scoring and display system designed and manufactured by Daktronics. The football system will include a custom scoreboard with a ProStar(R) video display (272 x 480 pixels with pixels on 23mm spacing), auxiliary scoreboard, delay of game clocks, and locker room clocks. Two Galaxy(R) 32,000-color marquee displays and a multi-sport track and soccer scoreboard are also included in the project. Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. in Stanford, Calif., has contracted with Daktronics to design and manufacture a new football scoreboard for installation at Stanford Stadium History Built partly in competition with the University of California, Berkeley to see who could build a football stadium first, Stanford Stadium was built in four months and opened its gates on November 19, 1921. . The scoreboard will measure approximately 31 feet high by 66 feet wide and incorporate a large ProStar(R) video display. The video display will measure approximately 24 feet high by 42 feet wide (304 x 544 pixels with pixels on 23mm spacing). Daktronics will provide a new football scoring and video display system for Ohio University Ohio University, main campus at Athens; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1804, opened 1809 as the first college in the Old Northwest. There are additional campuses at Chiillicothe, Lancaster, and Zanesville, as well as facilities throughout the state. in Athens, Ohio
Athens is a historic college town in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, best known as the home of Ohio University. , as well as new basketball, baseball and soccer scoreboards for the school. The custom football scoreboard will measure approximately 15 feet high by 36 feet wide and incorporate a large ProStar(R) video display (192 x 256 pixels with pixels on 23mm spacing) as well as two ProAd(R) digital advertising and information displays (48 x 96 pixels with pixels on 23mm spacing). Daktronics will also be turning on new football systems for the Chicago Bears This article is about a stadium. For a highway in Hamilton, Ontario, see Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway. , and other college facilities in time for the start of the 2003 season. Daktronics has strong leadership positions in, and is one of the world's largest suppliers of, electronic scoreboards, computer-programmable displays, and large screen video display 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 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 or unanticipated events as they occur. |
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