Venue 1 to Install VMagic System at Phillies' Citizens Bank Park; The Philips Led Video Display Screen to Be Largest in Major League Baseball.Sports Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2003 The VMagic division of Venue 1, of Wayne, PA, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Philadelphia Phillies “Phillies” redirects here. For other uses, see Phillies (disambiguation). The Philadelphia Phillies are a professional baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. for a large format LED video display system at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies new ballpark in South Philadelphia South Philadelphia, nicknamed "South Philly," is the section of Philadelphia bounded by South Street to the north, the Delaware River to the east and south, and the Schuylkill River to the west. South Philadelphia is coterminous with the zip codes 19145, 19146, 19147, and 19148. scheduled to open in April 2004. Powered by Philips LED technology, it will be the biggest LED board in any 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. park. The custom-made Philips video screen will feature a brilliant, colorful 2,739-square-foot image. It will measure 39 ft. 5 in. high by 69 ft. 7 in. wide (480 x 848 pixels See pixel. with pixels on 25mm spacing with a SmoothPix(C) feature), which is taller than the William Penn statue atop of City Hall (37 ft.) and wider than the distance between the pitcher's mound and home plate (60 ft. 6 in.). It will be mounted on a structure in the ballpark's left field with installation scheduled to be substantially completed early in 2004. The location of the Philips display board at Citizens Bank Park will provide fans with high-quality images that result from extensive research and development of state-of-the-art technology by Philips. Similar Philips powered LED display boards are featured at major sports and entertainment venues throughout Europe. VMagic products powered by Philips are making their initial installations this year in ballparks, stadiums, arenas and other recreation facilities. In addition, Venue 1's VMagic division has been awarded a contract to supply and install a smaller state-of-the-art Philips LED video display board for the new 7,000-seat ballpark being constructed by the Phillies and the City of Clearwater, FL, and scheduled to open in 2004. The LED screen will be 14 ft. 5 in. high by 21 feet wide (176 x 256 pixels with pixels on 25mm spacing) and will be located in left field in the new Clearwater Community Sports Complex and Phillies Spring Training Facility, US Route 19 near Drew St. "The Philadelphia Phillies have selected the finest and most spectacular LED video board available for their fans," said Jay T. Snider, Chairman 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 Venue 1. "Venue 1 is looking forward to the installation of the Philips screen in January. I know VMagic will make the Phillies the envy of every other team in Major League Baseball." Venue 1 was selected by Philips to manage the exclusive distribution, installation and integration of its entire line of large screen LED video display products for stadiums, arenas and recreational facilities Noun 1. recreational facility - a public facility for recreation recreation facility facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous 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 complete line of Philips LED products is being sold by the VMagic division of Venue 1. Other VMagic installations are currently in use at ballparks in Rome, GA, and Albuquerque, NM. The VMagic product line includes Philips LED video screens, LED 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. boards, TV products (including iTV, the smart card TV system that allows control of individual TVs, groups of TVs, or the entire network of TVs from a centralized control 1. In air defense, the control mode whereby a higher echelon makes direct target assignments to fire units. 2. In joint air operations, placing within one commander the responsibility and authority for planning, directing, and coordinating a military operation or group/category of room) and a variety of advertising and information display systems for sports and entertainment public assembly facilities of all types. |
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