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Host Stadium’s Technology Apropos for Super Bowl Thriller
With all those eyeballs on Super Bowl LI between the champion New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons, NFL league officials and TV executives wanted to make sure the technology around the stadium and during the broadcast on Fox was just as exciting as the game —which turned out to be a classic.
Host venue NRG Stadium in Houston has long been home to two of the largest HD displays in professional sports, a pair of Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Vision digital HD boards at each end of the stadium that each measure 53 feet high by 277 feet wide.This year, the stadium debuted Daktronics LED ribbon displays above each end zone, making it 13 straight years the company has been part of the Super Bowl.
The Daktronics boards measure 2 feet high by 343 feet wide and complement the ribbon displays Daktronics installed in 2014 in the east and west sides of NRG Stadium and the 360-degree ribbon display installed in 2008 in the lower area.A total 4,400 feet of Daktronics ribbon displays now encompass NRG Stadium.
NRG Stadium also features a Daktronics marquee display in front of the venue to welcomes fans as well as promoting upcoming events.Prior to kick off of the big game, Daktronics’ professional services team were at NRG Stadium for pre-event checks. During and after New England’s 34-28 overtime victory, event support staff was thereto ensure everything ran smoothly.
“We prepare for these moments just like the coaches and players practice for the game,” said Daktronics VP of services Sarah Rose.
Stadium technology specialist WBL Services relied on Gefen equipment to support the on-site video distribution for Super Bowl LI. WBL used a Gefen Pro 32×32 HDMI matrix as the central hub in its control center for video distribution throughout the stadium.
