Daktronics equips the LA Clippers Intuit Dome with an LED halo board. The arena is scheduled to open in 2024 as the new home arena for the LA Clippers and will have a capacity of 18,500.
The world’s largest double-sided halo scoreboard is placed in the LA Clippers’ Intuit Dome. Image: LA Clippers
The halo board in the LA Clippers Intuit Dome will be the largest double-sided halo scoreboard ever installed in an arena, according to Daktronics. The nearly one-acre scoreboard is designed to help create an immersive live experience at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. Thanks to projects like this, the company passed the 800 million mark for the first time. exceeded $746 million on orders in a single fiscal year. equivalent to euros.
“This milestone is a testament that our people, products and services work together for the benefit of our customers,” said Reece Kurtenbach, President and CEO of Daktronics. “While large projects like the Halo board in the Intuit Dome quickly bring us closer to our goals, we value every order in every market. We enjoy working with our clients to achieve their unique business goals through advanced audiovisual solutions; we look forward to developing, manufacturing and shipping our products all over the world!”
Daktronics is currently expanding its production capacities at several locations to serve the growing demand for LED displays. These include doubling the company’s capacity to supply surface mount device (SMD) LED product lines and adding 9,000 square feet of manufacturing space at the Brookings facility. The Halo board in the Intuit Dome will be one of the first projects to use Brookings’ new assembly line.
Das Halo-Board im Intuit Dome
The LA Clippers’ double-sided halo display will feature approximately 40,000 square feet of digital canvas — that’s more than 3,592 60-inch TVs and more than 233 million LEDs. Clippers designed and engineered the Intuit Dome roof specifically for the unique Halo board to optimize sight lines from all seats and to enhance the viewing experience from the seats at the top of the stadium. The inner halo display will be 9.7 meters high and 192 meters in circumference. The outer halo display will be 8.5 meters high and 201.4 meters in circumference, making the entire halo more proportionally balanced than others. The entire halo will be in 4K and will feature a tight 3.9mm pixel array.
“We are excited to be working with Daktronics, an innovator in video displays, to create a halo board that will create one of the most immersive live experiences in esports,” said Gillian Zucker, President of Business Operations at the Clippers.
“The halo board in the Intuit Dome is a significant endeavor for our company and we are excited to be part of the team that will deliver this unprecedented, double-sided halo display for the Clippers,” added Kurtenbach. “The preparation, development and conception, brought about through intense collaboration between our engineering and creative teams, was critical in developing a vision for this project that unified the many groups involved. I’m proud of the contribution our team has made to get to this point and we’re excited to be able to help create the most immersive live experience in esports for the Clipper Nation.”
Additional screens inside and outside the Intuit Dome will engage spectators as soon as they arrive and until they are seated for the game. Additional displays will be placed in the lobby and a seven meter high and 58 meter wide screen will overlook the outdoor basketball court in the plaza. Perimeter displays will be installed along the seat covers and at the entrances to the seat pans, goal scorer scoreboards and pitchside basket supports will also add to the game experience while providing the opportunity to showcase sponsors during events. Daktronics has also previously built and installed a mini halo board at the Clippers Intuit Dome Experience Center.
Since the company’s beginnings in 1968, Daktronics has grown with the sports industry. Today, the company has integrated super LED systems in nearly 60 percent of all professional sports facilities in the United States and Canada.
(Stadium world, 09.06.2022)
