Cleveland Indians Select Daktronics Premier High-Definition Display
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
The Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team has selected Daktronics, Brookings, South Dakota, to design, manufacture and install a new high-definition display at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, for the 2016 season.
This project continues a long-standing relationship with the Indians that began when their stadium opened back in 1994.
“The new boards will significantly enhance our fans’ at experience at Progressive Field,” says Neil Weiss, the Indians senior vice-president of technology and chief information officer. “This project increases our ability to deliver a world-class in-game experience, delivering stats, highlights and player profiles in large, high-definition formats.”
The main video display will measure approximately 59’ high by 221’ for 13,000 sq. ft. of active display area. A total of 10.6 million LEDs make up the entire display. It will feature a 13HD pixel layout, the premier technology for outdoor LED video displays, for excellent image clarity and contrast with wide angle visibility to appeal to every fan inside Progressive Field.
The display will incorporate variable content zoning which allows it to show one large image or it can be divided into multiple windows to show any combination of live video, instant replays, up-to-the-minute statistics, game information, graphics and animations, and sponsorship messages.
Reece Kurtenbach, Daktronics CEO, says, “As venues hosting live sporting events continue to strive to improve fan entertainment, Daktronics continues to provide industry-leading technology to stay in front of these trends. This installation will deliver an impressive and memorable game-day experience for Indians fans in 2016.”
The fully-integrated super system that Daktronics is manufacturing and installing at Progressive Field will also include, in addition to the main scoreboard: a 10’ high by 173’ wide display; five ribbon displays, all 3.5’ high and varying in length from 60’ wide to as wide as 1,267’; and a 9th Street marquee display measuring 8.5’ high by 9.5’ wide with 10mm line spacing. All feature premier 13HD outdoor technology.
Daktronics LED video and messaging display technology offers a long lifetime with consistent, industry-leading performance and low power consumption.
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