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LED video display manufacturer integrates venue LED lighting into game-day experience

May 5, 2016

Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota, has integrated control of solid-state LED lighting with Daktronics Show Control System, according to a company press release. Show Control can send and receive lighting triggers, and is able to incorporate LED lighting to complement the content running on any video display in a facility. This was accomplished in March at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, home of the Texas Rangers Major League Baseball team.

"This capability is the very beginning of a trend that's coming to live sporting events," said Jay Parker, vice president of live events for Daktronics. "Incorporating the venue's general lighting into the game-day production increases the fan experience and opens up a wide variety of possibilities for sponsors by matching lighting elements with video display content. As venues make the lighting switch to LEDs, more and more opportunities will present themselves to connect the capabilities of LED lighting into the game-day production."

Daktronics worked with companies in the sports lighting market to establish two-way communication between select DMX-based lighting servers and Show Control.

"We have developed a lighting control plug-in for Show Control's integration engine making it possible to access and operate stadium or arena lighting within any given game-day element," said Tony Kuck, control systems product manager for Daktronics. "The two-way triggering allows for ultimate flexibility in the control of video displays in conjunction with LED lighting solutions."

Show Control enables the lighting to be triggered to highlight key moments in a game or incorporate color washes that match an advertiser's branding, the release said.