LA Clippers’ Intuit Dome Halo Board Highlights Largest Order Volume in Daktronics History
June 08 2022 - 9:00AM
For the first time in the company’s history, Daktronics
(NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, has crossed the $800
million mark for orders in a single fiscal year. This milestone has
been reached thanks to large projects including the LA Clippers’
massive Intuit Dome Halo Board, the largest ever double-sided halo
display in an arena setting. This almost full acre-sized scoreboard
will help build the most intensive live experience in sports at
Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, set to open in 2024 as the
new home of the Clippers.
“This milestone is a testament to our people, products and
services all working together for the betterment of our customers,”
said Daktronics President and CEO Reece Kurtenbach. “While large
projects like Intuit Dome’s Halo Board quickly move the needle
towards our goals, we value every order in every market. We enjoy
working with our customers to achieve their unique business
objectives through advanced audiovisual solutions; we are excited
to design, manufacture and deliver our products around the
world!”
Daktronics is currently expanding its manufacturing capabilities
in multiple locations to support the growing demand for LED
displays. This includes the doubling of the company’s capacity to
deliver Surface Mount Device (SMD) LED product lines and increasing
production space in the Brookings factory by 90,000 square feet.
The Intuit Dome Halo Board will be one of the first projects to use
the new assembly line in Brookings.
Intuit Dome Halo BoardThe LA Clippers’ Intuit
Dome double-sided halo display will feature approximately 38,375
square feet of digital canvas – that’s more than 3,592 60-inch
televisions and more than 233 million LEDs. The Clippers
specifically designed and engineered the Intuit Dome roof to
accommodate the unique Halo Board, optimizing sightlines from all
seats and putting a priority on the viewing experience of
upper-bowl seats. The inner halo display will measure 32 feet high
by 623 feet in circumference and the outer halo display will
measure 28 feet high by 661 feet in circumference, making the full
halo proportionally more balanced than others. The entire halo will
be 4K and feature a tight 3.9-millimeter pixel layout.
“We are excited to partner with Daktronics, an innovator in
video displays, to develop a Halo Board that will create one of the
most intense live experiences in sports,” said Gillian Zucker, LA
Clippers President of Business Operations. “Intuit Dome’s Halo
Board is a significant undertaking 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 conceptualizing done
through intense cooperation between our engineering and Creative
Services teams was critical in developing a vision for this project
that connected with the many groups involved. I am proud of our
team’s contribution to get to this point, and we are excited to
help build the most intense live experience in sports for Clipper
Nation.”
Additional displays located inside and outside Intuit Dome will
inform and connect with audiences as they arrive until they are
seated for the main event. Large lobby displays will engage with
fans and a giant 23-foot-high by 190-foot-wide screen will overlook
the outdoor basketball court on The Plaza. Ribbon displays will be
installed along seating fascia and inside seating bowl entrances,
and courtside scorers tables and basket stanchion displays will
also add to the game-day experience while offering opportunities to
highlight sponsors throughout events. Daktronics has also already
built and installed a mini Halo Board in the Clippers’ Intuit Dome
Experience Center.
Daktronics has grown with the sports industry from the company’s
beginnings in 1968. Today, the company has integrated LED super
systems in nearly 60 percent of all professional sports facilities
in the United States and Canada. For more information on what
Daktronics can provide, visit
www.daktronics.com/professionalsports.
About DaktronicsDaktronics helps its customers
to impact their audiences throughout the world with large-format
LED video displays, message displays, scoreboards, digital
billboards, audio systems and control systems in sport, business
and transportation applications. Founded in 1968 as a USA-based
manufacturing company, Daktronics has grown into the world leader
in audiovisual systems and implementation with offices around the
globe. Discover more at www.daktronics.com.
About the LA ClippersLed by Chairman Steve
Ballmer, the LA Clippers have competed in 51 NBA seasons and
appeared in the Playoffs in eight of the past 10 seasons. They have
11-straight winning seasons, the longest active streak in the NBA.
The Clippers are committed to the city of Los Angeles and through
the LA Clippers Foundation, provide resources and opportunities
that make a positive difference toward leveling the playing field
for youth in Southern California. Visit the Clippers online at
www.clippers.com or follow them on social media @LAClippers.
About Intuit DomeIntuit Dome will open for the
2024-25 season in Inglewood, California as the new home of the LA
Clippers. Built for the fan, by the fan, the technologically
advanced and basketball-obsessed arena, entertainment venue and
outdoor plaza will deliver a uniquely intimate and intense
experience and redefine what it means to be the best arena in the
world.
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cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations,
including, but not limited to, changes in economic and market
conditions, management of growth, timing and magnitude of future
contracts and orders, fluctuations in margins, the introduction of
new products and technology, the impact of adverse weather
conditions, increased regulation and other risks described in the
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they occur.
MEDIA RELATIONS
Justin OchsnerDaktronics Public
Relations/MarketingTel 605-692-0200Email
justin.ochsner@daktronics.com
Amy Millstone, LA Clippers,
amillstone@clippers.com
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