Five of the 10 stadiums hosting soccer's 2023 Women's World Cup are equipped with Daktronics displays and technology to enhance the spectator experience. The largest display– the Great Southern Screen at Sydney's Accor Stadium – is 10m high by 120m wide, making it the biggest main display at a sports…
Epsom Downs racecourse has been staging the UK's most prestigious horse race, The Derby, since 1780. It continues to draw racing crowds, while also hosting events ranging from weddings to corporate functions. However, as part of wider refurbishment works, the venue needed an overhaul of its AV system to bring…
More than 160,00 fans at WrestleMania have been enthralled by high-octane video technology driven by an army of Green Hippo’s Hippotizer Boreal+ Media Servers. The two-day event, which was held at the SoFi Stadium in California, was hosted by Snoop Dogg and WWE star The Miz, and livestreamed to a…
The days are long gone when all that was heard of concert audiences or sports spectators was a polite round of applause or a quick chorus of You’ll Never Walk Alone. “Most new stadiums are being designed and built as ‘smart’ stadiums, with fans and audiences expecting a more interactive…
The world’s largest Meyer Sound Panther system has been installed at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Xcel Energy Center – which is the home of NHL team Minnesota Wild and seats about 18,000 people – has replaced its 22-year-old point-source system with 96 Panther large-format linear…
A smoking hole appeared in a baseball stadium's HDR LED scoreboard, after a direct hit from a baseball slugger on Sunday. Part of the outdoor display at the Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City appeared to catch fire when hit by the ball, before one of two LED panels initially taken…
The first 1REBEL gym in Dubai has been fitted out with more than 40 EM Acoustics loudspeakers and subwoofers. Voted ‘king of gyms’ by GQ magazine, the London-based boutique fitness brand required audio systems that could supply a high-octane soundtrack across an area of 900 sq metres. UAE-based distributor and…
Former US Open winner Emma Raducanu trained two young tennis players in London from more than 4,300 miles away in what is thought to be the first-ever 5G hologram tennis coaching session. New hologram technology, powered by Vodafone’s 5G network, meant there was no delay between Raducanu, who was at…
A custom-built, 10sq m Philips dvLED wall will transform the trackside hospitality experience for guests in the Oracle Red Bull Racing Paddock Club at every Formula One grand prix for the next two seasons PPDS, the global provider of Philips professional displays, has been named Digital Display Supplier and Innovation…
The stadium of French rugby union team USA Perpignan has been equipped with a NEXO GEO S12 sound system after the club was impressed by the audio quality at its neighbour's stadium. When the home of rugby league team the Catalans Dragons, the Stade Gilbert Brutus, in Perpignan, was redeveloped…
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