Daktronics Inc. (Brookings, S.D) will design, manufacture and install an integrated scoring and video display for the Ford Center, home of the Oklahoma City Thunder. The $3.9 million system will be installed and operational before the start of the 2009-10 Thunder season.
Daktronics video-display technology will be featured on ten displays that comprise the heart of the centerhung display. These displays will present incredible, high-resolution, crystal clear live video, replays and statistical information. “This is so much more than a scoreboard. It will be so much more dramatic because of the video and digital technology,” added Byrnes.
Two unique, tilted video panels, with 6mm, center-to-center pixel spacing, on the bottom of the centerhung, will provide high quality, easy-to-view video and information to fans sitting courtside and in other lower seating areas.
An LED ring display, which sits atop the centerhung, can provide game-in-progress information, statistics, sponsor promotions, cropped video clips, animations, graphics and advertisements.
Owned by the city of Oklahoma City and managed by SMG, Ford Center has hosted more than 600 events and almost six million guests since opening in 2002. On March 4, 2008, Oklahoma City voters approved a temporary, one-cent sales tax, which will fund major upgrades to the Ford Center. Plans include the addition of a grand entrance with a multistory atrium, new restaurants, clubs, concession areas, bunker suites, loge boxes, rooftop gardens, a warm-up basketball court, locker rooms, team offices and a family fun zone.