University of West Georgia Teams with Daktronics for Integrated System in New Football Stadium

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Oct. 29, 2009 – The University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Ga., unveiled their brand new football stadium with a state-of-the-art video and scoring system designed, manufactured and installed by Daktronics Inc. (Nasdaq-DAKT) of Brookings S.D.

“The clarity, graphics and overall appearance of the new displays have provided our crowd with a high energy presentation that we really appreciate,” said Eddie Duffey, Assistant Athletic Director of Development and Operations. “The excitement of the game day presentation has been a great avenue toward crowd participation as well as recognizing all corporate sponsors of West Georgia athletics. The very strong support staff at Daktronics has been a great help from the beginning of the process.”

University Stadium, the new home to Wolves football, debuted this fall with a large Daktronics LED (light emitting diode) video display measuring approximately 13 feet high by 22 feet wide. The video board can operate as one display showing a single large image or be divided into multiple zones (windows) to show a wide variety of statistics, information, graphics, animations and live and recorded video.

Daktronics also provided an LED football scoreboard below the video screen. Measuring 36 feet wide, the dependable scoreboard comes complete with bright LED digits and programmable team name displays.

Wolves’ fans and players will be informed and entertained all season long with an additional 34 foot wide LED display located under the scoreboard. This display provides fans with in-game information, out-of-town scores, promotional messages and crowd prompts that create an interactive experience. Sponsors of UWG athletics also have creative opportunities to get their messages across through motion graphics and other eye-catching content.

All entering University Stadium will be reminded that they are in the Wolves den with decorated identification and sponsor displays surrounding the integrated football display system.

Daktronics will also provide new scoring displays to UWG’s soccer and softball facilities in the near future. Daktronics recently installed a state-of-the-art four-sided centerhung display to The Coliseum, home to Wolves basketball.
About University of West Georgia
The West Georgia Wolves intercollegiate sports teams are affiliated with NCAA Division II athletics as a member of the Gulf South Conference. As part of a new athletic complex on campus, UWG will debut the new 9,000 seat University Stadium for football, as well as a new soccer stadium, softball field, practice fields and fields for intramural sports.

About Daktronics
Daktronics has strong leadership positions in, and is the world’s largest supplier of, large screen video displays, electronic scoreboards, computer-programmable displays, digital billboards, and control systems. The company excels in the control of large display systems, including those that require integration of multiple complex displays showing real-time information, graphics, animation and video. Daktronics designs, manufactures, markets and services display systems for customers around the world, in sport, business and transportation applications. For more information, visit the company’s World Wide Web site at: http://www.daktronics.com, e-mail the company at sales@daktronics.com, call (605) 697-4300 or toll-free (800) 325-8766 in the United States or write to the company at 331 32nd Ave. PO Box 5128 Brookings, S.D. 57006-5128.

Daktronics Inc.
331 32nd Ave
Brookings, SD 57006
USA
Anne Larkin
Phone 605 697 4965
Anne.larkin@daktronics.com

This release was published on openPR.