Taylor Field, Canada, Installs New Barco Scoreboard
On 25 June 2005 the Saskatchewan Roughriders played their first game of the new Canadian Football League (CFL) season in an upgraded Taylor Field Arena. Aimed at enhancing the game experience, the stadium was equipped with an LED scoreboard from Barco, leader in visualization solutions for the sports market. The new scoreboard brings fans the ultimate game experience and offers new advertising opportunities for the team's sponsors.
In December 2004, ambitious plans were unveiled to upgrade Taylor Field stadium, home of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, by the start of the 2005 Canadian Football League (CFL) season. Plans included new stands, a new turf and also a new scoreboard system. Barco was chosen for this turnkey sports application based on a solid reputation for excellent image quality and exterior grade technology.
The new scoreboard provides enhanced game-day experience for the fans and offers new promotional opportunities for the team's sponsors. “Not only do our fans love the new scoreboard, but our players love it too”, explains Jim Hopson, CEO of Saskatchewan Roughriders. “It has definitely taken Taylor Field to the next level, it’s changed our game day experience.”
The new scoreboard display consists of a 36ft x 20ft SLite 14 LED Video display solution (108 tiles) that provides bright, high-resolution imagery for live video functions and replay, a 36ft x 10ft Fixed Digit LED Scoreboard, and associated advertising and identification panels.
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Barco’s specialized visualization solutions targeted at the needs of the Media & Entertainment industries are used at high-profile venues and events. Barco counts names such as U2, Ferrari, Louis Vuitton, Madonna and Daimler Chrysler, Clearchannel Spectacolor, as well as installations for Merrill Lynch, Kinepolis, China Film Group, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Reliant Park Stadium (USA) and Miami Heat NBA amongst some of its key references.
About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, provides visualization and display solutions for professional markets. Barco designs and develops solutions for large screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection. Barco is active worldwide and has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco is quoted on Euronext Brussels and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company (Euronext: BAR; Reuters: BARBt.BR; Bloomberg: BAR BB).
