Systems Solutions at Soccer City Stadium

The remodeled South African stadium, heart of the World Cup 2010, integrates IPTV and high definition video distribution supplied by Systems Solutions.

El Soccer City Stadium, the stadium where the opening and closing of the World Cup in South Africa will take place next year, has awarded Systems Solutions, subsidiary of Gearhouse South Africa, a contract for the installation of major high-definition video distribution networks. One of the strengths of the project will be two Lighthouse R16i/o-II screens of 86m2 whose signal will be fed from a Vista Spyder control system together with Christie's new Vista Universal Routing Switcher. The control will be managed from a Stumpfl ISEO AV master control, solution that will interconnect the different systems, devices and apps. From the ISEO will be controlled all the devices involved from the ingestion of signals until their arrival at the screens of giant LEDs and all the screens and monitors distributed by this huge stadium. The system will also monitor the playout of digital signage, incorporating warning messages or announcements on selected screens or throughout the network via IPTV.

The temple of football

Soccer City Stadium not only represents one of the most artistic and inspiring venues on the African continent, but, built to new, will serve as the stage for the opening match and final of the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010. Its design is inspired by the African branch known as calabash, whose aesthetics are wonderfully appreciated at night. Soccer City is located southwest of Johannesburg, close to one of the most fanatical areas of football that exists in the region: Soweto, where a percentage lives close to 40% of the population of Johannesburg. Soccer City can be considered the cathedral of South African football. In the middle of the decade of 1980, several South African football club leaders joined forces to build the country's first international football stadium, whose construction paid for the fraternity of football. Soccer City was the scene of Nelson Mandela's first mass speech after his release in 1990. likewise, thousands of people gathered at the stadium in 1993 to mourn the death of Chris Hani. Soccer City also saw the final of the Africa Cup of Nations 1996, of which South Africa was proclaimed champion. The original capacity of the stadium, known as FNB, era of 80.000 Spectators, but after the planned reforms its capacity has been increased to 94,700 localities with the addition of a sunroof and new dressing rooms.

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