Denver Nuggets Stadium has the largest scoreboard installed in an NBA venue

The Pepsi Center, home of the Denver Nuggets basketball team, you have installed a four-screen marker, project commissioned by Daktronics. It has also implemented a new sound system and has renovated the stadium's HD display park..

The Pepsi Center in Denver has carried out a remodeling of its audiovisual systems. It has provided the facilities with more than 300 HD displays, has updated its sound system and has implanted a marker, consisting of four screens, which is the largest that exists in an NBA stadium. This stadium is home to different teams such as the Denver Nuggets that will be able to start the season this fall with new facilities, a scoreboard of the greatest in the NBA and an innovative sound system.

Before the start-up of this project, that Altitude has done, Denver's Pepsi Center (Colorado) it had an analog screen that did not offer the optimal viewing conditions and a sound system that had also become somewhat obsolete. “The new marker, the sound system and the technological improvements that have accompanied each installation will allow fans to offer one of the best audiovisual experiences in the sports environment", explains Josh Kroenke, president of the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche.

This marker is the star of an improvement project that began in 2012 with the installation of more than 300 HD flat panels, that were located in the lobbies, restaurants and suites, in the lower levels of the club and in the new Land Rover Denver Club. In addition, four auxiliary LED boards were placed in each of the four corners of the upper floor. The construction of the scoreboard began when the Nuggets finished their season in early May..

The plate of this large marker was designed by WJHW (Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams), that has implemented an HD production control center to manage its contents, and its manufacture and installation has been carried out by Daktronics which has developed a display device with one of the largest areas of vision that can be seen in an indoor sports facility.

In addition, it is possible to handle unlimited settings for the display of the action, live game information and statistics. While the previous marker displayed standard definition, the new board will display high-definition content, which has required a re-construction of the stadium's video production studio facilities. Altitude has been responsible for the production of these contents.

Four Full HD displays

The scoreboard consists of four large screens, two will face the central areas, with dimensions of 27" high by 48" long, and two others that are at the ends and that measure approximately 21″ height by 25" wide.

Their screens contain more than 8,5 millions of pixels in total and offer an aspect ratio of 16:9, with a Full HD 1080p definition. It has an area of more than 4.400 square meters, making it the biggest in the NBA. Its length extends from the triple line of a field to that of the opposite for basketball games and goes from one blue line to the other for hockey games..

The new video card is the largest of its kind and offers an unparalleled view of the action unfolding on the field when the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Mammoth and Colorado Cruz, main teams that have their headquarters in the Pepsi Center, celebrate their matches.

The new scoreboard provides fans with a visual experience that they can enjoy from any of the stadium locations. Its visualization is a 300% more than the previous screens offered and the central displays provide a video image 800% larger than the previous screen.

Sound system

With the new project, the stadium has new speakers of 20 meters high, which are accompanied by four subwoofers that have been mounted behind each array. Each speaker has a maximum power of 1600 watts and each subwoofer alcaza the 2400 Watts.

The sound system features forty-three four-channel amplifiers, to cover spectator seats, some 9.600 watts each for a total of 412.800 Watts. In addition, digital signal processors are used to configure the system.

All amplifiers and digital signal processors are controlled by equipment that tells the operator the signal level and ON-OFF status of each amplifier. They also alert you to any failures that occur in the amplifiers or speakers. In addition, computers allow the operator to configure the system to perform live concerts.

The system has been designed by WJHW using a 3D acoustic modeling system that accurately predicts sound coverage, intelligibility and levels. The system has been installed by LVW Electronics.

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