The Daktronics Experience

Harvard University delivers productions for 300+ events per year! To take a peek behind the curtain of how they make it all happen, Justin and Matt are joined by Imry Halevi, Associate Director of Athletics, Content & Strategic Communications at Harvard University. Learn how the university developed their productions from in-venue to broadcasts as well as how they maximize the use of technology to tell a story for each sporting event.

Links:

• Daktronics Live Book Webpage: daktronics.com/livebook
• Daktronics Installation Photos at Harvard: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/photos?k=harvard%20university
• Imry's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/imryh 

Our control solutions are always advancing, and that includes the expansion of All Sport Pro Baseball. To hear about the details and how it makes life easier for game-day production staff, Justin and Matt talked with Chris Johnson, Daktronics product manager for All Sport.

With new displays on the way to the University of Minnesota, Justin and Matt chatted with Mike Wierzbicki, Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Affairs, to hear more about the project. He also shares his background and what it’s like working at the university, the multiple uses of certain areas of Huntington Bank Stadium and how this technology will bring more excitement surrounding their live events.

• Daktronics News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/gopher-athletics-gets-upgrade-with-seven-daktronics-displays-installed-at-huntington-bank-stadium-at-university-of-minnesota
• Huntington Bank Stadium: https://gophersports.com/sports/2022/10/18/huntington-bank-stadium

Building a connection with your audience might be as easy as collecting a database of existing and historical pictures and information. To hear how this database can be leveraged in different ways for schools, universities and even businesses, Justin and Matt visited with Roger Imhoff, national sales for TouchPros. He shares his path to working for TouchPros and how the product has delivered an interactive Hall of Fame as well as bringing it to light on Daktronics video displays.

Links:

• TouchPros Website: www.touchpros.com 

When you’re bringing a new arena to your campus, you obviously want the best for your student-athletes and fans. Justin and Matt visited with Zach Dayton, Deputy Athletic Director at Fairfield University, to hear how he took on this challenge and all of the details that go along with it. 

Links: 

• Fairfield University News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/fairfield-university-partners-with-daktronics-for-new-leo-d-mahoney-arena  

When unveiling their new display at Bo Ryan Court, the University of Wisconsin Platteville unleashed their creativity to make people take notice. Justin and Matt visited with Kristina Navarro, Director of Athletics and Recreation, Assistant Chancellor at UW Platteville, to hear about their fun unveiling video and much more about their LED display installations on campus. 

• UW Platteville Athletics Website: https://letsgopioneers.com/landing/index 
• Daktronics College Webpage: www.daktronics.com/college 
• National Lampoons Spoof Video: https://twitter.com/uwp_pioneers/status/1582070276795224064?s=20&t=0rRyGHT6kf8mabiG3yj5yQ  

When it comes to a video display at your school, there's a lot that goes along with it. To hear how Daktronics prepares schools and students as well as helps to build future careers, Justin and Matt are joined by Kyle Sydow, Daktronics HSPR market manager, and Will Ellerbruch, Daktronics national sales manager. They talk about DakClassroom, what it entails and how it builds skills for the next level.

• DakClassroom Webpage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/markets/sports/high-schools/dakclassroom 
• Daktronics High School’s Project Gallery: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/photos?k=High%20school&f=%7B%22pt%22%3A%5B%22Video%20Displays%22%5D%7D

As colleges are consistently looking to improve the fan and student-athlete experience, South Dakota State University is working on a 3-phase renovation on campus in Brookings, SD. To hear about the details of the project, Justin and Matt visited with Jeff Holm, Senior Associate Athletic Director for Facilities and Operations at SDSU. He talks about each phase of the project, when they will be completed, what fans can expect to see and much more.

• South Dakota State University groundbreaking announcement: https://gojacks.com/news/2022/5/26/general-arena-groundbreaking-set-for-june-2.aspx

Control at a sporting event can be very basic or extremely complicated. Lucky for operators, we try to make it easier with products like All Sport Pro Soccer. To hear about this offering, new developments and how it integrates into the game-day production, Justin and Matt are joined by Chris Johnson, Daktronics scoring and timing product manager. He shares all the details and more, especially for soccer.

• Daktronics All Sport Pro Webpage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/products/software-and-controllers/all-sport-pro 
• All Sport Pro Soccer Cutsheet: https://daktronics.widen.net/s/rsbx8kcg7m/cutsheet_allsportpro_soccer_0322 

Ahead of basketball tipping off in Sioux Falls, Justin and Jesa travel to the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center to hear about the history of the Summit League Basketball Championships and what’s in store for this year as they celebrate their 40^th anniversary. Joining them are Bryan Miller, Assistant Commissioner for the Summit League, and Eric Ray, Daktronics Event Producer at South Dakota State University. They share their history with the tournament, how things have changed over the years and much more.

• The Summit League Website: https://thesummitleague.org/