The Daktronics Experience

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  

The Norfolk Tides upgraded their LED display system in a big way with the second-largest video scoreboard in MiLB in 2022. To talk about this upgrade and the evolution of the display and control system for the team, Justin and Matt are joined by Mike Watkins, Assistant General Manager of Sales, Marketing & Fan Experience, and Mike Zeman, Assistant General Manager of Operations, both with the Norfolk Tides. They talk about being with the team since 2006, the changes they’ve seen in their game-day presentation over the years and much more.

• Norfolk Tides Website: https://milb.com/norfolk
• Daktronics News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/norfolk-tides-turn-heads-with-second-largest-video-board-in-the-minor-leagues-from-daktronics

To hear things from a student’s perspective, Justin and Matt are joined by Isabella Holterman, former student event producer at Oak Creek High School in Wisconsin. She shares her experience working with live event productions in high school as well as working with the production team at the Milwaukee Milkmen after graduation.

• Daktronics Crew Connect Webpage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/markets/sports/high-schools/crew-connect
• Oak Creek High School Website: https://www.ocfsd.org/oak-creek-high-school
• Milwaukee Milkmen Website: https://www.milwaukeemilkmen.com/

Do you ever wonder what happens behind the scenes of a video wall installation? To hear those details, Justin and Matt are joined by Kyle Kempf, CTS-I Director of Commercial Audio Video for ImageNet Consulting. He shares all about ImageNet, how they started working with Daktronics, a recent install in Texas and much more.

• Daktronics LED Video Wall Webpage: www.daktronics.com/videowalls 
• ImageNet Consulting Website: imagenetconsulting.com
• ImageNet’s AV Solutions Webpage: https://imagenetconsulting.com/products/audio-visual-solutions/
• Kyle’s Email: Kkempf@imagenet.com

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

Ahead of the MLS All-Star Game being hosted at Allianz Field, Justin sat down with Cole Mayer, production engineer for Minnesota United FC, and Chris Johnson, Daktronics product manager, to hear all about the game-day production capabilities being used at the stadium. The conversation covers opening a new soccer-specific stadium, the details of implementing All Sport Pro Soccer at the venue and what it can do, and other interesting bits of information from behind the scenes of the Minnesota United FC game-day production.

• Minnesota United FC Website: https://www.mnufc.com/
• All Sport Pro Webpage: daktronics.com/allsportpro

For a number of years, decades really, Daktronics has been involved with or attended the IDEA – Information Display and Entertainment Association conference. This year is no different. To hear about the show, our involvement and what we will have in the booth, Justin visited with Daktronics representatives Sarah Rose, Diane Gonzalez-Ferranti and Greg Fleischbein.

• Daktronics Webpage for IDEA: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/events/idea
• IDEA Website: ideaontheweb.org
  
  
  

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

What do you know about Daktronics’ factory in Redwood Falls, Minnesota? To shine a spotlight on the location and hear all about it, Justin and Matt are joined by Tom Quackenbush, Daktronics Plant Manager in Redwood Falls. He shares some history of the factory, the types of products they produce, some big projects they will be a part of and much more.

• Daktronics Employment Website: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/employment

What happens when art and Out Of Home advertising collide? ArtPop Street Gallery is finding out the answer in Charlotte, North Carolina. Justin and Matt talked with Wendy Hickey, Founder and Executive Director of ArtPop Street Gallery, to hear more details about how they are highlighting artists and their work with the community.

Links:

• ArtPop Street Gallery Website: artpopstreetgallery.com
• ArtPop Donation Website: https://artpop.flipcause.com/  
• @artpopstreetgallery on Instagram