Daktronics Inc. in conjunction with the Orlando Magic and the City of Orlando, announced yesterday that it will provide an integrated scoring, video and advertising display system for the new Amway Center scheduled to open in Orlando in the fall of 2010. Installation of the first displays of the multi-million dollar system will begin in early 2010.

Daktronics will design and manufacture more than 50 full-color light emitting diode (LED) displays for the Amway Center, including one of the world’s largest suspended scoreboards.

The centerhung scoreboard alone will include four primary high definition LED video displays with 840 lines of resolution (approximately 17 feet high by 24 feet wide), eight auxiliary video/scoring/statistics displays, and two LED ring displays. The venue will be the first in the world to utilize high resolution 6 mm surface mount LED pixel technology on all of the centerhung digital displays. More than 9 million individual LEDs will be used in the 18 displays incorporated into the centerhung scoreboard. Overall dimensions of the centerhung scoreboard are 42 feet by 41 feet by 41 feet (HxWxD), making it the largest and most capable of any in NBA venues.

Complementing the primary scoreboard will be two LED ribbon boards mounted on the interior fascia of the seating decks. One 360-degree display will encircle the entire seating bowl and measure more than 1,100 feet in circumference. The second will measure more than 750 feet in length.

The integrated display system will continue on the outside of the building. Full-color ProPixel® LED strips allow for great visibility and image clarity for those viewers in front of the display, while allowing those behind the display to see through it. A curved LED display on the building’s corner “tower”, near the entrance to the future Magic retail store, will promote events and other items to the public. The display will measure approximately 8 feet high by 80 feet wide, utilizing Daktronics HD-12 technology.