GoVision’s “GoBigger,” Video Wall Above Court Dazzle During Final Four
DETROIT (May 5, 2009) – Just when you thought March Madness couldn’t get any bigger, the NCAA® brings in some of the biggest LED screens in the world to ensure that no detail would be missed by crowds both in and outside Ford Field during Final Four® weekend last month.
The video units and related production elements were provided by Keller, Texas-based GoVision (www.jumbo.tv), one of the nation’s premier suppliers of turnkey mobile LED units and customized modular LED walls. GoVision most recently captured global attention with its giant LED units perched on the U.S. Capitol steps during President Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony.
Inside the stadium, GoVision, in partnership with the NCAA, configured eight 13.5′ x 24′ Barco D7 LED screens to create a massive octagonal video wall that was painstakingly suspended from the ceiling above the basketball court. The rigging itself was a monumental undertaking in keeping with the enormity of the Final Four itself. In total, the eight-screen unit weighed 92,980 pounds.
Outside the arena, GoVision’s massive 19′ x 33′ widescreen unit, known as “GoBigger,” offered the crowds up-close views of the major acts performing at “The Big Dance® Festival” held at the Detroit International Riverfront/General Motors Renaissance Center. GoBigger is the world’s first and largest truly high-definition mobile video screen. A 30-foot ticker board atop the stage was also provided to accommodate “text-to-screen” messaging by the revelers.
“GoVision’s screens were an integral part of the spectator experience throughout Final Four weekend,” said LJ Wright, Director of NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. “Even in a huge stadium like Ford Field, everyone had a fantastic view of the games. The GoVision team did an outstanding job, beginning with the Herculean task of rigging the screens over the court and ending with bringing the boards down after the final buzzer.”
“Everything at the Final Four is done on a grand scale,” said Jeff Wilson, Director of Operations for Jonathan Witz & Associates, which handled logistics for the Big Dance Festival. “So it’s only fitting that we would bring in the world’s largest mobile HD screen to entertain the crowds. Everything worked seamlessly from start to finish, even the ‘text-to-screen’ ticker, which made my job just a little bit easier.”
“We pride ourselves on delivering at some of the biggest events in the world – from presidential inaugurations to NASCAR races to the Final Four,” said Chris Curtis, CEO of GoVision. “Our clients trust us to make certain that everything goes off without a hitch, and I’m proud to say we haven’t disappointed.”
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