What: Dual Channel HD CrossFire
Where: TD Banknorth Garden
Click Effects heartily congratulates the Boston Celtics as they win their 17th NBA Championship! On June 17th they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers for the league title. The Celtics were the first team to purchase a Click Effects CrossFire HD Dual Channel system on September 13, 2006. The TD Banknorth Garden has featured the CrossFire for the last two seasons.
John Mitchell, Director of Event Presentation for the TD Banknorth Garden was particularly pleased. "From the opening of the show to the very last basket, the content just flowed from our CrossFire HD system to the networks trucks and into the homes of over 15 million people around the world. We trust Click Effects THAT much."
The CrossFire enabled the TD Banknorth Garden to access cutting edge live production and zoning video boards all across the arena. The synchronized video and integrated audio player gave the Celtics fans a top of the line experience.
With the addition of Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, the Celtics dominated the league in the 2007-2008 season. The new presentation of this team matched the high definition, live production of the new CrossFire system. The city of Boston has celebrated six professional league championships in the last 6 years! The Celtics have once again brought Titletown back to Boston, and Click Effects is proud to be a part of such a great organization.
What: Flashback Dual Channel system
Where: Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
Click Effects would like to welcome the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, the new AAA affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, to our team! The Iron Pigs have purchased a Dual Channel Click Effects Flashback system. The brand new Coca-Cola Park in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania will highlight the Flashback for the 2008 season and well beyond, especially through the capable hands of Creative Services director Matt Zidik,a noted Click Effects expert. The new park has a capacity of 8.100. The Iron Pigs' fans will enjoy the immediate and customized replays and highlight reels of the games, accomplished with network TV quality production.
The Flashback offers the simplicity, speed and value that no other event presentation tool that can match. It can sequence sponsor tags and create moving headshots of all the players which give any event a significant visual boost. The Iron Pigs enter the extensive list of minor league baseball teams that use Click Effects Flashback, Crossfire, Blaze or Pro Audio systems.
What: 5 Blaze systems and 2 CrossFire systems
Where: West Virginia University
West Virginia University, contracted through Panasonic, has purchased five Blaze systems and two CrossFire systems for their football and basketball programs. These national powerhouse programs with strong athletic traditions have just received a large boost to their in game video and audio presentation, with the purchase of their new systems from Click Effects.
The Click Effects Blaze is a digital sign controller that offers unprecedented simplicity in managing the video content and graphics of fascia boards or LED displays. Blaze is the only system to implement media buttons with custom thumbnail images that make selection of video or graphic clips easy during a fast paced game.
Over 60,000 fans pack Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium at every Saturday home game in the fall. The Crossfire and the Blaze will take center stage at many big games in the Big East conference this year. The WVU Coliseum is currently in the process of installing a new video board for the 2008-2009 academic year. This in conjunction with the new Crossfire and Blaze systems will significantly boost the already exciting Mountaineer fan experience.
The Michigan International Speedway has purchased a new Crossfire HD system to be the control center for their statistics display at the track. The MIS has a brand new scoreboard that is scheduled to be installed in the next few weeks. It is a state-of-the-art 110-foot, three-sided LED scoreboard. The Crossfire gives fans up to the second stats in all aspects of racing, quite possibly the sport that this feature is most useful in. The Crossfire is streamlined to racing because the operator is able to easily and quickly change the venue's video presentation through the system's interface.
With the beginning of racing's 40th season at MIS rapidly approaching, construction crews are hard at work with numerous capital improvements projects on the speedway's 1,400-acre property. Seating capacity at MIS is currently 137,243. The speedway is going all out to ensure a terrific fan experience now and long into the future.
MIS is considered to be one of the country's best racing facilities. It holds the NASCAR Sprint Cup, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the NASCAR Nationwide Series. This is a prime location for the Crossfire. The Crossfire is in four speedways already, and Click Effects is looking to distribute the systems across the auto racing nation. Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines, here comes your total event presentation.
Click Effects has been chosen again, for the third consecutive year, to be the video server source for the 2009 Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines golf course in San Diego, CA. The Click Effects dynasty at Torrey Pines has begun. The Crossfire will once again be the lead multimedia platform to update the fans at the Buick Invitational, sending video to the LED boards.
Even in the more relaxed tempo of golf, the sponsored leader board and the immediately updated player stats are great conveniences for the fans and the tournament operators. This system thrives when it comes to impacting the visual potency of an event, especially because of the unrivaled flexibility.
The Invitational will be held from February 2-8 in 2009 where the players will be golfing for over $5 million in prize money. Tiger Woods will be going for his fifth straight championship at Torrey Pines and his sixth in seven years! This is a classic tournament that started back in 1952. So, for the third consecutive year, the Crossfire is the hole in one as the only visual solution for the Buick Invitational. Click Effects continues to top the leader board year after year, and is proud to be involved in such an illustrious sporting event.
The Minneapolis Metrodome has purchased a Click Effects Crossfire system for their A/V suite. The Metrodome is a stadium with a rich history. Now, the Crossfire adds the wave of the future to the Metrodome, which already has a futuristic architectural design. Over 73 million people have visited the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome, "Minnesota's Rec Room", since it opened in 1982! There are 64,000 seats and 98 suites in the arena.
It is home to the Minnesota Twins, the Minnesota Vikings, and the University of Minnesota football team. The stadium also holds numerous other national events throughout the year. The Crossfire will bring a new kind of technology to the Metrodome thanks to the unmatched amount of quality production options, including consolidated equipment and the ability to create custom graphics. Also, the Crossfire will give the stadium a large, new revenue stream through many opportunities to create custom advertising space.
The Crossfire delivers video clips in live on-air environments where immediate playback and reliability are extremely important, an environment such as the Metrodome. Crossfire is the sure shot to the highest level of live event production and presentation. Minnesota has welcomed the new multimedia system with open arms. Click Effects has definitely found a home sweet dome!
The Carolina Panthers have purchased a second Click Effects Crossfire HD system. It will be primed and ready for the Panthers' upcoming 2008 season. The first system has worked out well at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, which is a 73,504 seat, privately financed, open-air, natural-grass stadium that includes training facilities, practice fields and administrative offices and serves as the team headquarters. The team is currently looking to find the spark to get them back in the Super Bowl, which they made in 2003. The franchise had a strong NFL draft this year.
The Crossfire has many user friendly features including the ability to record and play video at the same time, and the ability to zone your video board for customized ad space using DVE effects. Because the Panthers now have multiple Click Effects systems, they will be able to use the "Clicklink" Protocol to synchronize the systems together at the Bank of America Stadium.
The Crossfire is the new standard in game presentation. The Carolina Panthers are one of 18 NFL teams that are clients of Click Effects. The word is spreading as the members of the "Click Team" continues to grow.
The Washington Nationals have purchased a Crossfire system for their new stadium, Nationals Park! This beautiful new park is environmentally friendly and is located in a fantastic location. Their choice to purchase a Click Effects Crossfire was a great way to inaugurate the new ballpark for the 2008 baseball season. Nationals' President Stan Kasten took one look at the system at the 2007 Winter Baseball Meetings and knew it needed to be part of the Nationals' new look.
Nationals Park is located in Southeast Washington, south of the Capitol building. It is along the fast-developing Capitol Riverfront which is close to the Navy Yard. The park has cutting-edge game presentation, equipped with state-of-the-art video and audio technology. This includes a 4,500 square foot high-definition scoreboard and also over 600 linear feet of LED ribbon board along the inner bowl fascia.
The Crossfire is perfect for Nationals Park because of the ability to update real-time stats, play individual audio clips and because of the simple interface that the system is known for. The Crossfire is one tool, one platform, one solution for the Nationals' audio and video stadium needs. Click Effects is extremely excited about being involved with the Nationals this year and for years to come.
The Indianapolis 500 Speedway is the latest major venue to add the Click Effects CrossFire to its arsenal of A/V production. A brand new Click Effects CrossFire system was installed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on April 10, just in time for the racing season. The speedway will greatly benefit from all of the features of CrossFire, but especially the graphics and stats package that comes with the system. Auto Racing has become perhaps the most stats intensive sport in the world and CrossFire helps to deliver the information the fans want to see, delivered with the feel and style of major network TV production, right at the speedway. The speedway will sport a whole new look thanks to Click Effects, one that the many fans in attendance will clearly recognize.
"New. Blue. Tradition." That's the new message from the Kansas City Royals. They are among the latest pro teams that are making the transition into the rapidly expanding world of HD Video. To aid their new message, and to add a new dimension to their in game presentation, the Royals have recently purchased a new Click Effects CrossFire system. The many features of CrossFire and its high quality video delivery is the perfect front end for the new video board. The integrated graphics editor will be a great supplement for last minute changes needed during the game. CrossFire also enables the Royals to interface with any stat provider they choose. The "new look", HD Royals' game presentation was unveiled at the start of the 2008 baseball season to rave reviews.
There is a $250 million dollar renovation project in the works at Kauffman Stadium and Click Effects is honored to be a part of this massive project. The stadium already boasts a storied history including a Championship, two World Series and the largest privately funded fountain in the world.