UMass Lowell Adds Daktronics Integrated Video, Scoring System to the Tsongas Center

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align="right"/>BROOKINGS, S.D. – Oct. 26, 2010 – Daktronics Inc. (Nasdaq-DAKT) of Brookings, S.D., announced recently that the University of Massachusetts-Lowell chose the company to upgrade the Tsongas Center with a newintegrated centerhung video system.

“We decided the arena needed an upgrade,” Peter Casey, Director of Athletics Business Enterprises at UMass Lowell, said. “Daktronics has been wonderful to work with in the past. We’re constantly looking for more ways to engage fans at Tsongas Arena, and the video displays, added along with the current equipment in the arena, will do just that.”

The system consists of four light emitting diode (LED)video displays, each measuring more than eight feet high by 11 feet wide. These displays feature 10mm pixel spacing and provide live video and instant replays for fans. Four smaller video displays, measuring three feet high by 11 feet wide, sit over those displays. Together, the displays provide energizing video and scoring, as well as instant replays, animations, graphics and advertisements.

Completing the centerhung are two ring displays. Both are approximately two feet high, with the larger one measuring almost 73 feet around. These displays allow more opportunities for sponsor recognition during events, as well as use in providing fans real-time statistics and animations and graphics to keep them on their feet.

Amarqueeoutside the arena received an LED message display featuring 20mm pixel spacing. This allows the Tsongas Center to promote events 365 days of the year and gives it more opportunities to showcase sponsors.

All of the equipment is controlled by the new DaktronicsShow Control System. The video processing system, one of the latest developments from Daktronics, is touted by experts as the best in the industry, processing and scaling live and recorded video signal to vivid digital imagery on large displays. The system provides a powerful combination of control software, data integration and playback hardware that forms a user-friendly production solution. For more on Show Control, visit www.daktronics.com/show.

Earlier in 2010, UMass Lowell installed two new ribbon displays andhockey scoreboardsin the Tsongas Center. The ribbon displays measure approximately three feet high by 198 feet long each. Ribbon displays provide opportunities for sponsor recognition and energize fans by showing advertisements, real time scores and statistics and animation.

UMass Lowell currently has Daktronics equipment in theirfield hockey,soccer,baseballandbasketballfacilities.

“We have a valued long-term relationship with the university,” Ross Yanco, Daktronics Regional Manager for New England, said. “We appreciate the opportunity to provide them with this new equipment for the Tsongas Center. Hockey fans and other patrons will be thrilled with the game day experience once both the scoreboards and displays are installed.”

Daktronics LED video and messaging display technology offers a long lifetime with minimal maintenance and low power consumption, providing value and excitement for years to come.

The Tsongas Center, which opened on Jan. 27, 1998, was named for the late Sen. Paul E. Tsongas, a Lowell native. The 6,500-seat arena, now owned by the University of Massachusetts Lowell, is home to their NCAA Division I River Hawks hockey team. The center also hosts concerts, family shows, other sporting events, tradeshows and conferences.

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