Images - Sport & Stadia Edition, Issue 11

FOLLOWING SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, BURNLEY’S HISTORIC STADIUM IS NOW HOME TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIGITAL PLATFORMS IN EUROPEAN FOOTBALL THANKS TO ADI.

The overhaul has seen over 1,100 m2 of displays installed within and outside of the stadium, providing a huge digital canvas for the club to engage with fans and activate commercial partnerships.

PLATFORM FOR THE FUTURE

The hugely ambitious project has transformed every part of the matchday experience for fans, from their approach to the stadium, entering the turnstiles and through to the experience from their seat in the stands. It’s also revolutionised the club’s promotional platform, providing a massively enhanced platform for their national and local commercial partners.

Turf Moor is now one of the most digitally advanced stadiums in Europe. There are over 30 installations throughout the stadium and over 1,100m2 of ADI’s proprietary LED screen panels both within the stadium bowl and on the outside of the stadium.

WITHIN THE BOWL

We’ve added new UEFA compliant digiBOARD digital perimeter, which is supported by a second tier of camera facing LED in many areas to maximise broadcast commercial value. Added to this are multiple layers of ribbon around the stands, as well as digital signage above vomitory stairwells. And these are supported by two new superwide 32:9 screens providing live match coverage supported by additional engaging content. What was once a busy mish-mash of signage is now a clean digital platform that the club can control and activate as they see fit.

ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE STADIUM

The experience for fans arriving on a matchday has been revolutionised. The outside of the stadium has been adorned with multiple levels of signage and screens above all entrances. Digital ribbons top the rows of turnstiles, whilst the larger hospitality entrances, the ticket office and club shop each feature digital surrounds that can change dynamically.

Having arrived at the stadium, fans are able to enjoy pre-match entertainment or the early kick off match with a drink on the new giant screens in the new indoor fan zone.

We’ve also added a new advertising screen on the busy crossroads outside the stadium that the club sell commercially on outside of matchdays.

HOSPITALITY REVAMP

Inside the North Stand, we have provided a number of technology solutions which fit into a complete redevelopment of Turf Moor’s hospitality spaces.

Recognising the growing trends in flexible working spaces, Burnley wished to create environments that can generate value and income away from the matchday, and ADI’s audio visual fit-out supports this ambition. Executive boxes have been fitted with LCD monitors and a complete remote conferencing solution, suitable for all types of Teams and remote meetings.

We’ve also provided a full IPTV solution which plays on 36 new screens installed throughout the Longside and Centenary Lounges. It’s an incredibly powerful, yet flexible solution, that utilises the Live Venue network to deliver live programming that can then be easily controlled at Burnley via a simple browser-based system.

Our IPTV is a thin client solution, requiring very little in the way of hardware at the stadium and meaning far a lower capital expenditure than competing systems.

ADI PRODUCT

The scale of the Turf Moor project is vast – we’re installed around 1,100m2 of LED product – and all of it designed and manufactured by ADI. Aside from the digital perimeter – which is ADI’s UEFA-compliant digiBOARD solution – every screen comes from our new MT series.

MT is a new product which we launched in 2020. We’ve taken 15 years of manufacturing and installation and distilled it into a revolutionary new lightweight tile that is slimmer, more efficient, greener and easier to install and maintain than anything else on the market. It’s made the installation far simpler and is particularly suited for these types of non-standard installations.

“BY GIVING CLUBS THE ABILITY TO CONSIDER DISPLAYS IN FAR MORE LOCATIONS THAN THEY TRADITIONALLY WOULD HAVE, ULTIMATELY THAT LEADS TO MORE TOUCHPOINTS, BETTER COMMUNICATION AND GREATER CONSISTENCY OVER THE CONVERSATIONS THEY AND THEIR PARTNERS ARE HAVING WITH THEIR FANS.”

CREATIVE AND LIVE VENUE DELIVERY

ADI’s Studios Division provide a full remote production service, encompassing both creation and management of content across the whole platform. Burnley is the latest club to join ADI’s Live Venue broadcast network, so matchday content is delivered as a full live event production from ADI’s galleries in Preston over dedicated fibre lines.

On a matchday our team create and manage everything. This includes a full pre-match programme that makes use of all the displays within the stadium bowl to effect – particularly in the pre-match build up as the teams take to the field to a huge audio-visual show.

SINGLE PLATFORM CONTROL

One of the keys to ADI’s long-term success is that we don’t just provide hardware. The 1,100m2 of LED at Turf Moor is just the visible part of a full stack solution encompassing technology, content and services from ADI’s Displays, Studios and Services Divisions.

Driving the screens is a powerful, fully integrated control solution designed specifically for the club. It encompasses both traditional signage technologies as well as the type of high-powered media servers that you’d find driving massive live concert and event productions.

WE’LL TYPICALLY OPERATE EVERYTHING ON A MATCH DAY, BUT THEN THE CLUB ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MANAGE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONTENT ON THE SCREEN THEMSELVES. I THINK THIS IS WHERE THE VALUE LIES FOR THE CLUB – WE’VE DELIVERED ONE PLATFORM ON WHICH WE CAN DELIVER ANYTHING THEY WANT THROUGHOUT THE SCREENS IN THE STADIUM.”

Craig Jenkins, Head of Technical Operations, ADI

It was really important for us to provide Turf Moor with a fully integrated control solution that allows for control of both granular management of content, whilst also being able to co-ordinate content across every screen. We see so many stadia with multiple digital platforms all delivered by different companies that don’t work with one another.

Our solution allows the club to view all the digital screens and signage around the stadium as a single platform, creating simple continuity of message to fans, whether that’s club communication or the ability to sell moments of exclusivity across the whole stadium to their commercial partners.

HIGH VALUE ADVERTISING PLATFORM

The new platform has revolutionised the value of Burnley’s advertising platform. Within the bowl, the camera-facing digiBOARD perimeter are in world leading 6mm pixel pitch, and the secondary row of signage around most of the pitch adds increased value to key partner brands wishing to target the global Premier League TV audience.

Elsewhere, the multiple levels of ribbon and also space on the superwide stadium LED screens has allowed Burnley to massively upscale the value of packages they can offer to local brands who wish to target the audience within the stadium. The whole platform adds huge value to the venue on non-matchdays, providing a flexible canvas with multiple touchpoints that can be configured any way the club wish.

IT’S BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH ADI – THEY GUIDED US THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. THEY DIDN’T SELL US A PARTICULAR IDEA, BUT LISTENED AND TOOK ON BOARD WHAT IT WAS THAT WE WERE AIMING TO DO AT TURF MOOR...THE FACT THAT THEY COULD DESCRIBE AND HELP US SEE THOSE IDEAS IN ACTION, INCLUDING THE HOW YOU GET THERE AND WHAT STEPS YOU TAKE, WAS VITAL IN MAKING THIS A SUCCESS.”

- Alan Pace, Club Chairman, Burnley FC

WHO WE WORK WITH

ARSENAL FC / EMIRATES STADIUM

WEST BROMICH ALBION FC / THE HAWTHORNS

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS FC / MOLINEUX STADIUM

BORUSSIA DORTMUND FC / SIGNAL IDUNA PARK

WATFORD FC / VICARAGE LANE

NEWCASTLE UNITED FC / ST.JAMES’S PARK

WORCESTER WARRIORS / SIXWAYS STADIUM SCARLETS RUGBY / PARC Y SCARLETS

IPSWICH TOWN FC / PORTMAN ROAD

HIBERNIAN FC / EASTER ROAD

Driving innovation with Formula E

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Since 2015, ADI have become a vital partner for Formula E’s delivery of excitement and interaction across the purpose-built tracks, Allianz E-Villages and Boss Emotion Club, utilising our extensive creative and technical event solutions.

UNIQUE ACTIVATIONS AT THE HEART OF EVERY E-PRIX

Beyond the large LED viewing screens that are associated with a modern spectator experience, we support Formula E with the wider staging of their events and presentation.

Our market-exclusive solutions are increasingly at the centre of each E-Prix, and integral to the sports presentation and broadcast production. From vast digital podium backdrops, interactive experiences and dynamic digital signage, through to services in video distribution, content creation and play-out – we use our in-house skill-sets to bring added value to Formula E.

FUTURE-PROOF CONCEPTS

ADI are continually designing new concepts that help Formula E immerse their fans and amplify their partner brands. From LED podium steps, to towering totems in the Boss Emotion Club, and a fully digital finish line gantry; we’ve created unique LED concepts that offer visual impact but also valuable versatility for Formula E and its partner brands.

Thanks to the evolution of new modular LED hardware and software, and content creatives pushing the boundaries of these, digital canvases can be created in any size or shape and installed almost anywhere.

These technologies, coupled with higher expectations from fans for a first-rate experience at live sports events, has encouraged brands, such as Formula E, to realise the benefits of creating an immersive experience for fans and audiences. Engaging fans with quality content – from social media walls and interactive games, to ambient, atmospheric filmmaking – has become a necessary part of producing a successful event.

TECHNICAL PRODUCTION SERVICES ON A GLOBAL SCALE

ADI have become key event suppliers to Formula E wherever they appear in the world. We have the expertise in logistics and project management to support large-scale productions in Santiago and Saudi Arabia, or bustling cities such as Berlin, Paris, London, and Rome.

Our teams are specialists in live environments and rise to the challenge of the short timeframes for the build and completion of each E-Prix location.

ENDURING PARTNERSHIP

The Formula E World Championship have the support of a technical event production partner who is at the forefront of immersive LED, digital brand content and cutting-edge presentation. ADI’s ability to support Formula E with new event production concepts and future fan engagement is helping the Championship stand-out in the world of live sport experience.

Formula E, Head of Broadcast

LIKE US, ADI ARE A COMPANY THAT ARE CONTINUALLY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES AND DRIVING INNOVATION”

Extreme E is different to the huge variety of motorsport events ADI supports each year. To minimise the carbon footprint at each race location, there are no fans or spectators en masse. Instead, Extreme E has been designed exclusively as a sports broadcast product for enjoyment by remote TV audiences, who can also watch exclusive content over live streams, Tik Tok and Instagram.

Famous drivers, including Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button, are involved in the Electric Odyssey – Season 2 features nine teams racing electric SUV’s off-road through remote parts of the globe, touched by the environmental crisis. The Gender equal format is also a stipulation of the championship to encourage gender equality and a level playing field – a world-first in motorsport.

The winning combination of high-octane racing, dramatic landscapes, famous drivers, and a sustainable agenda have won over huge legions of fans. The second Season has seen the global audience grow to 18.7 million viewers split across a phenomenal 180 countries.

CREATING A MUST WATCH OCCASION

From the outset, Extreme E wanted to create a futuristic media product, and chose to take a highly creative approach to showcase each race for remote audiences – while also ensuring viewers were put at the heart of the action.

ADI were brought on board ahead of Season 1 to support Extreme E in achieving their goal, and a major part of ADI’s remit was designing the technical sports presentation and live production within the Command Centre.

INNOVATIVE COMMAND CENTRE

While racing is the star of the show, a key part of the audience experience is the Command Centre; a futuristic broadcast studio and strategy space. Viewers are invited inside throughout each X Prix, with the broadcast cameras getting close to the drivers and teams as they discuss tactics, celebrate wins and commiserate setbacks during the race.

EXTREME E LAUNCHED INTO THE WORLD OF LIVE SPORT IN SPRING 2021 WITH A MISSION TO DRIVE CLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESS THROUGH MOTORSPORT.

Despite its temporary nature, the Command Centre has been designed to be innovative and engaging. To ramp up atmosphere and provide bold visual cues during live TV broadcasts, ADI integrated LED lighting fixtures and fine pitch LED inside the Command Centre, with a large arc-shaped desk clad in LED facing the broadcast cameras.

All audio, 4k video and lighting can be triggered by live action as it happens during the race, with a custom software platform used to run the show.

It was important for ADI to design a play-out system that was incredibly agile and flexible given its use for live sports broadcast. Media and AV assets are changeable at the click of a button, and easily operated by our team during live transmission, under the guidance of the Host Broadcast Director.

VIP SCREENING

In addition to the Command Centre solution, ADI provide an outdoor modular screen for live race broadcast at the Explorer Lounge hospitality area. Featuring high resolution LED and supporting structure, the large display provides constant live coverage to the VIP’s and team members on-site.

ENHANCED SOLUTIONS

For Extreme E’s second season, ADI are managing AV solutions across the whole event site, including the podium, media centre and team garages, which also feature in the X Prix broadcasts. ADI’s ownership of these elements brings streamlined technical production via a single provider, with greater consistency over staffing and operation.

ADI have used their expertise to help Extreme E launch and develop this ambitious and truly pioneering project, involved from the planning and design stages, through to on-site build and delivery.

The technical production and sports presentation successfully reflects the innovation Extreme E embodies, with ADI continually evolving the solution and hardware provision as the series grows and develops.

IT’S GREAT TO HAVE ADI’S SUPPORT IN PROVIDING THIS CONCEPT, AS WE DELIVER THIS PIONEERING PROJECT ACROSS THE MOST REMOTE PARTS OF THE WORLD. ADI BRINGS UNIQUE QUALITIES IN TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SPORTS PRESENTATION AND OPERATIONAL DELIVERY, WHICH HELPS CREATE OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION VALUES AT THE ‘COMMAND CENTRE’, AND OUR LIVE BROADCAST OF EXTREME E.”

SINCE EXTREME E IS HOSTED IN ULTRA-REMOTE LOCATIONS, THERE ARE NO SNAZZY BROADCAST STUDIOS OR TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO UTILISE. INSTEAD, EXTREME E IS ESSENTIALLY A STREAMLINED TOURING PRODUCTION THAT TRAVELS THE WORLD IN THE MOST SUSTAINABLE WAY. ELEMENTS LIKE THE COMMAND CENTRE AND PODIUM ARE SEMIPERMANENT SOLUTIONS, WHICH ARE BUILT AND DERIGGED BEFORE DEPLOYING TO THE NEXT X PRIX; BUT IT’S VITAL TO MAINTAIN THE CONSISTENCY OVER VISUAL AESTHETIC AND PRODUCTION VALUES WHEREVER YOU’RE BROADCASTING FROM. EXTREME E USE SOPHISTICATED REMOTE PRODUCTION AND BROADCAST SOLUTIONS THAT ARE RUN FROM THEIR LONDON STUDIOS, RATHER THAN CREATING A HUGE CARBON FOOTPRINT BY TRANSPORTING LARGE CREWS AND MASSES OF KIT TO FAR-FLUNG LOCATIONS.”

Ali Russell, Chief Marketing Officer, Extreme E

Dave Crowther, Technical Consultant, ADI Live Division

ADI

UEFA

‘THERE IS ONLY ONE CROWN’

While celebrating the finalists – Olympique Lyonnais Féminin FC and Barcelona Femení – the ceremony also embodied the dynamic movement, ambition and passion of the players, culminating in a larger-than-life crown on the centre circle to reflect the UWCL’s new brand messaging and the prestige of the event.

RECORD SUCCESS

After an entertaining final, Olympique Lyonnais Féminin secured the title with a 3 -1 win, bringing to a close the most successful UWCL tournament to date, which enjoyed record attendances and soaring broadcast audiences – with over 14 million viewers across 210 territories, and around 555,000 in-stadia spectators.

PERIMETER SOLUTIONS FOR UEFA

As part of a separate contract, ADI managed the digital perimeter hardware and operation across all the Finals, totalling 6 fixtures across iconic stadia like the Emirates Stadium, Groupama Stadium and Spoitfy Camp Nou.

WITH THE RELAUNCH OF THE UEFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND AN EXCITING NEW BRAND IDENTITY, WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO LIFE ON THE PITCH FOR STADIUM AND TV AUDIENCES. OUR CONCEPT STRONGLY REFLECTED THE DYNAMISM OF THE PLAYERS, WHO ARE THE QUEENS OF THE GAME, BUT ULTIMATELY ONLY ONE TEAM CAN BE CROWNED, ACHIEVING THE PINNACLE OF WOMEN’S EUROPEAN CLUB FOOTBALL. USING DANCERS, VOLUNTEERS AND PROPS WE CREATED A GLITTERING CROWN AT THE CENTRE OF THE PERFORMANCE, TYING THE CEREMONY TO THE POWERFUL BRAND MESSAGING, AND REINFORCING THE SENSE OF OCCASION WHERE ONE TEAM WOULD BECOME CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE.”

Richard Hale, Sports Presentation Manager, ADI

ADI’S CREATIVITY MATCHED THE ONSITE DELIVERY AND WAS IN LINE WITH THE MARKETING AND BRAND CAMPAIGNS DONE DURING THE SEASON, CONTRIBUTING TO BRAND AWARENESS.”

UEFA CERE Team

VITAL EVENT PARTNER

Silverstone chose ADI as official provider in 2015, with the famous Circuit looking to upgrade their event LED provision and supporting infrastructure and transform the fan experience for the future.

We provide Silverstone Circuit with an unrivalled range of event LED solutions, which are under-pinned by exceptional project management and technical delivery. Screens for image magnification, real-time data, interactivity, and wayfinding are vital elements to the spectator journey, and in providing effective promotional platforms for event partners.

The sheer size and scale of our mobile LED screen fleet – not to mention our stock of modular products – provides Silverstone with consistency across quality, design and operation, not to mention enhanced contingency.

LARGEST NUMBER OF SCREENS AT A UK LIVE EVENT

For the 2022 British Grand Prix, ADI deployed 59 large-format LED screens and over 10 kilometres of HD signal distribution cables into Silverstone over a fortnight prior to the race weekend, which took significant planning, and a highly experienced team.

The Formula One race weekend is a festival in its own right – a full schedule of on-track action is only part of the fun and is augmented by all sorts of activities and fan zones across the giant site. We provided a range of screen solutions suited to the different spaces.

Our smaller iCONIC 12, 15 and 25 screens, were deployed mainly in several hospitality areas across the site, providing all the racing action to those away from the track and up-to-date event infotainment and brand activation. Meanwhile, the massive i60, i100 and super-wide i120 screens were situated trackside, hyping up the vast crowds with close-up racing drama – and creating the perfect canvas for brands in between races.

ADI’S

CUSTOM MODULAR LED CREATIONS

In addition to the fleet of iCONIC mobile LED screens, there were also more than 20 high resolution modular LED screens and structures built on site. Some of these were flown from the front of the Silverstone Wing down the Hangar straight, and other structures were built in multiple hospitality and Fan zone areas, including the main Fan Zone Stage.

New for Silverstone this year, were several 4-sided modular LED totem structures. These were installed for wayfinding and infotainment near the entry points to the site, assisting the Silverstone team with crowd management, while also enhancing the race day experience for ticket-holders. The totems were a huge hit with F1 fans, who were queuing up to get photos taken with their favourite drivers being shown on screen, as part of the wide variety of digital content created by ADI.

CONTENT TO KEEP FANS INFORMED AND ENGAGED

ADI have evolved the range of services delivered to some of the world’s most prestigious motorsport events, and F1 is no exception. We not only provide LED screen hardware and technical infrastructure, but unique sports presentation solutions and creative content-driven experiences.

ADI managed and operated a site-wide content distribution network, controlling live communications and delivering vital race-day information across a range of LED screens around Silverstone Circuit. This solution allowed our technicians to display content created on-the-fly to suit any changing situations on site. They also notified fans on stand capacity, gate closures and direction of traffic. Our Studios Division also pre-created pieces of content to be used throughout the day, such as timetables, wayfinding information and dynamic driver profiles for to suit the different sized LED screens.

THIS WAS OUR 8TH YEAR AT SILVERSTONE AND THE LARGEST DEPLOYMENT OF ADI SOLUTIONS BY A STRETCH, WITH NEW SCREEN POSITIONS IN HOSPITALITY LOUNGES AND FACING ONTO GRANDSTANDS, ALONGSIDE TOTEM-STYLE WAYFINDING SOLUTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE THE RECORD CROWDS. THE DETAIL IS ALL IN THE DELIVERY; THIS YEAR, DUE TO TIME-PRESSURES ON SITE, WE PUT 38 MOBILE LED SCREENS INTO POSITION OVER TWO DAYS – A NEW RECORD FOR US. OUR TEAM WERE QUITE SIMPLY EXCEPTIONAL, BRINGING THEIR EXPERTISE AND PASSION TO ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS MOTORSPORT EVENTS IN THE WORLD, AND SUPPORTING THE SILVERSTONE TEAM IN MAKING IT BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER.”

Nick Robinson, CEO, ADI LIVE

EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX

ADI have also supplied European F1 circuits over the last few years in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain and France with our mobile and modular LED display solutions, alongside connectivity, branding and event production services.

BELGIAN GRAND PRIX

ITALIAN GRAND PRIX

ADI CONTINUE TO IMPRESS US WITH THEIR ABILITY TO SUPPORT SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT IN GROWING AND EVOLVING THE F1 EXPERIENCE FOR OUR FANS. THE DEMAND FOR TICKETS THIS YEAR’S RACE WEEKEND WAS UNPRECEDENTED, AND ADI WERE ABLE TO DEPLOY A RECORD SOLUTION THAT CATERED FOR THE MOST SPECTATORS WE’VE EVER WELCOMED. IT WAS MORE THAN JUST DELIVERING ADDITIONAL BIG SCREENS BY GRANDSTANDS, HOSPITALITY AND TRACK-SIDE LOCATIONS, THE TEAM CREATED SLEEK LED TOTEM STRUCTURES FOR WAYFINDING AND INFOTAINMENT, WITH CONNECTIVITY AND CONTENT AS PART OF THE SOLUTION. OVER AND ABOVE THE LOGISTICS AND TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE SITE, WHICH ARE TRICKY IN THEMSELVES, ADI UNDERSTAND THE WIDER EXPERIENCE, THE JOURNEY AND THE ACTIVATIONS WE WANT TO DELIVER, AND HELP US ACHIEVE THEM TO A SPECTACULAR STANDARD.”

Alex Lacey, Operations Director, Silverstone Circuit

BELGIAN GRAND PRIX

DIGIBOARDS GO GREEN AT FGR

A CLUB ON A MISSION

Nestled into the gentle green fields of the Somerset countryside is The Fully Charged New Lawn Stadium; the home of Forest Green Rovers. Look from the stands across the green fields and you can make out the wind turbine, which – along with the solar panels on the West Stand roof – helps to provide power for the club, which has been owned for the past decade by green energy pioneer Dale Vince.

Having founded the UK’s first green energy company, Ecotricity in 1995, Vince invested into his local team Forest Green Rovers in 2010 and has been the Chairman ever since. Over the last twelve years, the club has continually sought to introduce eco-friendly developments, from solarpowered robot mowers, recycled football kits, electric coaches and perhaps most famously, a completely vegan menu.

Forest Green are all about encouraging their fans and football to make small choices that can make a difference. Most recently they’ve worked with the English Football League to introduce “EFL Green Clubs”, a new League-wide scheme to help improve the environmental practices and operations for all 72 clubs within the EFL.

A UNIQUE SOLUTION

It was important that any solution we created for The New Lawn Stadium would fit into the club’s sustainable ethos. The ambition was to create a solution that would run completely on green energy and avoid drawing power from the grid.

We were also determined that this would be a pioneer solution that could then be easily repeated in other stadiums to provide a way for other clubs to move towards greater sustainability in their matchday infrastructure.

The digital platform consists of a 100m run of digiBOARD running along the camera-facing touchline as well as a new digital scoreboard facing the main stand. We worked closely with a company called Powervault, who are specialists in home and business battery storage. The solution utilises the renewable energy sources available to the club – the local wind turbine and solar panels on the West Stand roof – to charge a bank of batteries located beneath the South Stand between each match. During the match, the digiBOARDs and scoreboard run completely from the stored power, which is then topped up again prior to the next usage.

HOLISTIC EFFICIENCY

Of course, sustainability isn’t just measured in the power used to operate the system. Both the scoreboard and digital perimeter utilise ADI’s new MT series of LED panel; a revolutionary new design that has a number of key features to help slash the carbon footprint of the solution, not just at point of manufacture, but also throughout it’s multi-year operating lifespan.

• MT is dramatically slimmer and lighter, meaning it uses fewer materials, takes less space and energy to ship and requires less materials in supporting structures.

• MT uses the latest LEDs, chipsets and power supplies, allowing it to draw less power which also prolongs the lifetime of the product.

• MT units are a fully sealed fanless design, meaning they can be safely powered down, slashing standby power consumption.

USING PERIMETER DIFFERENTLY

The strength of Forest Green’s sustainable message means that it has attracted an enviable suite of partner for a League 2 club. However, as you might expect, Vince has ambitions beyond the traditional partner messaging for the content on the digiBOARDs and they also use them to spread messaging about climate change and impact.

Massive Attack’s Robert del Naja is the Creative Director at the club, and he utilised the digital perimeter as a canvas to deliver a stark and powerful artistic piece that premiered during Forest Green’s FA Cup match vs Swindon which gave it a global audience.

HARDWARE SUPPORT

Whilst our Premier League and Championship customers utilise ADI technicians to operate and service their installations, our MT solution has been devised to enable clubs to easily manage their installation themselves, ideal for Clubs in lower leagues on smaller budgets.

MTD has been designed as a self-maintained, modular solution. With only a single power and data connector, the Club’s own team can replace any damaged tiles themselves quickly and easily, helping to reduce costs for the club and also minimising the impact and cost of sending a technician to site each time. Damaged tiles aren’t scrapped; instead they are repaired by ADI’s service bench, then sent back to the Club to place in their stock of spares, helping to prolong the overall lifespan of the installation.

MATCHDAY OPERATION

The platform is operated by the club, utilising ADI’s custombuilt digiSOFT software. This bespoke program has been continually developed over the last decade to provide powerful operation for stadium perimeter and signage.

digiSOFT makes it really easy for Forest Green to add content and create playlists prior to each match, then schedule and manage content on matchday. They can easily create their own hot keys for custom events and it features tools such as the clock and scoreboard that make it a perfect all-in-one solution.

12/7/364 SUPPORT

It’s really important to our customers to have support when they need it. Football doesn’t tend to happen during office hours, so the fact that ADI are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, 364 days a year is hugely reassuring to them.

With the live delivery of content to hundreds of football matches every season, ADI’s MCR and Engineering team are always available to provide support should Forest Green’s matchday team ever need assistance with either hardware or software issues.

Dale Vince, Club Chairman and the founder of Ecotricity, a renewable energy supplier.

ADI BRING NEW LED CONCEPTS TO LIFE FOR 2022 TOUR DE FRANCE

ADI DESIGNED AND BUILT BESPOKE DIGITAL VISUAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CYCLING RACE

CONCEPTSNEW 2022 FRANCE

NEW START

TECHNICAL TOURING PARTNER

Taking the title of biggest international sporting event - with more live spectators than the Olympics or World Cup - Le Tour demands exceptional production partners who can bring the best and most innovative event solutions to the table.

Since 2018, ADI have supported the organiser – Amaury Sport Organisation – and this world-famous event as a technical event provider, deploying an increasing number of high-impact LED screen solutions, production services and skilled staff.

We’ve also come to understand ASO’s ambitions and vision for Le Tour, and can offer the expertise of our in-house R&D specialists to devise solutions that help evolve the fan experience, brand activation and technical event production.

The 2022 edition of the world’s most famous tour kicked-off in Copenhagen with a truly unique Grand Départ, and the debut of some innovative LED display solutions.

A dazzling LED Départ Ramp and mobile Stage Screen were new additions to Le Tour, both produced by ADI through a custom design and build process. These bespoke digital assets were integral to the event staging; with the Départ Ramp a central focus of the Stage 1 Time Trial, and the mobile Stage Screen helping entertain spectators at the Fan Village, which travelled to every stage of the Tour.

FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY

ASO tasked ADI with conceptualising two new solutions – and bringing them to life for the start of the 2022 Tour. From initial ideas and discussions with the client, detailed briefs and requirements were defined for both the Départ Ramp and mobile Stage Screen unit.

A key part of the process – and of huge value to our clients – is ADI’s ability to design engineer and visualise bespoke solutions. Our technical, commercial and creative teams collaborated in the projects, producing 3D video renders that helped to shape and evolve the concepts, and get the solutions to the stage of client sign-off, before manufacture and production processes could begin.

PART OF A WIDER SOLUTION THAT ADI PROVIDE TO AMAURY SPORT ORGANISATION AS LONG TERM PROVIDERS TO THE TOUR DE FRANCE

THE

OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS TOUR KICKED-OFF IN COPENHAGEN WITH A TRULY UNIQUE GRAND DÉPART, AND THE DEBUT OF SOME INNOVATIVE LED DISPLAY SOLUTIONS.

Thomas Taylor, Head of Sales, ADI’s Live Division

THE DÉPART RAMP: ENHANCED ATHLETE ENTRANCE AND BRAND ACTIVATION

Stage 1 of the Tour was a 13km individual time trial around central Copenhagen, with a fierce battle to win the very first yellow jersey. With a long-list of 176 riders starting the Tour, the Départ Ramp is a crucial element of the event and broadcast production, creating a visual spectacle for every athlete’s entrance.

ASO worked with ADI to design a ramp solution that was larger and more impactful than previous iterations. The architectural-style temporary structure was designed with ramps front and back to suit its functional requirements, and offered ample canvases for branding. The front camera-facing side was clad in high-resolution 3mm modular LED product, with more digital signage integration than previous solutions.

Before each rider rolled down the start ramp to race against the clock - and be met by huge, enthusiastic crowds – their name, head-shot and number were broadcast on the LED displays, before individual countdowns to enhance the atmosphere and build anticipation.

Another key function of the Départ Ramp is to activate headline partners in front of international broadcast audiences, which can total billions of avid TV viewers. Digital branding and video were displayed across the LED frontage of the ramp structure, delivering TV exposure and coverage for Tissot and City of Copenhagen, amongst other global partners.

STAGE SCREEN CONTAINER: HELPING ENTERTAIN

FANS

ACROSS THE TOUR

While world-class racing across perilous landscapes draws huge crowds of spectators, Le Tour is also about live entertainment and fun. At each stage and location stop, the Tour brings its fully featured Fan Village, with live music and performance, sponsor activations and interactive experiences.

Key requirements for this live event zone are large-format LED screens and staging solutions, but these need to be quick and easy to deploy, and able to travel across all 21 Stages around Europe. With our expertise in mobile LED screen design and build – and leading the market with the world’s largest fleet – we were asked by ASO to manufacture a unit completely bespoke to their needs.

ADI’s in-house technical teams designed a mobile screen featuring a 20sqm LED display and 29sqm stage, that are both integrated within a secure container-style unit. This meant that the client didn’t need to worry about procuring and transporting these elements separately, bringing enhanced simplicity to their touring production. The build and de-rig of the stage screen was also quick, which was hugely beneficial on a busy event site that travels across so many locations.

Fully branded and vinyl-wrapped for the occasion, the new Stage Screen unit has been successfully deployed across all 3,328 kilometres of 2022’s Tour, bringing a new live entertainment platform to the travelling Fan Village, and hosting performers, dance troupes, presenters and athletes for the enjoyment of the event’s spectators and local audiences.

STAGE SCREEN CONTAINER

LED GANTRY

THE WIDER SOLUTION

FROM ADI

ADI’s involvement in the Tour de France has evolved significantly over several years; not only in the delivery of an increasing number of LED screens & signage, video distribution and staff, but in introducing custom, cuttingedge solutions that enhance the live experience and activations at this world-famous sports event.

Beyond the new LED assets, Le Tour utilises some of ADI’s most unique mobile LED screens, including the dual-sided iCONIC 15 in the Fan Village, the iCONIC 40C for continuous live race coverage, and a collection of seven additional iCONIC screens for the Finale on the Champs Élysées in Paris.

ADI’s mobile screen solutions are complimented by extensive modular LED provision, with digital signage and high-res screens that are integrated into event infrastructure, including start and finish gantries, and podium units.

All display hardware is supported by a skilled and agile team of 12 ADI staff that travel on every stage of Le Tour. They assist with video distribution, connectivity and content play-out; seamlessly working alongside the client and other event delivery partners in the tight logistical schedule of the world’s most famous tour.

ADI provided complete Live Site transformation and management from concept to reality.

Event presentation, creative content, audio, lighting, SFX, interactive gaming and full project management delivered.

Over 650m2 of LED technology deployed across 11 locations.

Over 35 members of ADI staff on site during the Games.

ADI CELEBRATE SPECTACULAR DELIVERY OF 2022 BIRMINGHAM COMMONWEALTH GAMES FESTIVAL SITES

VICTORIA SQUARE, CHAMBERLAIN SQUARE AND CENTENARY SQUARE

Over the course of the Games, a trio of Birmingham’s most popular civic squares, Victoria, Chamberlain and Centenary, quickly became the beating heart of the city centre. Huge crowds gathered to watch the sporting action on the giant LED screen, while the sounds of over 150 local musicians poured into the surrounding streets from the performance stage in Victoria Square.

In transforming the iconic spaces into an environment that aptly celebrated Birmingham’s diverse culture and breadth of artistic talent, ADI designed and managed content for 106m² of LED and performance on the bespoke stage design that perfectly framed the city’s famous ‘Floozie in the Jacuzzi’ sculpture. This included an LED totem and multifunctional gantry, the latter of which was used to welcome and inform spectators through creative content, as well as stage the finishing line of the Marathon events.

SMITHFIELD

The Smithfield Festival Site sat at the core of a vibrant, open space, with the Commonwealth Games’ beach volleyball and basketball 3×3 competitions taking place around it.

Tasked with uniting culture and sport, ADI created a community hub with a bespoke three-sided 210m² LED screen and stage structure that played host to an array of digital commissions from across the region. ADI conceptualised, designed and installed the showpiece ‘Beacon Stage’, which provided a focal point for entertainment and celebration throughout the Games, including a variety of interactive multiplayer games powered by Piing.

ADI’s experienced production team then managed the video, audio, lighting and SFX for not only the key live Sporting moments, but all the on-stage performances.

ADI worked closely with the Birmingham Commonwealth Games committee to help deliver an unforgettable 11 days of sport and culture, from the initial conceptualisation and design of each live site location through to the installation, production and site management aspects.

FOR THE 2022 BIRMINGHAM COMMONWEALTH GAMES, ADI TRANSFORMED MULTIPLE LARGE CAPACITY VENUES AND CIVIC AND COMMUNITY GREEN SPACES INTO ACCESSIBLE HUBS FOR CULTURAL PLACEMAKING AND COLLECTIVE CELEBRATION DURING THE GAMES.

NEIGHBOURHOOD SITES

Created with local communities in mind, ADI’s technical and production teams worked collaboratively to bring colour and vibrancy to seven different Neighbourhood Festival Sites.

A mobile LED screen provided a free live broadcast of the sporting action for visitors to enjoy, including the opening and closing ceremonies; Midland-based food vendors offered a diverse range of cultural cuisine, while artists and performers took to the stage to bring those that live in the locality together.

The programme at each site reflected a different element of the Games, from the ‘warm-up’ in Castle Vale, to the notions of speed and boundaries in Sparkhill. The theme for Edgbaston was water, whilst Yardley focused on our ability to play.

Although each site was custom designed for its surrounding community, there was a running theme of art and cultural events which complimented the digital assets and sports activities.

QUEEN’S BATON RELAY

Birmingham staged the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay – an epic journey across the Commonwealth, with The Queen’s Baton visiting all 72 nations and territories.

The tour got underway back in October 2021 when Her Majesty The Queen placed her Message to the Commonwealth into the Baton.

Travelling from Buckingham Palace to Birmingham’s Victoria Square, ADI moved from site to site with an iCONIC 15 mobile LED screen. At each location, audio, playout and content was created and managed by the talented production team.

QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK – LONDON

To celebrate 10 years since London hosted the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and to encourage people to get behind the 2022 Commonwealth Games, East London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park was transformed into a fun-filled festival site.

ADI supplied the park with an iCONIC 40c LED screen – with audio and content playout included – to broadcast a live feed of the sporting action for the entirety of the Games. This proved to be a popular feature, where art, live music, food vendors and sports activities created a family-friendly atmosphere.