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PROJECT

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Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Project: Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Football and soccer fans in Atlanta will soon be able to visit the

new Mercedes-Benz Stadium opening in May of this year, home

to the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons and Major

League Soccer’s Atlanta United. This world-class sports and

entertainment facility will feature new scoreboards and digital

displays designed and installed by Daktronics, with Miller Electric

installing the power.

This $1.6 million /16,500 man hour project is managed by Project

Manager Kenny Hampton and Assistant Project Manager Harry

Caraway, along with Superintendent Tim Lopez in the Miller

Atlanta branch.

The project consists of the installation of power feeds to all the

digital displays throughout the inside of the stadium. This includes

two caption boards, four ribbon boards on the upper and lower

levels, one feather wall display, and several large displays in the

suite areas.

One of the main focal points of the stadium is a 100’ mega column

display that wraps around three sides of the structure. This was

challenging due to the different level accessibility of each side

of the mega column. Most of this work was completed from a

hanging scaffold.

Topping off the project is the 60ft tall, 1,175ft long halo display

that wraps the entire way around the inside of the retractable

roof opening at the top of the stadium. This display is fed from six

400amp control panels with seventy 40amp, three phase/480v

circuits which feed the different sections. This part of the project

is only accessible from the catwalks which are over 200ft off the

ground. This will be the most challenging part of the project due to

the heights.

The entire project is scheduled to be completed by mid May 2017.

Courtesy of Mercedes-Benz Stadium

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