“Baseball in Charlotte has a long history, dating back to the late 1800s, and we are excited about our next chapter in the new BB&T Ballpark,” said Dan Rajkowski, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Charlotte Knights. “When we started the design process for this venue in 2012, we wanted to work with a technology partner that had experience with designing and implementing communications infrastructures for large sporting venues. CommScope has experience installing solutions in the world’s largest stadiums and provided the expertise and quality products to help us achieve our goal of incorporating the right technology.”
The Charlotte Knights, a class
AAA affiliate of the Chicago White Sox,
are playing
their 2014 season in the new 10,200 capacity BB&T
Ballpark in uptown Charlotte. This year, the ball park is expected to draw
more than 600,000 baseball fans to watch the Knights and experience a stadium
that includes many traditional features as well as accommodating the latest in
visual and high-speed computing technology seen in the newest sporting venues
around the country.
CommScope was chosen to outfit BB&T
Ballpark with its high-performance line of Uniprise® end-to-end copper, fiber and
coaxial connectivity solutions providing high-speed communications functions
throughout the stadium. The newly-installed infrastructure connects all
communications technology, including monitors, scoreboards and cash registers.
“Baseball in Charlotte has a long history, dating
back to the late 1800s, and we are excited about our next chapter in the new
BB&T Ballpark,” said Dan Rajkowski, executive vice president and chief
operating officer, Charlotte Knights. “When we started the design process for
this venue in 2012, we wanted to work with a technology partner that had
experience with designing and implementing communications infrastructures for
large sporting venues. CommScope has experience installing solutions in the
world’s largest stadiums and provided the expertise and quality products to
help us achieve our goal of incorporating the right technology.”
A video of Dan Rajkowski discussing the decisions and planning that went
into BB&T Ballpark can be seen here.
CommScope
specializes in deploying advanced
connectivity solutions in sporting venues around the world. CommScope
solutions enable better performance and sufficient bandwidth – the ability of
networks to carry large volumes of traffic efficiently. The telecommunications
infrastructure also will enable the Charlotte Knights to eventually install
other technologies common in large venues, such as a distributed antenna system-
providing better coverage and capacity for wireless services.
“The Charlotte Knights
have a reputation for providing the best possible experience for their fans and
we are proud to partner with them to maintain that reputation by providing an
end-to-end solution to meet their bandwidth needs,” said Kevin St. Cyr, senior
vice president of Enterprise Solutions, CommScope. “No matter the size of the
team, cost is always a concern when building a new venue. CommScope partnered
with the Knights to create a cost effective plan to help them develop a
state-of-the-art facility at a reasonable cost – ultimately keeping the
pressure off the fans at the ticket office.”
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About Charlotte Knights
The Charlotte
Knights are the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox and play their
home games at the brand-new BB&T Ballpark in Uptown Charlotte. Single-game
tickets for the 2014 season are on sale now and can be purchased by phone at
704-357-8071, online at charlotteknights.com, or in person at the BB&T
Ballpark Ticket Office. Uptown Knights are Better Than Ever!
About CommScope
CommScope
(www.commscope.com
NASDAQ;COMM) has played a role in virtually all the
world’s best communication networks. We create the infrastructure that connects
people and technologies through every evolution. Our portfolio of end-to-end
solutions includes critical infrastructure our customers need to build
high-performing wired and wireless networks. As much as technology changes, our
goal remains the same: to help our customers create, innovate, design, and
build faster and better. We’ll never stop connecting and evolving networks for
the business of life at home, at work, and on the go.
This press release includes forward-looking statements
that are based on information currently available to management, management’s
beliefs, as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events.
Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to
a number of uncertainties and other factors, which could cause the actual
results to differ materially from those currently expected. In providing forward-looking
statements, the company does not intend, and is not undertaking any obligation
or duty, to update these statements as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
Source: CommScope
