INLITE: MCG Smart Stadium Upgrade commences
12.12.2014Stage one of the Melbourne Cricket Ground smart stadium upgrade is now under construction. The Melbourne Cricket Ground is the largest sports stadium in the southern hemisphere and the foremost sporting arena in Australia. The MCG is home to international and local cricket as well as AFL football and many other sporting, music and cultural events. Designed by NDY Light and supplied and programmed by Inlite using products from Traxon Technologies and E:Cue, the Smart Stadium façade lighting upgrade is an installation which will transform the night time appearance of the MCG, by using coloured illumination to create visible theming of the stadium and showcase the colours of competing sporting teams.
The installation includes:
More than 60 Four Head LED floodlights to illuminate the upper façade of the stadium and feature areas of the entry gates on the Great Southern Stand.
More than 750m of Media Tube direct view addressable Linear LED profiles to create visual effects at each of the 7 entry gates around the stadium.
More than 500m of Nanoliner Allegro DMX Addressable Linear LED Floodlights to illuminate feature areas of the façade on the Northern Stand
Dot XL Individually Addressable LED modules to backlight each of 7 freestanding information ‘Totems’ outside each of the entry gates.
The installation is controlled using an E:Cue networked DMX control system, which distributes lighting control on a Fibre Optic network which connects all of the smart lighting. A central server in the MCG control room with a custom touch screen interface is used to select from a range of preprogrammed Scenes.
