AJP was pleased to have the opportunity to support Lamar University with significant stadium and arena upgrades. Serving as their Owner’s Representative and Technology Consultant, AJP supported the NCAA Division I public college from concept to completion, providing a menu of options to meet and exceed their goals and budgets, and providing protections for the investments, both in the short and long-term.

PROVOST UMPHRY STADIUM
Provost’s new 10mm, high-definition LED videoboard measures 76′ 6″ x 35′ 2″. With 2734 square feet of LED, the new board will be over 200% larger than the current video display’s 1277 square feet of LED, while maintaining the same structural footprint. Illuminated static signage elements include a custom-fabricated, 7-foot “LU” logo at the top of the display and sponsor naming placement at the bottom of the board. The back of the display will be cladded for a more finished look and feature an illuminated Lamar University Athletics logo.

Speaker cabinets on either side of the display will house a new Point-Source Audio system taking the stadium sound performance to another level. The new LED scoreboard will house high-output Fulcrum Acoustic long-throw and short-throw loudspeakers and a compliment of dual 21” subwoofers and Powersoft amplifiers. The front of house control room will receive a new digital mixing console, digital wireless microphones, a new announcer’s microphone system, and a package of program audio source devices, including streaming audio, Bluetooth audio, and traditional program audio sources and FM radio.

MONTAGNE CENTER
The Montagne Center’s most notable upgrade is a new center hung scoreboard. The custom “box car” design features four high definition, 4mm convex LED video board displays (with sidelines measuring 17′ 8″W x 8′ 9″H and endzone displays at 13′ 5″W x 8′ 9″H). In terms of pixel density, the new displays combined boast 3,182,592 pixels in comparison to the existing scoreboard’s 1,088,640 pixels – that’s a 292.35% improvement in screen resolution for clear image and finer detail. The one-of-a-kind scoreboard has illuminated venue identification and donor recognition channel-cut lettering, along with a custom fabricated, three-stage dimensional “LU” logo on the belly of the structure.

The arena’s new Distributed array audio system will integrate Fulcrum Acoustic FH15 speakers with Powersoft amplification and QSC processing. Moving to a distributed system will provide even and direct coverage to every area of the arena.

Other arena upgrades include a 30′ long Scorer’s Table with 4mm LED display (30’W x 2.1’H) and two (2) baseline Fixed Digit Displays. The turnkey system design included hoist, production controls, scoring system and software.