Daktronics installing 15HD video display at baseball venue

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Rice University Bringing New Video Experience To Reckling Park

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Jan. 11, 2017 – Reckling Park on campus at Rice University in Houston, Texas, is receiving a new 1,000-square-foot LED video display from Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, to entertain and inform Owl's baseball fans in 2017. The project extends a partnership between Rice University and Daktronics that includes a significant upgrade for football this past fall.

"Our fans are important to us, and we are happy to enhance their experience with a new video board from Daktronics," said Rice University Director of Athletics Joe Karlgaard. "Thank you to the university, Judy Allen and Audrey Ley, and the RBI Club for making this critical investment in Reckling Park."

The new right field display will measure approximately 21.5 feet high by 47 feet wide and feature a 15HD pixel layout to provide crisp, clear imagery with wide angle visibility to every seat in Reckling Park. The display comes complete with protective netting and advertising panels to represent Rice's sponsors throughout events.

Capable of variable content zoning, the display can show one large image or can present viewers with multiple windows of content such as live video, instant replays, graphics and animations, special announcements, and other event information.

"We're grateful to continue our long-standing partnership with Rice University through this new project for Owl's baseball at Reckling Park," said Dan Fjeldheim, Daktronics sales representative. "This installation will bring an amazing video experience to events at Reckling Park, and we're looking forward to expanding Rice's display inventory as they continue to raise the bar for the fan experience at live events on their campus."

Daktronics Creative Services will also be providing a content package of graphics and animations at the request of the university to bring the new display to life.

Daktronics LED video and messaging display technology features industry-leading environmental protection for a long lifetime with consistent performance and low power consumption, providing value and excitement for years to come.

About Rice University

Located on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has highly respected schools of Architecture, Business, Continuing Studies, Engineering, Humanities, Music, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and is home to the Baker Institute for Public Policy. Rice competes in 16 NCAA Division I sports and is a member of Conference USA. With 3,910 undergraduates and 2,809 graduate students, Rice's undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is 6-to-1. Its residential college system builds close-knit communities and lifelong friendships, just one reason why Rice is ranked No. 1 for best quality of life and for lots of race/class interaction by the Princeton Review. Rice is also rated as a best value among private universities by Kiplinger's Personal Finance.