CHICAGO – When you've waited nearly half a century to celebrate a Stanley Cup title, you don't skimp on the festivities. So when the City of Chicago mapped out its parade route for the Blackhawks and their two million fans, they included GoBigger, the world's largest mobile LED screen. The 19-foot-by-33-foot mobile unit, provided by Texas-based rental company GoVision (www.jumbo.tv), features Daktronics' HD-16 LED video technology and was positioned at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, not far from the main stage. A second mobile LED unit, the 9-foot-by-12-foot GoTron, was stationed further down Michigan Avenue.
GoVision, a supplier of turnkey mobile LED units and customized modular LED walls, microwaved the program signal from its switching studio within the GoBigger unit three blocks away to the GoTron unit and supported the production with two cameras that captured those onstage.
"That's the most awesome video screen I've ever seen," said Bill Plaske, a diehard Blackhawks fan who fondly recalls the team's last Stanley Cup victory from his younger days. "I was so far back in the crowd, I never thought I'd see a thing. But it felt like [Jonathan] Toews was standing right there next to me! Where do I get me one of those?"
"Events like this never get old for us," said Chris Curtis, CEO of GoVision. "It's always an honor to be a part of a city-wide celebration, and what better place for us to show off GoBigger than in front of two million crazy fans."
This was the second year in a row that GoVision was enlisted for a Stanley Cup celebration. The City of Pittsburgh also brought in GoBigger to broadcast the festivities during its victory parade for the Penguins in 2009.
"We're looking forward to a GoBigger three-peat," said Curtis. "Whoever hoists Lord Stanley's cup next year better be ready for their close-up on the world's largest mobile HD screen!"
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