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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #14 - Discussion Itemr';rT oF-' ! ' L FL0 JOA ro Honor b! `,`ernbers or the City Commission INNi r `c ?-o F ZC.: ;M'. ?,tort.\NDLINI a 15 Orange .:Bowl Scoreboard FRo:.! P. \V. Andrews City Manager eAnalysis Proposals have been received from five firms for providing a scoreboard facility for the Orange Bowl Stadium. These firms specialize in the installation and operation of stadium scoreboards. These proposals have been analyzed, and staff members have met with representatives from each supplier to discuss their proposal in detail. The four major users of the Orange Bol.v1 were invited to participate in this review process. For your information, attached is a comparative analysis of the proposals received. This analysis gives basic information as to size, versatility, operation and financing of the scoreboards proposed. It is recommended that at the April 10 Commission meeting the City Manager be authorized to negotiate an agreement, in order of prefer- ence, with 1. American Information Corp. /Stewart -Warner for providing scoreboard facilities for the Orange Bowl Stadium. During the process of negotiating the agreement, the City Commission and the major users of the Orange Bowl Stadium would be kept informed of the progress being made. cc: City Attorney CONRAC CORPORATION SPORTS INFORMATION BACKGROUNDER Conrac Corporation, a diversified, international company with ten operating divisions, has brought a full complement of skills in computer -based electronics, communications and public information display to the manufacture of state-of-the-art large audience; sports information systems. Conrac's leadership in the development of computerized scoreboards began in 1967 with the construction of a mobile sports information display for IBM. Known as the "IBM Trailer," this scoreboard on wheels followed the PGA Golf Tour and provided on -site tournament information and statistics for spectators and the news media. A list of succeeding installations includes: Facility Features 1968 Oakland Coliseum Oakland, California 1969 Shea Stadium New York City 1970 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California Texas Stadium Irving, Texas 1971 Candlestick Park San Francisco, California Schaefer Stadium Foxboro, Mass. World's first computerized lamp matrix; full animation capability. A special computer interface designed to upgrade the existing New York Mets' scoreboard. world's first automatic timing, scoring, and display system for auto racing. Computerized lamp matrix; full animation capability. Computerized lamp matrix; full animation capability. Dual computerized message boards. //cont. 1972 Olympic Stadium Munich, West Germany Olympic. -Mobile Munich, West Germany Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California Pocono International Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania Charlotte Motor Speedway Charlotte, North Carolina Dover Downs Dover, Delaware 1973 Rich Stadium Buffalo, New York Capital Centre Arena Largo, Maryland 1974 The Coliseum Arena Cleveland, Ohio Rheinstadion Dusseldorf, West Germany Waldstadion Frankfurt, West Germany Neckarstadion Stuttgart, West Germany Arya Mehr Stadium Tehran, Iran Farah Abad Stadium Tehran, Iran Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California 1975 The Summit Arena Auto Auto Auto Dual computerized lamp matrix, full anima tion capability; world's first matrix for use in Olympic Games. Mobile computerized lamp matrix; full animation capability, world's first mobile matrix. Auto racing racing racing racing trylon display. trylon display. trylon display, trylon display. Computerized TelscreenR lamp matrix; full video capability; world's first board to employ five shade3of grey; contains largest library of special effects. Color TV projection onto four giant screens; world's first indoor Telscreen system. Color TV indoor Telscreen onto two giant screens. Computerized message boaitlwith extensive library of special symbols. Computerized message board with extensive library of special symbols. Computerized message board with extensive library of special symbols. Computerized lamp matrix; full animation capability. Computerized lamp matrix; full animation capability. Auto racing trylon display. Recently awarded and now under construction; Houston, Texas color TV Telscreen . . two giant screens. //cont. 1976 Yankee Stadium New York City Montreal Olympic Stadium Montreal, Quebec, Canada Centre Maisonneuve Montreal, Quebec, Canada Centre Claude Robillard Montreal, Quebec, Canada Claude Robillard Centre Montreal, Quebec, Canada Presently under construction; computerized lamp matrix Telscreen; full video capability; first system to employ 9 shades of grey. Recently awarded and now under construction; dual computerized lamp matrix Telscreens; full video capability; will be first time that Olympic Games can employ instant replay. Recently awarded and now under construction; TV Telscreen. Recently awarded and now under construction; TV Telscreen, Recently awarded and now under construction; TV Telscreen. Conrac is also the world's leading producer of professional television monitors. Conrac's CRT displays nre found in wide variety of sports installations such as Santa Anita Race Track where 80 Conrac color monitors provide spectators with reruns of the previous day's races, color coverage of the current race -- including instant replay -- and display of current pari-mutuel odds. Conrac continues to plan further developments in sports information systems - with increased emphasis currently being placed on an effective inter -relationship between the interests of sports fans for entertainment enhancement and adver- tisers for message effectiveness. CONRAC CORPORATION 330 Madison Avenue New York, N. Y . 10017 (212) 687-3330 (T. P. Crolius) April, 1975 4 2 to 3 -- — l Ill 11 1'.� i1 it A Y.ERIC'1N INFORMATION CORP. STEWART-WARNER AERT CA \ SIGN AND INDICATOR CO.:PANY to =r:s ta1r'operate, i - - the e ain and finance en - scoreboard project. contrac�s .J :, .0 a a c.- , ': er- `0C cc cC:..Jo. - • n ��cr�•i;o�-rug Yes 10 years None, except City forfeits excess revenues 5 boards No Not mentioned City must pay de- ficiency annually CONRAC COP P . • •_;-f•l:". i 17,0. i. Not mentioned 5 year renewable ti.ot :ic ._ .- mentioned Not ,n t- one t :bc ; ....:. .' Not d Not mentioned I No 1 board 4 boards 1 board CC,, f_ being built a:.t rs l y/:- e Yes Yes No Vr, Yes Yes No 16 16 9 Yes 7 ..... �' of act panels o1. .7-.ain beard ,':i:o provides and papas far_ operator:: and maintenance c1n-'a..ie 6 minutes 5 Not mentioned 10 to 12 minutes Not .:.entiorea mentienc 7 Unspecified 2 Corporation funds Director as part of system cost. .City funds other personnel. Corporation. Funded as part -of system cost.. Corporation. Funded as part of system cost. Corporation 1...4=4r tams for' 1 yea: . tt, a. *04.4tr'44 INQUIRIES TO STADT-::'3 ntTnTUVTC Re: SCOREBOARDS _ Page i or �r 'Stadium called: ;Manager's name for person, talked to) Facility owner r Installer of scoreboard is scoreboard generally satisfactory? i no sold advertising & how much Rich Stadium Buffalo, N.Y_ Tom Calpin Eire County, N.Y. Conrac 'Anaheim Stadium (Calif.) 'Tom Liegier City of Anaheim Board built by Stewart -Warn- er. Adv. •by Amer. Info. Cori. Steel work by Federal Sign Technically they deliv. Board now 10 yr. old & gen- as promised, and on time. erally has been excellent. Very good performance Sorce maintenance problems, however Advertising sold out,but as a result of Stadium's efforts, not CONRACS. Was supposed to be joint ef- fort - didn't turn out that way_ Standard Oil bought all adv. through deal made in local Anaheim channels, not thru AIC efforts Riverfront (Cincinnati George Rowe City of Cincinnati American Sign & Indi_ in 1970 FIad technical problems at first but made some modifications & now find it to be excellent AS&I is supposed to but can't. Only about $70,000 annually now sold & City paying the difference 7_ Taintenance arrangements Operations arrangements Ad TP i s _•C_ Reflection problems f_rcrn sun Conrac maintained 1st yr City maintained after 1st yi Stadium now does mainte- nance at cost of about $3,000 per yr. (parts & labor) Had some problems. Didn't maintain as well as should lh ave. Use City forces. Cost?? Stadium performs operaticnCity operates board with Takes 6 persons and costs "event" or "part -tine" per- $6C0 per game, includin sonnel_ City personnel preliminary work to get ;write new programs. ready Six on main board Faces South. No problem Two on main board Faces South. No problems OTE: Recommended against ridcphor system (TV type system) outdoors. CONRPC as exclusive on Eidcphor AS&I gave City a main- tenance contract for 3 yrs. Maintenance costs (parts & labor) are $2,944 'Aloha Stadium (Hawa; Dennis Minga (Box Cffice id='.naccr` State of Hr'aii Stewart Warner Now being installed. Will sand a copy c contract S.W. sells all ad ar ing & provides bear. Hawaii for free in c change for 10 years advertising rights s S.W. (or AIC) mainta for entire 10 yrs_ City operates board but Users are required to State will cperatc a pay for operation of their cost. board during their game Six on rain board Faces Southwest. No prob 1 ems _T. Faces Sout No n_ a:: 2.. i'11i1 i:1 C�'c Zic is 3'nci-Ji �_ r�Y:L i:ti:_ T .cRivers :Pittsburgh, Pa. a�a.rc: Btldy, Asst.. Dir. c, Prornotion & Sales Pittsburgh Pirates Arrowhead Stadium dillill l:an^ as City Alameda St:dcli..'it Oaldanc', Calif. Ron l3achto1 Ylectronic Technician Kansas City Chiefs �t+ St r_-'r: a r L Varner - 1970 Stewart Varner - 1972 . Very satisfactory Very satisfactory. i' Pt"tsburgh Pirates bought the board. Stewart -Warner assisted with advertising S:a .j-Cs o estimate of maintenance osts a*�aiiable Four: persons ` requiredto r c1rt~c Bill Cunningham Stadium Manager Oal•.land Athlnt ics Two advertisers -- Standard Oil & Kansas City I,i.fe StadiuLi maintains ` at cost of about $25,000 yr: (labor & parts) Con?.'ac Very satisfactory, but no video or instant Athlcti.csbought board. Not clear who placed advcrtising t:cw JC4 M' Stadium Liza? nta±ns at cost of about $60,000 yr. (izibor. & Parts) rwo persons requi.rcc: to operate. Gnly gasl.c--in-- uroc;l:css, no video or instant replay One large r , , Faces Sout1icas problems 7.aces lest.. No problems LIP Not. clear who: .4 .f z,y but it CIo.4 s s cr w = t mort.i a the . cost. ',Mail-Ite is c r 1 rt COMMENTS OR ANALYSIS ..' AMERICAN INFORMATION AMERICAN SIGN AND -Y:-.7.., Z=C7ICN CaITEF.IA CORP. STEWART-WARNER INDICATOR COMPANY re..cment to install, ol:crate, =1.1ta11 and finance the en- tire scereboard project. Yos No 2. Term of advertisinn contracts 10 years Not mentioned — - - — . -- L3. Effect on City of an :dyer- Nene, except City City must pay de- tisins reYenue deficiency forfeits excess ficiency annually t in any year revenues r — --- lance of company in sccretcards 5 boards 1 board eaaeJ. o: 7'2= CONRAC• CORP. AD-i\RT INC. IN.4 AAh.at. ,ns,,.oh., on nain ;ccrecard for Fame-in-proL;ress and instant replay/video d1;ndant compters Yes, Yes, No . No • 1:o. " Not mentioned 5 year renewabi Net nsnticnof. Not mentioned . Not mentioned X:', mentiond I 1 board 4 boards beins built ,*:;!ot mentioned Yes Yes No No 16 16 9 2 to 11 4 No Yes 7 3 !Net :-- Tot mentionod Net mentioned ...-aratien of an screen avortni-; ch:rins event 6 minutes Not mentioned 10 to 12 minutes Not mentioned Ntt menticnod '..ffeer of persons resilaire- ts operate. system 5 7 Unspecified a Unspecified. provides ard pays for eperatere and maintenance 17.orsonnel? Corporation funds Director as part of system cost. City funds other personnel. Corporation. Funded as part of system cost. Corporation. Corporation main- City • Funded as part tains for 1 year. of system cost. TO STADr ".S Re: SCORFBOARDS Stadium called: Rich Stadium (Anaheim Stadium (Calif.) �Riverfront Buffalo, N.Y. (Cincinnati) '. Manager's name '(or person talked to) Tom Calpin ITom Liegler George Rowe a owner 3. Facility o n�r Eire County, N.Y. � City of Anaheim Cit ► of Cincinnati � 4. Installer of scoreboard Conrac Board built by Stewart-Warn- er. Adv.•by Amer. Info. Corp Steel work by Federal Sign American Sign & Indi. in 1970 5_ Is score: oarci generally satisfactory? Technically they deliv. Board now 10 yr. old & gen- as promised, and on time. eraily has been excellent. Very good performance Some maintenance problems, however Iiad technical problems at first but made soire modifications & now find it to be excellent Who soli' advertising & how much Advertising sold out,but as a result of Stadium's efforts, not CONRACS. Was supposed to be joint ef- fort - didn't turn out that way_ Standard Oil bought all adv. AS&I is supposed to but can't. Only about $70,000 annually now sold & City paying the difference through deal made in local Anaheim channels, not thru AIC efforts �c_ 1laintcnance arrangements Conrac maintained 1st yr.City Stadium now does mainte- nance at cost of about $3,000 per yr. (parts & labor) maintained after 1st yr Had some problems. Didn't maintain as well as should have. Use City forces. Cost??. AS&I gave City a main- tenance contract for 3 yrs. Maintenance costs (parts & labor) are $2,944 Operations arrangements 10 Stadium performs operaticnCity Takes 6 persons and costs $600 per game, including preliminary work to get ready operates board with "event" or "part-time" per- sonnel. City personnel write new programs. City operates board but Users are required to pay for operation of board during their game Ad panels Six on main board Two on main board Six on main board 10 _ Reflection prcole ns from sum Faces South. No proble_:. Faces South. No problems Faces Southwest. No ,problems .. '' • TOTE: Recommended against idephor system (TV type '-ystem) outdoors. CONR?,C as exclusive on Eidephor edge (J.. Aloha Stadium (Hawn; Dennis Minga (Box Office Manacrcr' State of Hawaii Stewart Warner Now being installed. Will send a copy of contract S.W. sells all a1ver. ing & provides boars Hawaii for free in e change for 10 years advertising rights S.W. (or AIC) :ainta. for entire 10 yrs. State will operate a their. cost. Faces South. No pry:: • t tadiu:. for c:cnc:..._.J.�' 'Who sc:7.7 advertising TNrMJTRi c TO ST..-�IUS Re.• SCOT:1WEIRJ)S 'flu:Le Rivers Pitt huruh, Pa. Baldy, Asst. Dir. for Promotion & Sales Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City Ron l3achtcl Electronic Technician Pitt5:burcjh Pirates Stc,,'zr,_ i;cz ncr - 1970 Very satisfactory Kansas City Chiefs Stewart Warner - 1972 Very satisfactory !Pittsburgh Pirates bought the board. Stewart -Warner assisted with advertising sales Two advertisers - Standard Oil & Kansas City Life arr ;::;L..e..1L. Ref l er:t::n prcbJ.c.,,s from II No estimate of maintenance coasts available Four persons required to operate Faces South. No problems Stadium maintains at cost of about $25,000 yr. (Labor & Darts) Faces Southeast. No problems Alameda Stadium Oakland, Calif. _ _ Bill Cunningham Stadium Manager akland Athletics Connie Vc3:y satisfactory, but no video or instant ?:et?l iy \th1eticsboughL board. Not clear who placed advertising Stadium maintains at cost of about $u0, 000 yr. (lzbor & Parts) two persons required to ope'r. atc.. Only game--in--- proc ess, no video or thtant replay T)ne large laces West. No problems Ta probles with th UL cloax who but it does sc-ry :- Or.ti. c the cc L .1Elintonanca by corr. tict:i Users a ,:c charged fE r_ costs of Gj)C'.ra. �' oI: Foul- or, n:..i n i c-:' Face South -No Frc7.:.