4K Standard At New Vikings Stadium

MINNEAPOLIS-Opened on July 22, 2016, the Minnesota Vikings' new U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis represents the state-of-the-art in NFL facilities. With a capacity of 65,400-expandable to 72,000 seats for a Super Bowl-and including 116 suites and 8,000 premium club seats, the Vikings' new roofed stadium is a sports showcase where 4K video production comes standard.

We have designed U.S. Bank Stadium's production facilities to provide full 4K video for the stadium's in-house displays, which include the 8,100 square-foot main video board in the west end, the east end video scoreboard, ribbon boards, and over 800 HD monitors, said Ben Cating, senior consultant/vice president with Idibri, the Dallas-based consulting firm in charge of the stadium's in-stadium/broadcast production design.

The broadcast control room includes a sophisticated stadium master control that handles feeds between nine 4K cameras, seven 1080p PTZ cameras and two wireless cameras, produces both 1080p and 4K slo-motion replays, feeds content to the displays, and shares 4K content back and forth with the NFL broadcast trucks. (U.S. Bank Stadium has 25,000 square feet of video display space in all.)

Bryan Harper, vice president of content and production for the Minnesota Vikings, noted that the stadium video infrastructure was designed with the changing media landscape in mind.

We know that we have to compete with the at-home experience and also support the broadcasters as best we can, he said. The 4K infrastructure and what it will mean for the in-venue viewing experience should be second to none. He added that we will archive in 4K which should pay dividends for years to come-including as we move into our new team headquarters in Eagan in 2018.

U.S. Bank Stadium has a capacity of 65,400-expandable to 72,000 seats for a Super Bowl-and includes 116 suites and 8,000 premium club seats.

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