Systems Solutions en el Soccer City Stadium

The remodeled South African stadium, heart of the World Cup 2010, integrates IPTV and high definition video distribution supplied by Systems Solutions.

El Soccer City Stadium, the stadium where the opening and closing of the World Cup in South Africa will take place next year, has awarded Systems Solutions, filial de Gearhouse South Africa, a contract for the installation of important high definition video distribution networks. One of the strong points of the project will be two 86m2 Lighthouse R16i/o-II screens whose signal will be fed from a Vista Spyder control system together with Christie's new Vista Universal Routing Switcher. Control will be managed from an AV Stumpfl ISEO master control, solution that will interconnect the different systems, devices and applications. From the ISEO, all the devices involved will be controlled from the ingestion of signals to their arrival on the giant LED screens and all the screens and monitors distributed throughout this huge stadium.. The system will also monitor the playout of digital signage, incorporating warning messages or advertisements on selected screens or throughout the network via IPTV.

The temple of football

Soccer City Stadium not only represents one of the most artistic and inspiring venues on the African continent, but, built new, will host the opening match and final of the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010. Its design is inspired by the African branch known as calabash., whose aesthetics can be seen wonderfully at night. Soccer City is located southwest of Johannesburg, close to one of the most football fanatic areas that exists in the region: Soweto, where a percentage close to the 40% of the population of Johannesburg. Soccer City can be considered the cathedral of South African football. In the middle of the decade of 1980, several South African football club leaders joined forces to build the country's first international football stadium, whose construction was funded by the football fraternity. Soccer City was the scene of Nelson Mandela's first mass speech after his release in 1990. In addition, Thousands of people gathered at the stadium in 1993 to mourn the death of Chris Hani. Soccer City also hosted the final of the African Cup of Nations in 1996, of which South Africa was proclaimed champion. The stadium's original capacity, known as FNB, was from 80.000 spectators, but after the planned reforms its capacity has been increased to 94,700 seats with the addition of a sunroof and new closets.