Nevada's Mackay Stadium relies on Visionary to distribute audio and video

With the aim of improving connectivity for audio and video distribution, this stadium, located in the University of Nevada (Reno - EU), has deployed the PacketAV Matrix series of Visionary to improve visitor experience and internal management.

The University of Nevada It is the most important public center in this North American state, with more than 21.000 students, 180 buildings and 13 different schools and faculties, in addition to the headquarters of the sports program Nevada Wolf Pack Athletics, which is carried out in the Mackay Stadium, located in the northern part of campus.

It is an open-air athletics and football stadium., with capacity for 27.000 personas, which has returned to its sporting activity after the pandemic, offering its fans a new system of AV distribution and of connectivity to improve your experience.

“We had an RF distribution system that was no longer working as intended and an upgrade was needed before the next football season,” he explains. Nathan Barlow, associate director of Nevada Athletics-; integrating a solution that would work seamlessly with existing technology. The specialist The Farm AV recommended us the technology of Visionary”.

The overall goal was to provide TV sources for the suites and in-house production, that require different sources, “so we wanted to switch between multiple video sources. We integrate the series PacketAV Matrix from Visionary on the back of each screen and we also use their amplifier Dante four channel PNA-D4 to power the speakers”.

Nevada Athletics has made significant investments to enhance the game day fan experience at Mackay Stadium, in addition to increasing attendance at weekend sporting events and corporate events during the week.

“That's why we needed to update connectivity throughout the stadium,” says Barlow.. We have ten cable boxes from which we take a network source; two end points on the rack near the club rack and two others inside it. “We use Visionary endpoints to display multiple video sources on a single screen on game day.”.

For the rest of the week, the stadium club is used as a meeting and presentation space, so “we had to offer a solution that was simple for users to connect and view without problems. “The club floor endpoints are designed to simplify connectivity for these events and custom digital signage and that is why we needed a versatile solution.”.

Visionary's PacketAV Matrix series features native control and audio integration options for the platform Q-SYS of LLC. He plugin includes pre-configured components for switching, routing virtual arrays, Video wall control and advanced grouping options, as well as live video previews.

“We use Q-SYS throughout the installation. We value Visionary's seamless integration with QSC and have their processors throughout the facility. It was incredibly important to use QSC as an audio DSP and control system, since it eliminates the need to layer - Barlow points out -. Besides, we install your touch screen drivers, which provide a small preview of video sources before adding them to the screen and allows you to easily extract sources from cable boxes, preview the content and display it without problems”.

Visionary's PacketAV Matrix series is designed for standard network infrastructure, which has reduced installation time at Mackay Stadium. “We were against the clock.. The entire project lasted only 105 days, which includes from initial conception to completion -remember-. We had a very tight deadline for this project and Visionary stepped up in a big way and their team spent countless hours making sure everything was set up correctly.”.

One of the challenges of the project was the Barlow team had purchased a network switch from another vendor but, due to supply chain issues, They could not fulfill the order. “We contacted Visionary to see if they could help us meet our deadline and they put us in touch with Netgear and they provided us with the switches. Visionary made sure that the firmware It will be updated before installing it”.

John Henkel, Netgear SMB Product Marketing Director, He adds that “we have been partners with Visionary for years and recognize the importance of helping our clients make their installations as seamless as possible.”. Setting up a network switch can be daunting, but thanks to this partnership we guarantee interoperability to offer a solution that simply works”.

The final result of the project has been satisfactory for those responsible for the stadium and the attendees.. “We are delighted with the final result,” says Barlow.. Visionary's technology works and its solutions are easy to use. Two days after installation we had end users in the 57 suites. “It is a rock-solid solution.”.

Visionary's PacketAV Matrix 4K UHD over IP series encoders and decoders redefine traditional matrix switching systems to create a flexible solution, scalable and quality for IP networks.

PacketAV endpoints offer ultra-low latency, with unlimited distribution capabilities. Using existing network resources, These devices can be quickly deployed to deliver cost-effective multi-channel audio and video distribution. Dante/AES67 on IP.