Browns Cut Ribbon on New Experience Center
The Cleveland Browns and Haslam Sports Group (HSG) today celebrated the ribbon cutting and grand opening of the Browns Experience Center, which will offer fans and prospective partners and ticket members an early, tangible preview of new Huntington Bank Field currently being built in Brook Park, Ohio. Located within CrossCountry Mortgage Campus, the Experience Center brings the vision for the new stadium to life, from the surrounding development to the individual seating experience.
Highlights of the space include a large-scale stadium model offering a direct view into the seating bowl, the "Browns Tunnel" honoring the team's history and fans, and seats from the new stadium on display for guests to see, experience and sit in firsthand. The center also features The Immersive Cube®, a wrap-around, 270-degree digital environment that is the widest installation of its kind in the United States.
"This space gives our fans a first look at what's ahead, a stadium built around them, their traditions and their passion for this team," said Haslam Sports Group Managing Partners Whitney Haslam Johnson and JW Johnson. "We can't wait for fans and partners to walk through and feel that excitement for themselves. From the stadium model to The Immersive Cube, we want our fans to feel like they are truly part of the fabric of the new Huntington Bank Field, long before the stadium ever opens."
High Point University Opens New Boat House for Club Rowing Teams
High Point University held a ribbon-cutting ceremony during move-in weekend to celebrate the grand opening of the one-story, 7,810 square-foot building as the permanent home for the HPU Rowing Boathouse, which will be utilized by the Division I and Club Rowing teams.
HPU Athletic Director and Vice President Dan Hauser, Club Rowing Head Coach Burt Whicker, and DI Rowing Head Coach Jessica Deitrick all spoke on the milestone moment, the impact the new facility brings to the community and rowing programs, and how grateful they are to the City of High Point and University officials.
Fresno State Upgrades Valley Children's Stadium
Fresno State and Bulldog Sports Enterprises, its multimedia rights partner, have been in the process of sprucing up Valley Children’ Stadium for the past six weeks. But scaffolding along the front of the suites on the east side and the press box on the west side of the venue suggests more than just new branding elements will be in place for the Bulldogs’ Sept. 12 home opener against Sacramento State.
What’s next for the aged venue? Ribbon boards: two on the suite wall on the east side of the stadium that measure 7 by 56 feet, and two on the press box wall on the west side adjacent to the Valley Children’s Stadium signage that measure 5 by 36 feet.
“The intent is to add a more dynamic presentation to the game experience,” said Ryan O’Rorke, Bulldog Sports Enterprises general manager. “We’re working in collaboration with (athletics department) marketing on leveraging that for not only crowd prompts, animations and exciting visuals, but we’re actively selling them to sponsors as well, for more visibility.”
During game breaks — media timeouts, quarter breaks — the ribbon boards will serve as an extension of a main video board on the north end of the stadium that was installed in 2015. Eventually, they could be programmed to carry game stats and information, as well.
