Sports Venue Production Summit Photo Gallery
Last week, more than 150 industry professionals convened at Lincoln Financial Field in South Philadelphia for SVG’s annual Sports Venue Production Summit. The two-day format — a first for this event — kicked off on June 29 with a behind-the-scenes tour of the video control room, a special video presentation from the Philadelphia Eagles, and a networking reception. On June 30, the event continued with informative panel discussions touching on production philosophies, asset-management strategies, content-creation tools, approaches to in-venue mobile-device usage, and much more. Click through this photo gallery for a closer look!
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Home to the Philadelphia Eagles, the stadium unveiled $125 million in major renovations prior to the 2014 season.
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On Wednesday, June 29, attendees were invited on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Eagles’ video control room.
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More than 100 attendees took part in the tour.
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Philadelphia Eagles Director of Production Eric Long explained how the Eagles handle game-day production.
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The team invested in Evertz DreamCatchers to provide their passionate fanbase with plenty of in-venue replays.
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The view from the video control room, located on press level.
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Attendees were also taken inside the rack room, located across the hallway from the video control room.
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The Eagles’ production equipment allows the team to feed high-quality video to its 10mm video displays.
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Philadelphia Eagles Building A/V Engineer brought attendees out to the truck dock.
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The Linc’s player tunnel
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Attendees were treated to a special presentation of the Eagles’ wide variety of in-bowl video displays.
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Capping Day 1 of the Sports Venue Production Summit, attendees gathered in the stadium’s Touchdown Club for a networking reception.
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Day 2 kicked off with welcoming remarks from SVG’s Karen Hogan.
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SMT’s Ben Grafchik introduced the Philadelphia Eagles’ Day 2 presentation
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Philadelphia Eagles’ Eric Long (left) and David Sullivan offered attendees an in-depth look at their game-day workflows.
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Philadelphia Eagles VP and Executive Producer Chris Johnson (left) and Studio/Live Manager Mark Leblang also participated in the presentation.
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A panel spotlighting production philosophies featured (from left) Madison Square Garden’s Marc Bauman, Philadelphia Union’s Carl Mandell, and Philadelphia Phillies’ Sean Rainey.
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Philadelphia Phillies’ Sean Rainey (left) and Panasonic Xperiences’ Michael Rocha
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Rounding out the ‘Production Perspectives’ panel were Philadelphia Eagles’ Carson Smucker (left) and Click Effects’ Greg Stocker
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NeuLion’s Chris Wagner presented a case study on using digital to maximize venue revenue.
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Vizrt’s Craig Laliberte introduced a panel discussion on managing assets.
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Laliberte was joined on stage by Baltimore Ravens’ Jay O’Brien, who explained how his team has invested heavily in MAM
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Diversified’s Dave Simon
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Philadelphia Eagles’ Jennifer Terbosic explained the team’s approach to MAM and metadata logging.
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Rounding out the asset-management panel were SVG’s Jason Dachman (at podium) and Chesapeake Systems’ Jason Whetstone (seated, far right)
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Comcast Spectacor’s Rob Johnson gave a special presentation on pushing the limits of technology in sports venues.
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Sony’s Christopher Sullivan introduced the “Tips and Tools for Tapping Into Your Fan-base Year-round” panel discussion. Sony also served as title sponsor for the Sports Venue Production Summit.
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The ‘Tips and Tools’ panel featured the Eagles’ Mark Leblang (left) and Philadelphia 76ers’ Charlie Widdoes, as well as Comcast Spectacor’s Rob Johnson (not pictured).
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In total, more than 150 attendees came out to Lincoln Financial Field for the two-day event. Many of them are pictured here on Day 2, in the stadium’s Panasonic Club.