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Daktronics established an office in Brazil in 2012, and in 2013, the company acquired OPEN Out Of Home in Belgium. [23] Sales of Daktronics products surpassed $600 million in 2015. [24] In February 2023, a class action lawsuit was filed against Daktronics alleging securities fraud between March 10, 2022 and December 6, 2022. [25]
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DAK Industries was founded in 1966 and during the 1980s became a mail-order electronics firm based in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California.A gadget enthusiast, Kaplan founded his business while studying psychology at UCLA.
In April 2006, the stadium unveiled two Daktronics large video boards, the largest in professional sports at the time. [23] The east display measured 50 ft (15 m) high by 140 ft (43 m) wide, and the west end zone display measured 50 ft (15 m) high by 100 ft (30 m) wide.
Pittsburgh defeated the Bengals, 16–7. Steelers kicker Kris Brown scored the first NFL points in the stadium on a 26-yard field goal, and quarterback Kordell Stewart scored the first touchdown on an eight-yard run. [41] That same year, two light-emitting diode (LED) video displays from Daktronics were installed at the field.
The centerpiece of the stadium is the massive scoreboard, designed and built by Daktronics at a cost of $9 million. At 48 by 108 feet (14.6 m × 32.9 m), the HD-X light-emitting diode (LED) video scoreboard is currently the largest in college football-only stadiums, [45] and was the third largest at the time of construction. [46]
Before the 2012-13 hockey season, the University of Minnesota upgraded Mariucci Arena, which saw the replacement of the old scoreboard with a new state of the art Daktronics videoboard and the addition of a fascia display that rings the arena. In May 2014, a proposal for an $8 million renovation to the arena was announced.
Kurtenbach is the founder of Daktronics, Inc., based in Brookings, South Dakota. He attended the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, the University of Nebraska and Purdue University. He was also a professor at South Dakota State University.