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| Water Cube and Birds Nest | As the venues for the Beijing Olympics Games are nearing completion in the build-up to the event, which opens on August 8, 2008, LED technology is occupying some prominent positions.
Karson Ho, Business Manager of Shenzhen Sansun Hi-Tech Co., Ltd., told LEDs Magazine that his company has supplied 4 LED screens for the two highest-profile venues, the "Birds Nest Stadium" - also known as the Beijing National Stadium - and the "Water Cube" aka the National Aquatics Centre.
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| Birds Nest main LED screen | Ho says, "We supplied two screens for the Beijing National Stadium, which will be used for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and is also the main track and field stadium. It can hold 91,000 spectators.
"We used our P24 LED displays, and the size of both screens is 16.42 x 9.24 m, or 152 square meters [around 1636 sq. feet]."
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| Water Cube interior | "Inside the National Aquatics Centre, known as the Water Cube, we provided a further two screens, also using P24," says Ho. "The size of the screens are 6.14 x 4.61 m, or 28.3 square meters." This stadium will be used for all swimming and diving competitions and can seat 17,000.
In the photos of the interior of the Water Cube, the Sansun screen is on the right, while the screen showing names and time on the left side is from Omega. |
