Wake Forest Athletics Set to Improve Experience at Allegacy Stadium with Daktronics Video Display

Main video, side displays, Show Control with Camino highlight the upgrades ahead of the 2026 season

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Mar. 30, 2026 – Daktronics (NASDAQ: DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, has partnered with Wake Forest to manufacture and install an improved end zone video display, two side displays and an upgraded Show Control system featuring Camino at Allegacy Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The main video display will total more than 3,800 square feet, adding an additional 1,300 square feet of digital space with upgraded pixel quality and resolution. The project is currently underway and will be completed ahead of the football season kicking off this fall.

“We are excited to continue to enhance the Best Fan Experience in North Carolina with upgrades to the Bob McCreary Video Board Honoring Class of 1961,” said Wake Forest’s Vice President and Director of Athletics John Currie. “We are thankful for Bob’s transformational gift that made the first board possible in 2011. We are continually analyzing unique ways to improve both the student-athlete and fan experience. 

“Working with our partners at Daktronics, this new board will make an impact on our game-day experience, providing added flexibility while also helping us create and share new Demon Deacon memories inside Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium, starting September 3 on Opening Night against Akron.

Video Display Details

The main video display will measure 43 feet high by 90 feet wide and incorporate an 8-millimeter pixel spacing, an increase in pixel spacing and resolution from the previous display. This display is capable of variable content zoning, allowing it to show one large image or to show multiple zones of content ranging from live video and instant replays, to graphics and animations, to game-day statistics and even sponsorship messages. 

“It's a privilege to continue our partnership with Wake Forest University on this exciting upgrade at Allegacy Stadium,” said Corey Williams, Daktronics sales representative. “The new video board brings enhanced, dynamic visuals and engaging content to fans, while providing the capability for unique in-game content. We're proud to help enhance the game-day experience for Wake Forest Football.”

Additionally, two new side LED displays are being installed in place of the previous fixed ad panel. Each of these displays will measure 43 feet high by 15.5 feet wide with the same 8-millimeter pixel spacing as the main display. These displays allow for greater flexibility throughout game day to highlight sponsors while also sharing more statistics, graphics and animations as needed by the university.

These displays feature Daktronics' industry-leading environmental protection ensure they operate as expected in the North Carolina outdoors.

Daktronics is also including a complete Show Control solution including Camino with this installation. This industry-leading control system provides a combination of display control software, world-class video processing, data integration and playback hardware that forms a powerful yet user-friendly production solution. The addition of Camino to the control system will provide a new level of functionality to create dynamic, real-time rendered content never before possible in a Daktronics system. 

Camino opens up creative possibilities to display visuals in a 2D/3D space, incorporating data-based logic to automate production elements, and developing timelines within a single piece of content so it can react in real time as the event unfolds.

Included in the equipment installation, the Demon Deacons will also receive a digital content package to be produced and delivered by Daktronics Creative Services.

Daktronics has grown with the sports industry from the company’s beginning in 1968. Today, the company has LED video display installations at hundreds of colleges and universities across the United States. For more information on what Daktronics can provide for the collegiate market, visit www.daktronics.com/college.

About Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is known for its distinctive combination of world-class academics, unrivaled campus experience, intimate learning environment and Power 4 athletics in a top-growing metro market. A Charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Demon Deacons have won 59 conference titles and are one of nine ACC schools to win 11 or more national championships. Additionally, with 1.7 million people within 30 miles of campus, Wake Forest anchors the Winston-Salem and Triad market, which ranks as ESPN's seventh-best nationally from a viewership perspective.

Wake Forest's comprehensive excellence includes its highly regarded school of medicine, business school, law school and an innovative department of engineering. Additionally, Wake Forest has campuses across Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Washington, DC – providing many academic offerings to students from across the nation and around the world. 

Learn more about Wake Forest University at www.wfu.edu and at GoDeacs.com.