The Heat completed $50M-worth of renovation and upgrade work this past offseason at Kaseya Center, including a new centerhung scoreboard, lighting and audio systems and a retractable seating bowl system. The Heat operate Kaseya Center, which turns 25 this New Year’s Eve, and paid for the renovation. This past offseason focused on improving game presentation following four projects between 2012 and 2019 that upgraded the venue’s premium offerings. The renovations will be unveiled on Oct. 7.
The centerpiece of the latest project is nicknamed “Fireball,” a 3-dimensional, LED-covered 2,525-square-foot replica of the team’s ball and flame logo that will anchor the venue’s new centerhung videoboard. The Fireball is framed by four video displays measuring 19.5 feet by 29.5 feet, two top ring displays and four underbelly displays, measuring 7,440 square feet and 55M pixels in total.
It replaces a scoreboard that was already one of the more unique in the league, nicknamed “Medusa” by Heat staff for its upward rising tentacles. The new board, designed by Mike Rowe of Anthony James Partners, engineered by WJHW, and manufactured by Daktronics (CAA ICON contributed project oversight), won’t top the NBA’s main videoboard size charts. Ed Filomia, Heat senior director of broadcast services, conducted a scoreboard study for the team, zeroing in on the NBA scoreboards whose character reflected their team, like the Hornets’ beehive design.
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