La Salle University Partners with Venue Technology Experts ANC to Upgrade their Basketball Arena Experience

Set to be completed by fall 2024, ANC has already begun installing the new technologies at John Glaser Arena, starting with the “heart of the arena”—the new 4mm Center Hung LED scoreboard. This high-resolution LED main display is comprised of four sides, with each face running 9 feet high by 16 feet wide. This upgraded focal point will deliver Explorer fans play-by-play game action game-day action with high-resolution, broadcast-optimized 16:9 views like never before. In addition to the center-hung scoreboard, ANC is installing (4) new 6mm LED Vomitory displays and a new 40-foot 4mm courtside display table for continuous game-prompt energy throughout the redesigned bowl. Additionally, the installation of LED basket stanchions and a nearby fine pitch 2mm Press Room Display will round out the venue-wide display system, defining a new standard of professionalism for Explorers men's and women's basketball and elevating the home experiences for the loyal student and alumni fan base.

“We are very excited to expand our commitment to Philadelphia with La Salle University as they modernize the John Glaser Arena to improve the game-day atmosphere,” said Jerry Cifarelli Jr., CEO of ANC. “ANC believes in long-term relationships with all our partners, and we look forward to delivering unmatched technology and venue support to the university’s growing athletics focus for years to come.”

Focused on the priority of creating an intimate and intense atmosphere, the University also tasked ANC with overhauling the venue’s audio system, lighting, and in-game production setup. Alongside ANC’s sports lighting integration partner, Cooper Lighting Solutions and Ephesus Sports Lighting, the arena’s new lighting system delivers high-quality LED lighting, increasing preprogrammed and live fan and entertainment opportunities while decreasing energy costs.

All displays and the connected AV/lighting venue technologies will operate seamlessly from ANC’s venue control software, LiveSync. Serving as the mission-critical nerve center of the entire venue, LiveSync provides the University with complete venue management, maximum controllability, and real-time flexibility. The Explorers will also unveil a new onscreen team graphics package designed in collaboration with ANC Studios’ graphics department to highlight the upgraded screens through energetic custom team visuals. Together, the improved displays, dynamic software management, and immersive audiovisual experience will engage Explorer fans and visitors at the John Glaser Arena in entirely new ways.

As part of ANC’s turnkey single-source solutions methodology, ANC’s multi-year partnership with the University includes comprehensive game-day operations, unique support services, and display maintenance for all the new technologies. As leaders in selling TV-visible signage for its partners, the ANC Advertising Division will also utilize courtside and stanchion inventory provided by the team to develop new sponsors on behalf of the University.

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Media Contacts:

ANC

Alison Burke Benesta, SVP Marketing

alison@anc.com

LaSalle University

Dan Lobacz, Associate Athletic Director for External Relations

lobacz@lasalle.edu

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^{As a leader and innovator in the digital signage and video display industry for over 25 years, ANC has transformed a wide range of commercial spaces, from best-in-class sports and entertainment venues to iconic transportation hubs and retail destinations.  Its diversified suite of services delivers the ideal blend of creative multimedia advertising solutions, innovative audiovisual technologies, deep technical integration expertise, and flawless operational execution to offer the industry’s most trusted single-source solution.  Specifically, ANC agency partners benefit from a cross-market strategy to reach massive and highly engaged audiences. ANC’s iconic partners include NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing, Washington Commanders, Westfield World Trade Center, Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center, Boston Red Sox, Indiana Pacers’ Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Cleveland Cavalier’s Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, and college and university venues across the United States.  To learn more about ANC, visit: www.anc.com}