BROOKINGS, S.D. - June 18, 2012 - Daktronics Inc., (Nasdaq - DAKT) of Brookings, S.D., announced today that the Boomers of Schaumburg, Ill., have upgraded their existing Daktronics display at Boomers Field to a new integrated video display and scoreboard for the beginning of their 2012 inaugural home season starting May 25.

The video display measures 27 feet wide by almost 16 feet high, and replaces an incandescent message display. Although the new Daktronics video display will be much bigger, it will require less than half the power of the previous board.

"This video board is the final and most important piece of our complete overhaul of Boomers Stadium," Boomer President and General Manager, Andy Viano said. "Fans will be blown away by the experience at Boomers games in 2012, and no single tool is more crucial to an interactive, memorable ballpark experience than a video display. We're thrilled to be able to work with the unquestionable industry leader to bring one of those great displays to our fans."

The video display will feature an LED screen that contains Daktronics 20HD advanced LED pixel layout for enhanced viewing at every angle. The Daktronics video display is capable of showing one large image along with highlighting live video and instant replays. It can also show a variety of vivid graphics, colorful animations, up-to-the-minute statistics, scoring information and sponsor advertisements with outstanding brightness.

The video display isn't the only upgrade at the stadium. Daktronics will also replace an old manual scoreboard with a new LED scoreboard. It will feature statistics of home and guest scores to 10 innings, balls/strikes, outs, runs, hits and hit/error information.

"We are very proud to be a part of the inaugural season with the Schaumburg Boomers," said Joey Hulsebus, Daktronics Sales Representative. "The Boomers have been a great organization to work with and we look forward to being a part of opening day."

The Schaumburg Boomers will begin their first season of play at Boomers Stadium as part of the independent Frontier League. The Boomers were purchased in 2011 by Pat and Linda Salvi, who are also owners of the Gary SouthShore RailCats of the American Association and the North Shore Navigators of the Futures Collegiate League. The Boomers began their 2012 home season against the Florence Freedom on Friday, May 25th.