The equipment room design was geared toward functionality with more space required to deal with the increase in additional uniform and helmet variations, shoes, gloves and casual-wear items, according to Clear.
Additional upgrades include an enhanced nutrition center and a dedicated recovery space that includes light therapy beds, cryotherapy chambers and sensory deprivation tanks.
And when the guys are awake, they can slip right over to the new player lounge area, which will include gaming stations, pop-a-shots, pool tables and ping-pong tables.
Bright Tree Studios, with offices in Pittsburgh and Lexington Park, Maryland, was responsible for the audiovisual aspects of the locker room while Greenville, South Carolina-based Jack Porter Agency did all of the graphics.
The main LED wall features a 16 feet by 7 feet, seamless direct view LED with four additional 4 feet by 7 feet LED walls mounted to the endcaps of each locker room peninsula. All video walls have been covered with special protective coating to help them last longer.
All video content is driven by a video server capable of running limitless windows, sizes and effects on all screens, according to David Vargo of Bright Tree Studios. The capabilities of the technology will allow the staff to create and change video content endlessly for years to come.
The locker room sound system includes 16 pendant ceiling speakers and four 24-inch woofers that are ceiling mounted to provide an impactful audio experience for the players.
Vargo says light control and light shows programmed into the server will allow the audio, video and lighting to work in unison to form a powerful A-V experience for the team and gusts.
“When someone launches a pregame video to hype the players, you’ll know it,” Vargo said. “The audio system is kicked into high gear with the wall-rattling boom of the bass and the crisp high-end sounds of the crowd on highlight game footage.
“When the main screen is playing a preproduced package while the endcaps are displaying inspirational messages it’s awe-inspiring.”
“This is a big push by our administration to show that we’re all-in on building not only championship teams but a championship program,” Brown said. “We’ve already got so much positive momentum in recruiting with the Big 12 deciding that we are going to move forward with playing football this fall and now the locker room reveal.”
Morgantown-based March Westin did the construction work.