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INDIANAPOLIS PHOTO SPEEDWAY: LARGE SCREENS TO BE INSTALLED

12.17.1998

          The Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) is buying seven
     "large" TV screens from SD-based Daktronics Inc. that will
     be installed for next year's Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard
     400, according to Bill Koenig of the INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS. 
     IMS will pay "about" $8M for the screens, which will allow
     spectators to see action around the 2.5-mile track.  During
     the summer, IMS "experimented" with two large screens placed
     at the oval's north and south ends.  All of the new screens
     -- four of which will measure 22' by 29' and the others 19'
     by 25' -- will display live action, instant replays and
     commercials (INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS, 12/17).  IMS President
     & CEO Tony George said that more large-screen displays "will
     be purchased and installed" after the completion of a new
     Master Control Tower and other construction in 2000 (IMS).

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