
Denver Summit FC
The Project
When Denver Summit FC prepared to launch its inaugural NWSL season, the organization faced a unique challenge: creating a professional-level stadium experience in a venue designed to serve as the club's temporary home. Centennial Stadium is an approximately 12,000-seat interim stadium located alongside Denver Summit FC's permanent training facility in Centennial, Colorado. The venue will serve as the club's home through the 2027 NWSL season before ultimately being reconfigured for long-term use by Cherry Creek School District athletics. Visua was brought into the project early, partnering with Stadium Structures to help design and deliver the technology infrastructure required to transform the new venue into a fully functioning professional soccer stadium. Beginning with design work in December 2025, Visua was responsible for the complete stadium AV scope—including LED displays, field-level perimeter displays, audio, video production, broadcast infrastructure, networking and wireless systems, IPTV, television distribution, clocks, production cabling, and overall AV project management. The entire system had to move from concept to opening day in approximately eight months.
The Challenge
Centennial Stadium presented a fundamentally different design challenge than a permanent stadium renovation. The technology needed to deliver the experience expected at an NWSL venue, but many of the physical components of the stadium were temporary. Seating structures would eventually be removed or reconfigured, meaning Visua had to balance performance, cost, flexibility, and long-term practicality throughout the design.
The stadium structure itself also created infrastructure challenges. Unlike many permanent venues, there were limited overhangs, buildings, or existing structures from which speakers and other technology could be mounted. Cable pathways had to be developed essentially from scratch, including routes around the entire stadium and underneath the seating structures. At field level, the stadium configuration also lacked an ideal opening through the perimeter LED system for team, staff, and field access.
Beyond the physical challenges was the schedule. Design began in December 2025, with an entire professional stadium's technology infrastructure needing to be engineered, procured, installed, configured, commissioned, and ready for Denver Summit FC's first match at Centennial Stadium on July 18, 2026.
The Solution
A Complete LED Display System
The centerpiece of the stadium's visual presentation is a new Visua Pro Outdoor main video display. Measuring approximately 49.2 feet wide by 26.2 feet tall, the 10.4-millimeter display features a resolution of 1,440 pixels wide by 768 pixels tall. The main board provides Denver Summit FC with a large-format canvas for live video, replay, statistics, player features, animations, sponsorships, and in-match entertainment.
Visua also designed and installed an extensive field-level perimeter LED system. The Visua VP10 perimeter display provides a total digital canvas of approximately 11,040 pixels wide by 90 pixels tall, extending along the full east side of the pitch and continuing onto portions of the north and south ends. The system provides a prominent platform for sponsorship activation, branded animations, match information, and coordinated content surrounding the field.
One unique challenge was maintaining proper field access through the perimeter system. With no ideal existing entrance location, Visua engineered and constructed a custom LED gate at the southeast corner of the stadium, maintaining the continuity of the perimeter presentation while creating the access required for stadium operations.
Motion Rocket LaunchPad Pro provides centralized control of the LED system. Visua configured customized display zones and workflows so operators can quickly manage content across the main video board and perimeter displays throughout a match.
Stadium-Wide Audio From the Ground Up
Designing the stadium's audio system required an approach tailored specifically to the temporary structure. Without traditional stadium roofs, fascia, or overhangs available for speaker mounting, Visua collaborated with Stadium Structures to incorporate dedicated speaker poles into the venue design. A total of 61 speakers were deployed throughout the stadium to provide consistent coverage to seating, premium, concourse, and other public areas. Visua designed the speaker locations, amplifier infrastructure, zoning, signal distribution, and cabling required to support the system.
Cable pathways were developed around the full 360 degrees of the stadium, including extensive routing beneath the temporary seating structures. The system is controlled through a Visua digital mixing platform, allowing stadium operators to independently manage speaker zones, source levels, and different mixes throughout the facility. Visua also supplied the stadium's microphone package, including two wireless microphones and a dedicated PA microphone. The result is a system designed to provide professional stadium-level coverage while remaining practical for the unique physical and financial requirements of an interim venue.
Video Production Infrastructure
Centennial Stadium was also equipped with an integrated in-house video production system capable of supporting Denver Summit FC's match presentation. The production environment includes a TriCaster live-production system, Sony cameras, and a Vizrt 3Play 3P1 replay system. Together, these systems provide the production team with switching, camera acquisition, replay, graphics, and content capabilities required to produce the in-stadium show. Visua also installed the cabling infrastructure required throughout the stadium for video production.
Recognizing the requirements of nationally televised NWSL matches, Visua designed dedicated broadcast pathways from the stadium to the production truck dock. Fiber infrastructure allows visiting national broadcast trucks to connect back into stadium locations without requiring temporary cable paths to be recreated for each event. This infrastructure helps support both the Denver Summit FC in-house production and the national broadcasters covering matches at Centennial Stadium.
Stadium Network and Wireless Infrastructure
Modern stadium technology depends on a robust network foundation. Visua partnered with Embark B2B to design and implement the complete wired and wireless network infrastructure throughout Centennial Stadium. The network supports operational systems, production technology, administrative connectivity, and wireless coverage across the venue. By incorporating the network requirements into the overall stadium design from the beginning, the project team was able to coordinate pathways, infrastructure, equipment locations, and technology needs instead of trying to retrofit connectivity after construction.
IPTV and Facility Television
Visua also provided television systems throughout the stadium's suites, club spaces, locker-room areas, and other interior locations. LG hospitality televisions were integrated throughout the facility, while Visua partnered with Comcast to provide IPTV programming and distribution. This allows guests, staff, players, and premium-seat customers to access live programming and stadium content throughout the venue.
OES locker-room clocks were also integrated as part of the overall facility technology package.
One AV Partner Across the Stadium
Beyond individual systems, Visua served as the project manager for the stadium's complete audiovisual scope. That responsibility included coordinating the requirements of LED, audio, production, broadcast, network, wireless, IPTV, television, timing, and infrastructure systems while working alongside Stadium Structures, Embark B2B, Comcast, Denver Summit FC, and the other project stakeholders. With virtually every stadium technology system being built simultaneously, coordination was critical. Rather than designing each technology package independently, Visua approached Centennial Stadium as one interconnected system—planning pathways, equipment locations, network connectivity, power requirements, control, and operational workflows together.
The Result
On July 18, 2026, Centennial Stadium opened its doors for Denver Summit FC's first match at its new home.
Denver defeated Portland Thorns 2–1, officially christening the stadium with a victory.
For Visua, opening day represented the completion of an approximately eight-month journey from initial technology design to a fully operational professional soccer stadium.
The finished venue includes a major outdoor video display, extensive LED perimeter signage, 61-speaker stadium audio system, complete video-production environment, national broadcast infrastructure, stadium-wide networking and wireless connectivity, IPTV, televisions, timing systems, and the underlying pathways and cabling connecting everything together.
Perhaps most importantly, the technology was designed specifically for the lifecycle of Centennial Stadium.
While the venue is temporary for Denver Summit FC, the fan experience doesn't feel temporary. The systems provide the visual impact, production capabilities, audio coverage, sponsor opportunities, and operational infrastructure expected of a professional NWSL stadium while respecting the budget and future reconfiguration of the facility.
Centennial Stadium will serve as Denver Summit FC's home through the 2027 season before the club transitions to its permanent stadium.
From a field that needed a complete technology infrastructure to a fully functioning professional stadium in approximately eight months, the project demonstrates what can be accomplished through early collaboration, thoughtful design, and coordination across every technology discipline.
Specifications
Main Video Display
Display: Visua Pro Outdoor
Pixel Pitch: 10.4 mm
Approximate Size: 49.2 feet wide × 26.2 feet tall
Resolution: 1,440 × 768 pixels
Field-Level Perimeter LED
Display: Visua VP10
Pixel Pitch: 10 mm
Total Resolution: 11,040 × 90 pixels
Coverage: Full east sideline with portions of the north and south ends
Special Feature: Custom southeast field-access gate
Display Control
Motion Rocket LaunchPad Pro
Customized display zones
Main-board and perimeter-display integration
System commissioning and programming
Stadium Audio
61 total speakers
Dedicated speaker mounting poles
360-degree stadium audio infrastructure
Visua digital mixing system
Independent speaker-zone control
Two wireless microphones
PA microphone
Complete audio cabling and infrastructure
Video Production
TriCaster live-production system
Vizrt 3Play 3P1 replay
Sony production cameras
Production cabling throughout the stadium
Dedicated fiber infrastructure for national broadcast trucks
Broadcast connectivity to truck dock
Network & Wireless
Stadium-wide network design
Stadium-wide wireless infrastructure
Partnership with Embark B2B
Integrated network pathways and equipment infrastructure
IPTV & Facility Technology
LG hospitality televisions
TVs throughout suites, club spaces and locker-room areas
Comcast IPTV
OES locker-room clocks
Project Scope
Complete stadium AV design
Engineering and system coordination
LED displays
Audio
Video production
Broadcast infrastructure
Networking and wireless
IPTV and televisions
Timing systems
AV pathways and cabling
Installation
Programming
Commissioning
Staff training
Overall AV project management
Denver Summit FC
2026
When Denver Summit FC prepared to launch its inaugural NWSL season, the organization faced a unique challenge: creating a professional-level stadium experience in a venue designed to serve as the club's temporary home. Centennial Stadium is an approximately 12,000-seat interim stadium located alongside Denver Summit FC's permanent training facility in Centennial, Colorado. The venue will serve as the club's home through the 2027 NWSL season before ultimately being reconfigured for long-term use by Cherry Creek School District athletics. Visua was brought into the project early, partnering with Stadium Structures to help design and deliver the technology infrastructure required to transform the new venue into a fully functioning professional soccer stadium. Beginning with design work in December 2025, Visua was responsible for the complete stadium AV scope—including LED displays, field-level perimeter displays, audio, video production, broadcast infrastructure, networking and wireless systems, IPTV, television distribution, clocks, production cabling, and overall AV project management. The entire system had to move from concept to opening day in approximately eight months.

Denver Summit FC
When Denver Summit FC prepared to launch its inaugural NWSL season, the organization faced a unique challenge: creating a professional-level stadium experience in a venue designed to serve as the club's temporary home. Centennial Stadium is an approximately 12,000-seat interim stadium located alongside Denver Summit FC's permanent training facility in Centennial, Colorado. The venue will serve as the club's home through the 2027 NWSL season before ultimately being reconfigured for long-term use by Cherry Creek School District athletics. Visua was brought into the project early, partnering with Stadium Structures to help design and deliver the technology infrastructure required to transform the new venue into a fully functioning professional soccer stadium. Beginning with design work in December 2025, Visua was responsible for the complete stadium AV scope—including LED displays, field-level perimeter displays, audio, video production, broadcast infrastructure, networking and wireless systems, IPTV, television distribution, clocks, production cabling, and overall AV project management. The entire system had to move from concept to opening day in approximately eight months.





