LED perimeter and screen models for stadiums

LED screens for stadiums and sports arenas are built from outdoor models: there is no separate stadium series in our catalogue, and we do not invent one for the sake of a headline. The pitch perimeter, the main arena screen and the scoreboard are three different jobs, and each takes its own pixel pitch, panel height and mounting method. This page is about the equipment itself and choosing a model. The arena project as a whole — league regulations, broadcast, power and installation — is covered on the Stadiums and Arenas solution page.

KazLedPro has been building LED screens in Almaty since 2012. Outdoor screens of our series run on facades, squares and roadsides across Kazakhstan, from Aktobe to Astana, and a sports venue gets the same cabinets and modules as a shopping mall. We calculate and weld the steel frame ourselves, installation is done by our own crew, and the module and spares stock is in Almaty. Outdoor 960×960 mm cabinets with 5,500–7,800 cd/m² brightness and IP68 protection stay readable in direct sun above the stands and shrug off rain over the field.

Below: which outdoor P5–P8 screens are in the price list, which goes where, and which parameters drive the configuration. Sizes and resolution for your arena are calculated with the calculator on the site.

Three roles and the pixel pitch for each

The pitch perimeter is a ribbon of screens 0.9–1.2 m high along the edge of the grass. It is watched from the stands and through TV cameras, so what matters is not a fine pitch but even brightness and a refresh rate from 3,840 Hz, so that sponsor ads run on air without banding. We build a ribbon of the required height from outdoor 320×160 mm modules at P5 or P6.67 on our own frame: a 960×960 mm cabinet is too tall for a perimeter. The front row gets soft masks and a reinforced frame — the ball hits it regularly.

The arena screen is the big screen above the stands for replays, score and timing. The farthest spectator sits tens of metres away, so P6.67 or P8 grain is invisible from there, while area and a 16:9 broadcast resolution matter. The scoreboard is the simplest picture: large digits for score and time, pitch P8 and coarser. P10 screens are not listed in the catalogue at the moment, but we have installed them from 960×960 mm cabinets in Aktobe and Astana and supply them to order.

• Pitch perimeter: 320×160 mm modules at P5–P6.67, a 0.9–1.2 m ribbon, masks and a reinforced frame in the front row.
• Arena screen: 960×960 mm cabinets at P6.67–P8, area and resolution sized for broadcast.
• Score and time board: P8 and coarser, simple content, readable from the far stand.
• Fan zones and squares by the arena: a regular outdoor P5–P8 screen with auto-brightness and sound.
• School and university gyms: indoor P2.5–P4 models, covered on the indoor screens page.

What all outdoor models in the catalogue share

Outdoor P5, P6.67 and P8 screens come as 320×160 mm modules or 960×960 mm cabinets and are built on one platform. Brightness is 5,500–7,800 cd/m² with automatic dimming in the evening, so the screen does not dazzle the stands at a night match. IP68 protection front and rear: rain, dust, washing. Operating temperature −40 to +50 °C — winter matches and the summer sun over Kazakhstan are handled without a canopy. Refresh rate from 3,840 Hz, viewing angle 140° horizontally and vertically, so the picture does not fade from the side stands.

A 960×960 mm cabinet weighs 25 kg, a module 436–452 g depending on pitch; maximum power is 650 W/m², average 220 W/m². These figures go straight into the frame and power calculations: a 60 m² arena screen draws about 39 kW at peak and two to three times less on average. Cabinet lifespan is 100,000 hours, and a module is replaced without dismantling the screen.

How the configuration is chosen and where we have done it

We start with three questions: where does the farthest spectator watch from, where will the screen physically stand, and what will it show. Distance gives the pixel pitch; location gives the size, mounting height and frame type on the stand or roof; content gives the resolution and the number of video processor inputs: camera, scoring, advertising, broadcast feed. Then we calculate wind load, power with headroom and signal lines, and only after that quote the number of cabinets. Perimeter requirements differ from league to league, so we ask for the tournament regulations.

Outdoor screens of the same series stand on our sites: a 48 m² corner P5 screen on the facade of Atakent Mall in Almaty (2023), an outdoor P10 built from 960×960 mm cabinets at K. Zhubanov Aktobe Regional University (Aktobe, 2021), and an outdoor P10 for the Bazis company in Astana (2021). For school gyms we have indoor experience: a P4 screen in the sports hall of NGS private school in Almaty (2021). There is no published stadium perimeter in the portfolio yet — we say so plainly and price such a project on the same outdoor models.