American Airlines Arena – Miami

A GKD media façade provides information on Arena events.

American Airlines Arena: Home of the Miami Heat basketball team and the first large Mediamesh installation in the US. The 312 m² Mediamesh is made from eight individual panels and boasts a total of 147,840 pixels with 5 cm vertical pixel pitch and 4.25 cm horizontal pitch. Thanks to the transparency of the stainless steel mesh, visitors to the Arena enjoy unrestricted outward views through the window, while daylight is allowed to enter the interior of the arena. All kinds of information can be communicated via the transparent display – whether advertising, live streams or event dates.

Technical details

• Dimension: 24 m x 13 m
• Total area: 312 m²
• Total amount of pixels: 147,806
• Pixel pitch: 5.0 cm vert. x 4.25 cm hor.
• Orientation: Outdoor, West
• Brightness: 4.720 Nits
• Completion: May 2009