In a recent article on The Verge, David Pierce journeys through the staggering amount of equipment ($25 million worth) and personnel (~200 credentialed staff) Fox Sports brings into a stadium to broadcast the experience to televisions and screens.
For venue managers, the article and 13-minute documentary (above) are an insightful glimpse into the depth of coordination that exists between the venue and the Fox Sports team. It is also a sobering reminder that, as Rich Russo, director on Fox’s A Crew, states, their mission is to “make the viewer feel like they’re sitting in the stands, seeing and hearing everything as if they are inside…”
Whether being in the stands could ever be simulated is yet to be determined, but the crew at Fox Sports NFL is showing us all what it takes to give it a shot.
