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Education · August 24, 2026

Daktronics Camino Show Control Comes to High School Athletics for the First Time at Massillon Washington's Paul Brown Tiger Stadium

Massillon Washington's new LED board is the first high school installation to run Daktronics' Camino show control platform.

By AVinBrief Editorial Desk ·

What did Daktronics install at Massillon Washington High School, and what makes it a first?
Daktronics installed a new LED video display measuring 27.56 feet high by 80.05 feet wide at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon, Ohio. The installation is paired with Daktronics Camino, a show control platform previously limited to collegiate and professional sports venues. Massillon Washington is the first high school in the country to run Camino.
What does Camino actually do for a game-day production team?
Camino is a show control platform that handles real-time graphics, statistical integration, dynamic animations, automated content triggering, and coordinated presentation workflows. The combination allows a production team to manage data-driven event presentations and streamlined content sequences from a single system rather than running those functions through separate tools.
What prompted Massillon Washington to pursue Camino alongside the new display?
Construction of a new locker room required removing the school's existing scoreboard and relocating the replacement to the opposite end of the stadium. David Wagner, scoreboard operations manager at Massillon Washington, said the school saw the transition as an opportunity to raise the quality of game-day content, with particular interest in how Camino handles graphics, game-in-progress (GIP) statistics, and sponsor presentation. Wagner cited video examples from professional organizations, including the New England Patriots, as part of his evaluation.
How large is the Paul Brown Tiger Stadium audience, and who does the system serve beyond fans in the seats?
Paul Brown Tiger Stadium draws approximately 74,000 visitors to football activities annually, making it one of the most visible venues in the Massillon community. Beyond the fan experience, the system creates a working production environment for students, who can participate as content creators, camera operators, producers, and technical operators using the same workflows found in professional sports venues.
What is the relationship between Daktronics and Massillon Washington, and what professional production experience shaped this project?
Massillon Washington has a multi-generational history with Daktronics display technology at the stadium, and this installation extends that partnership. Wagner drew on experience with the Cleveland Browns and Columbus Crew to help define the production vision for the project.
What does Camino's first high school deployment mean for integrators serving the K-12 sports venue market?
The practical signal here is a capability boundary moving down a market tier. Camino was positioned as collegiate and professional infrastructure. One high school deployment does not redefine the segment, but it does establish a reference case that will appear in every future Daktronics high school proposal. Integrators working in K-12 athletics should expect the "can we do what Massillon does" question, particularly at programs with strong booster organizations and existing display infrastructure.

The Take

What should integrators and high school programs ask before specifying Camino for a K-12 athletics venue?

On operational performance measures, Camino’s workflow tools are built for production teams with dedicated operators and a bench of student or staff crew. Schools that lack that staffing depth should ask Daktronics directly how much of the platform’s capability translates to a one-person operation, and what the day-two administration load looks like outside of game day.

On cost and ROI parameters, the display alone at 27.56 ft by 80.05 ft is a significant capital commitment for a high school budget.Sponsor presentation capability, which Wagner named as a direct draw, is also worth quantifying: programs that can demonstrate measurable sponsor value from the platform have a clearer path to funding the system through partnership contracts rather than through the school operating budget.

On the student-production angle, the curriculum connection is interesting. A school that can tie its AV infrastructure to a structured media-production program has a stakeholder group, the academic side of the house, that a scoreboard alone does not create. Integrators who help a school articulate that connection early in the project will find the proposal lands differently than one framed purely around the fan experience.

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