Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has completed installation of a 17m x 7m Diamond Vision™ screen as the main display system at Hakodate Racecourse, operated by the Japan Racing Association (JRA) in Hakodate, Hokkaido.

The main display features high-luminance light-emitting diodes (LEDs) aligned in a 10 mm dot pitch. The split-screen display can simultaneously showcase two screens of content, such as live footage of a race or the paddock on one screen and race odds and other data on the other.

The display will begin operating on June 19, 2010, when Hakodate Racecourse will celebrate the grand opening of a new stand on which construction began in 2008. The display will replace the old facility’s CRT main display, also built and installed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in 1996.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has also installed a 15m x 8m, 659-inch Diamond Vision™ screen featuring LEDs aligned in 8mm dot pitch at Hakodate Racecourse. The display, called “Paddock Theater,” has shown both live images and racing odds from other racecourses for off-track betting since February 27, 2010.

Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Vision™ screens are used widely in baseball and football stadiums, racecourses and other venues worldwide. Recent installations at racecourses in Japan include a 977-inch screen at Biwako Kyotei (boat racecourse) in March 2008, a 828-inch screen at Utsunomiya Keirin (bicycle racetrack) in March 2009, a 587-inch screen at Maebashi Keirin in April 2009, a 561-inch screen for JRA Sapporo Racecourse in June 2009 and a 1,650-inch and 649-inch screen at Nakayama Racecourse in August 2009. The most recent installation at a racetrack overseas is a 4,255-inch screen at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in January 2010.