Stadium scoreboard software: run matchday on the LED you already own

The real cost of a new electronic scoreboard

A new scoreboard project usually means procurement, installation, cabling and a controller that only does one job. It's a capital decision that takes months and locks you into whatever the vendor supports next season.

Stadium scoreboard software skips the hardware purchase entirely. If you already have LED, a TV or a projector capable of taking a video signal, the software becomes the controller. The upgrade path is a subscription and a PC, not a construction budget.

• No dedicated scoreboard hardware to source, install or maintain
• Works with the LED, TV or projector already installed
• Upgrades happen through software updates, not equipment swaps

What stadium scoreboard software actually controls

ArenaCue Scoreboard drives the stadium screen: score, clock, match events and sponsor rotation, with proof-of-play so you can show sponsors exactly what ran and when. It covers football, futsal, basketball, volleyball and hockey, each with its own sport profile so the clock and event logic match the game being played.

This is separate from perimeter, ribbon or stand LED, which is a different signal path handled by ArenaCue LED Boarding through zones and playlists. The two apps run independently, each with its own licence, so a club running only a stadium screen doesn't need to touch perimeter boarding at all.

• Score, clock and match events on the main stadium screen
• Sponsor rotation with proof-of-play logging per completed clip
• Sport profiles for football, futsal, basketball, volleyball and hockey

Software control versus a hardware-locked scoreboard

A hardware scoreboard ties your matchday presentation to one manufacturer's firmware and one control box. If it breaks mid-season, you're waiting on a replacement part, not a patch. Software-based control separates the logic from the screen, so the same subscription can carry you through a screen upgrade later without starting over.

The comparison matters most when you're weighing a refresh against a rebuild. If the display itself still works, the money is better spent on the control layer than on new casing around the same panel.

• No firmware lock-in to a single hardware vendor
• Screen upgrades don't require a new control system
• One licence covers the matchday logic, independent of the display brand

One operator, one PC, no internet mid-match

Matchday runs locally. Once the software is activated and licensed, an operator runs the entire game from one PC — score, clock and events — without depending on a live internet connection during play. Periodic licence checks and activation need internet, but the match itself doesn't stop if the connection drops.

This matters for stadiums with unreliable venue Wi-Fi or clubs running matchday from a laptop at pitch side. The control stays with one person at one station, not spread across a networked system that needs constant uptime to function.

• Local matchday control, no live connection required during play
• Activation and periodic licence checks need internet, not the match itself
• One operator can run score, clock and events from a single PC

Sponsor rotation that logs itself

Sponsors buy seconds of screen time per match phase — pre-match, halftime, post-match, breaks in play. Rotation distributes that time automatically across the sponsor list and logs every completed clip, so you have a record to show what actually ran instead of what was scheduled.

For clubs juggling multiple sponsor packages on a single screen, that log is the difference between an assumption and a report you can hand over.

• Automatic rotation across match phases
• Every completed clip logged for reporting
• No manual tracking of what played when

What's included at club and stadium level

Club Scoreboard is €99/month excl. VAT, self-serve via Stripe, and includes the full scoreboard package — score, clock, events, sponsor rotation and proof-of-play. There's no cheaper tier with fewer scoreboard functions; Club gets everything on the scoreboard side.

Stadium packages for Jupiler Pro League or Challenger level start from €349/month excl. VAT as a quote, not a self-serve checkout. That price covers added service and SLA, not extra scoreboard features locked behind a paywall. LED Boarding, for perimeter, ribbon and stand screens, is a separate app and licence at €149/month excl. VAT. Full details on what each tier includes are on the pricing page, and the split between club-level and stadium-level setups is laid out on the clubs and stadiums page.

• Club Scoreboard: €99/month excl. VAT, full scoreboard package, self-serve
• Stadium: quote from €349/month excl. VAT, added service and SLA
• LED Boarding: separate app and licence, €149/month excl. VAT

Conclusion

If the screen still works, the case for stadium scoreboard software is straightforward: keep the display, replace the controller, and get score, clock, sponsor rotation and proof-of-play running from a PC instead of a dedicated box. It's a subscription decision, not a construction project, and it scales from a single club screen to a full stadium setup without changing the panel on the wall.

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