Panasonic 6,000-lumen laser LCD projectors power a flexible, high-quality visual platform at Pitch Dublin, supporting immersive golf simulation, live sports, and corporate events in a dynamic hospitality environment.
Premium Indoor Entertainment
Located on Dublin’s bustling Dawson Street, Pitch Dublin represents a new generation of hospitality venue. Combining indoor golf simulation with a premium social environment, the venue is part of a fast-growing category often referred to as “competitive socialising”, where technology, entertainment, and shared experiences converge.
With ten TrackMan-powered golf bays, a full-service bar, and a steady flow of corporate and social bookings, Pitch Dublin has quickly established itself as a destination for both seasoned golfers and complete beginners. At the heart of this experience is a carefully integrated technology ecosystem, in which projection plays a central role.
Christopher Best, CEO of Pitch Ireland, explains:
“This business is a tech business. It’s a hospitality business, but it’s driven by good tech. If you come here, you’re expecting a 10 out of 10 experience on the technology — and that includes TrackMan and Panasonic.”
Designing for a complex, high-performance environment
The venue, located in a basement space beneath one of Dublin’s busiest streets, presented a series of structural and technical challenges.
One of the most significant challenges was the lack of traditional ceiling structures. Instead of solid mounting surfaces, the installation team had to work around acoustic panels and open infrastructure, requiring creative solutions for both projector placement and TrackMan mounting.
Overcoming Structural Limitations
The project involved overcoming structural limitations around ceiling installation while securely mounting equipment and managing complex cabling and integration requirements for a venue designed for both golf simulation and live sports events.
At the core of each bay is TrackMan’s IO system, which captures detailed ball and club data and feeds it into high-performance computers. The visual output, whether a virtual golf course, interactive game, or live sports broadcast, is delivered via Panasonic laser projectors.
Specific Features needed to deliver full experience
In a venue like Pitch Dublin, where each bay has slightly different dimensions, installation flexibility is critical. Features such as lens adjustment and geometric correction allow each projector to be precisely aligned, even in non-uniform spaces.
Their compact, lightweight design also made them easier to integrate within the venue’s constrained structure, while still delivering bright, high-quality images suited to the ambient lighting conditions.
A model for the future of indoor entertainment?
As indoor sports simulation continues to grow, venues like Pitch Dublin highlight the importance of reliable, flexible technology in delivering new forms of entertainment.
