Gable designs, installs color-changing identifying signage for PPG Paints Arena

Gable has designed, manufactured and is installing new exterior identifying signage this month at PPG Paints Arena, the home of the National Hockey League’s Pittsburgh Penguins.

PPG, a Pittsburgh-based coatings company, chose Gable to conceptualize the signage development, including a color-changing light concept for identifying signage on the arena’s main facade. In all, four “PPG Paints Arena” signs are being installed on the arena’s exterior, including one 78-foot wide sign on the arena’s main facade, featuring color-changing channel letters with full RGBW capabilities. The color-changing sign, developed and fabricated by Gable, will allow arena operators to change the color of “Paints” to commemorate holidays or other special occasions.

PPG and the Penguins agreed to a naming rights deal in October that changed the arena’s name from Consol Energy Center to PPG Paints Arena. Gable manufactured and installed the arena’s first exterior identifying signage for Consol Energy Inc. in 2009, when the arena opened. The arena’s new exterior signage is expected to be completely installed by the end of March. In recent years, Gable has completed work at similar sporting venues including M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

As an award-winning provider of digital displays, audiovisual and media; signs and architectural elements; and lighting solutions, Gable helps its clients attract, connect and engage people through effective visual communications. Based in Baltimore, MD, Gable is expanding the possibilities of how businesses communicate in the built world through its comprehensive capabilities, culture of creativity, knowledge of technology and forward-thinking visual solutions. To learn more about Gable, visit www.gablecompany.com.