On Oct. 19, the temporary media center will be powered by Cox Business for the presidential debate at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Cox will provide telephone service, a back-up internet connection and cable and broadcast channels for use in the Cox Pavilion, a multi-purpose indoor arena and site of the media center. Services will also be provided to the adjacent 18,000 seat Thomas & Mack Center, site of the presidential debate, and Mendenhall Center, a basketball practice facility attached to the Cox Pavilion to be used for food service.

“We realize that with the world watching, reliable communications infrastructure is an absolute must. Our experience, enterprise-grade services and professional support can meet these customer demands at the highest level,” Derrick Hill, VP of Cox Business Las Vegas, says.

The operator has installed 500 lines of digital telephone service available at the Thomas & Mack Center, Cox Pavilion, Mendenhall Center and outside media trailers. The service will be provided through Cox Business IP Centrex, which is a cloud-based hosted telephone system with business-grade voice service. The company also is providing UNLV with a temporary, redundant 10-gigabit fiber-optic connection. The UNLV debate facilities will have access to a customized tier of 20 HD cable channels and affiliate broadcasters made available on nearly 200 TV monitors throughout. Included are BBC America, CNN, CNN en Español, C-SPAN, CNBC, Fox Business, News, Fox News Network, HLN and others. Local broadcast affiliates are also included in addition to the live debate feed.

Cox reports it has provided video services to UNLV for nearly 20 years and was recently selected to expand the campus’ WiFi network to include 3,258 access points.