Destination Outdoors is a specialized outdoor demo zone located directly across from the Colorado Convention Center at the upcoming CEDIA Expo/Commercial Integrator Expo (CIX) that takes place in Denver this September. Immersive, interactive, and staffed by experts across a range of disciplines, including sound, lighting, video and more, Destination Outdoors is presented by Coastal Source, a leading provider of high-performance outdoor audio and lighting systems, and features exhibits and activations from Lutron, Draper and Access Networks.
Outdoor living has become a significant growth opportunity in the United States residential integration market. Homeowners across the country — and not just those in Sunbelt states — are seeking to transform passive outdoor spaces into active environments for entertainment, cooking, sports and games. In doing so, they are looking to integration professionals to leverage lighting, sound, video, appliance, connectivity, heating/cooling and security technologies to optimize those environments and create cohesive, effortless experiences.
“We’re always looking for ways to raise the bar in outdoor audio,” said Franco D’Ascanio, CEO of Coastal Source. “CEDIA Expo/CIX 2025 is the ideal venue to introduce our latest innovation — a new category that expands what’s possible in outdoor entertainment. We invite attendees to experience it firsthand at Destination Outdoors and see how we’re continuing to set new standards in both performance and design.”
Coastal Source will unveil an exciting lineup of new innovations that can be seen and heard at Destination Outdoors. These groundbreaking additions to the brand’s award-winning portfolio promise to transform the way outdoor entertainment is experienced.
Also being demonstrated is the new Bollard 1000 Series of outdoor loudspeakers, an evolution of the popular 10.0 Series, featuring enhanced clarity, tonal accuracy and power handling, all while delivering the deep, dynamic bass Coastal Source is known for. The new 1000 series bollard speakers celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the game-changing Coastal Source Bollard speakers by setting a new standard in outdoor audio reproduction.
On the lighting side, attendees can experience EVO, the brand’s most flexible and architecturally refined lighting system to date, alongside the official reveal of a powerful new addition to Coastal Source’s outdoor lighting lineup.
“Integrators have told us that the outdoor message has strong resonance among new and existing residential clients,” said Jason McGraw, group vice president and show director of CEDIA Expo/CIX. “Destination Outdoors provides the CEDIA Expo/CIX community with a business development playbook to address this growing opportunity.”
CEDIA Expo/CIX will be held from Sept. 3 to 6, 2025, at the Colorado Convention Center. The Exhibit Hall will be open from Sept. 4 to 6. Destination Outdoors will take place across the street from the Colorado Convention Center on Thursday, Sept. 4 and Friday, Sept. 5.
