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’re 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.
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.
“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. Located directly across from the Colorado Convention Center, these groundbreaking additions to the brand’s award-winning portfolio promise to transform the way outdoor entertainment is experienced. Be among the first to explore this bold new direction, revealed exclusively at CEDIA Expo/CIX.
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!”
“We’re excited to return to Destination Outdoors and demonstrate how our outdoor shading systems elevate comfort, privacy, and usability in any climate,” Clint Childress, Market Director, Residential Solutions, Draper. “With outdoor spaces becoming true living environments, integrators need solutions that perform reliably and look great doing it, and that’s exactly what we deliver.”
“Outdoor entertainment isn’t just about weatherproof speakers or screens, it’s about seamless, stable connectivity,” said Jon Peckman, Director of Sales, Access Networks. “Our enterprise-grade networking solutions ensure that streaming, smart devices, and control systems work flawlessly outdoors, just like they do indoors.”
CEDIA Expo/CIX will be held from September 3 to 6, 2025, at the Colorado Convention Center. The Exhibit Hall will be open from September 4 to 6. Destination Outdoors will take place across the street from the Colorado Convention Center on Thursday, September 4, 2025, from 9:00 am – 7:00 pm, and Friday, September 5, 2025, from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.
