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LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES
Olympic Stadium, London, UK Equipment list 100 KUDO 88 SB28
70 LA-RAKS 18 8XT 8 SB18 8 12XT 2 108P, SB18 and monitoring at the rehearsal venue
“In the end, the system sounded excellent. I had comments from countless people, all praising the sound quality in the stadium. It was a pleasure to be surrounded by such talented people as Bobby and the whole team from Delta, Norwest and Autograph.”
More details about the London project are available online at:
www.l-acoustics.com/3-case- study-london-2012-olympic-games-
ceremonies-audio-system.html
Photo credit: Freeman Coliseum Freeman Coliseum
The sound system of San Antonio’s Freeman Coliseum is frequently called upon to provide speech reinforcement for graduation ceremonies, corporate functions and other similar events. As part of a multi-year initiative to update the venue, Bexar County and the facility’s management team decided to replace the old system to improve intelligibility.
ROGERS ARENA
Vancouver, Canada Capacity 18,890
Equipment list 6 x 2 dV-SUB 2 x 8 SB28 23 x LA8
The decision was made to replace the sound system entirely. The improved sound could be heard and measured with an onsite evaluation. It was also the most cost-effective solution. An L-ACOUSTICS WST constant curvature line source was chosen for its high control of directivity preventing the spill of acoustic energy onto refl ective surfaces.
ROGERS ARENA “ Photo credit: Rogers Arena
The scheduling for the sound upgrade was complicated by a ten day Janet Jackson tour event. We had a very small window to install the system, and it went like clockwork.
John Riley, Chief Audio Technician, Canucks Sports and Entertainment, Canada
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The installation at Rogers Arena needed to be set up within an extremely tight deadline, just prior to the start of Vancouver’s NHL season home opener. It also had to be agile enough to cover a planned architectural expansion to host the forthcoming 2010 Winter Olympics ice hockey games.
Soundvision allowed the system rigging to be implemented and fully documented ahead of time. At the same time the system was zoned to provide coverage for the new press box seating and Olympic expansion zones.
System tuning and alignment using the advanced preset library was incredibly fast using LA8 controlled amplifi ers and LA Network Manager software. The system (rigging, cabling, amp racks) was installed over a three day period. System commissioning on day four was completed in time for the NHL season opener, and the results were dramatic. The new system provided a high level of impact.
FREEMAN COLISEUM
San Antonio, Texas, USA Capacity 9,800 (basketball), 11,700 (boxing)
Equipment list 8 x 2 SB18i 6 x LA8 2 x LA4
After system commissioning, the intelligibility of the hall measured (according to the Speech Transmission Index value) between 0.70 to 0.82 per cluster, with an overall value of around 0.60, greatly improving the overall intelligibility of the system. These measurements were identical to those predicted by the acoustical simulation software.
“ I wI as told th t t ld that an L-A OUSTICS Derrick Howard, Executive Director, Freeman Coliseum ” L ACOUSTICS sol ti lution wouldld sound
at least ten times better than what we had been using. Once the team had performed the installation, I had to admit that they were right. The sound is absolutely spectacular.
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