032 REPORT
THE MARCO POLO
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Company: Bose, Crestron, Soundcraft, Martin Pro, Electron
The Marco Polo, located in Legacy Corner in Nelson Mandela Square, provides top-class entertainment between 10am and 2am every day. It also offers an excit- ing development in the gaming industry, taking the game of Bingo to a new level of entertainment with 300 state-of-the-art Electronic Bingo Terminals (EBT). The venue is owned by Galaxy Bingo International SA (Galaxy SA), a UK company with more than 15 years experience in Bingo. Encompassing 2,500 square metres over two levels, visitors have the option of gambling in the Crystal Room, being entertained with live music in the Venetian Show Bar upstairs, or in the intimate Piano Bar downstairs. At the entrance to the venue, visitors are greeted by security staff dressed in costumes styled on medieval Italian fashion, and the ambience is heavily reminiscent of ancient Venice; from the intricately designed marble floor to the massive ornamental ceilings. There are carved Venetian pillars, an ornate water fountain, mirrors framed in gold, and a Renaissance style painting of the ancient city of canals. For directions to the vari- ous gaming areas, visitors look up for guidance - to the ‘old Venetian’ maps on the ceilings pointing you in the direction of the treasures you seek. On the recommendation of Keystone Productions, the team selected for the instal- lation combined personnel from Audiotech, Three Blind Mice and Electrosonic SA’s lighting team. Audiotech supplied, installed and programmed the AV equipment, including projection, lighting control and digital signage (the signage in conjunction with TBM). At the heart of the operation are two control systems which are linked, so that
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whatever occurs on the upper level is duplicated on the lower level, and vice versa. The system consists of Crestron MP2E control processors and Crestron TPS6X touchpanels and is designed to provide full functionality of light dimming, audio sources and volumes, stage cameras, digital signage and video - controllable from both upper level and lower level desks. The head end equipment is controlled from a Biamp Nexia CS Digital Signal Processor programmed to control all equalising and limits, allowing full control of source and volume for any zone. A Barix Extreamer provides a constant MP3 music source from the main rack. There are eight sound zones throughout the venue; each programmed differently to allow for different volumes in the various areas. Providing background music throughout the venue are 32 Bose DS16F, 16 Satellite cubes with four bass module FS3 speakers, four Bosch speakers and five Bittner amplifiers with a capability of 1.6kW. In the Piano Bar on the lower level, 16 Bose DS16F flush-mount ceiling speak- ers were installed. There are also six Bose DS16F flush-mount ceiling speakers in the escalator foyer, five Bose DS16F speakers in the Venetian Bar and five Bose DS16F speakers in the foyer. In the Crystal Room, there are four FS3 Bose Freespace 3 systems with four ceil- ing mount Bass Module flush-mounted speakers, each of which control four Bose Satellite speakers precisely aimed for maximum audio coverage. Both DJ booths - on the upper and lower level stages - have a Soundcraft two-channel desk with Lexicon sound effects mixer for live shows.
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