VENUE 065
SYDNEY MARQUEE THE STAR
MARQUEE IS A BRAND MOST COMMONLY KNOWN IN THE STATES, HOWEVER, OPERATORS OF THE CLUB - THE STRATEGIC GROUP - DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO FLY THE NEST AND GIVE MARQUEE A NEW HOME. THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF SYDNEY HARBOUR PROVIDED THE PERFECT SETTING.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA ASIA/PACIFIC/OCEANIA
Jason Strauss and Noah Tepperberg founded the Strategic Group in 2001. It started life as a marketing, public relations and special events company. Two years later the pair formed the Strategic Hospitality Group, a company based around nightlife entertainment in the venues they already owned and operated. The duo’s most famous brands include Marquee, Tao and Lavo - the latter a joint venture with Marc Packer and Rich Wolf. With the majority of the venues on one continent, the four partners were keen to expand the empire outside the US. After a lot of planning and hard work, Marquee The Star, located on Sydney Harbour opened inside The Star Casino in March this year. The aim at the Sydney venue was to create the same super club persona as its US siblings. Marquee The Star spreads across 20,000 sq ft and houses three distinct areas to cater for a variety of nightlife needs. It was up to the design team to specify each and every detail to distinguish these areas but also ensure it worked as one flowing venue. Matthew Kline of Australia Venue Services Pty Ltd managed the projects overall AV design. He explained the beginning of the process: “The Star made contact with me back in August 2010 [and asked me] to be part of the design team. Shortly after I headed over to New York and met up with Noah [Tepperberg] and his US design team. I had a tour of his New York clubs to gain a better understanding of the desired outcome [they were after] for Sydney. After that I compiled the team consisting of Mark McInnes of Show Technology and Anthony Russo of Technical Audio Group and between us we put the Marquee AV design together.” There were high expectations for this club from the very beginning. Not only did it have to rival its American counterparts, it also had to
be equipped to host headline acts from around the globe. Anthony Russo, Director of Engineering at Technical Audio Group (TAG) explained the challenge the team were up against: “With such a prestigious and experienced operator who’s existing venues are ranked as the gold standard, both in management and equipment fit out, you have to be on top of your game. They know what they want and you have to amaze them. You need to understand every facet of this level of club and its expectations for sound quality, rider acceptability, and bulletproof reliability.” Anthony enlisted the help of two of the best electro acousticians in Australia, Glenn Leembruggen of Acoustic Directions and David Gilfillan of Gilfillan Soundwork. Paul Moss from S&VC - TAG’s Sydney dealer - was chosen to handle the installation and mechanical aspects. “As a team we had worked on many challenging projects over the years and Marquee warranted the best,” said Anthony. While Adam Ward, Marquee The Star’s AV Director was onboard to oversee the equipment choices and refine the design. For the sound system even coverage and control was paramount. Average SPLs of 115dB to 120dB on the dancefloor were considered a minimum, while in other areas of the club SPLs of 85dB to 95dB were required. Importantly comfortable, even, time coherency and clarity were also considered as essential elements for the more chilled out areas of the venue. As Marquee The Star operates as both a day club and a nightclub an extensive acoustic investigation was required. It was carried out by acoustic engineer, AECOM Sydney. AECOM assessed the areas of potential noise breakout both airborne and structural then implemented an internal acoustic treatment. Given that high SPLs were expected, it was
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