BC Place Stadium sound system

[LICORNE]

There are no one standard way of setting up a sound system since most stadiums or large venues are all built differently.

Here is one very exceptionnal venue were a unique
sound system had to be designed . They actually used the Giant Meyer sound parabolic sound beems.
Here is a quote from the review:

CEASERS PALACE
The Colosseum was designed to meet an important requirement: Dion had expressed the desire that the audience be close to the stage; in fact, no seat is farther than 120 feet away from the stage, which, at 120 feet wide, 40 feet high and nearly 100 feet deep, is larger than the stage at Radio City Music Hall. In fact, the sheer size of the stage required the development of a microclimate air-conditioning system to control ventilation and humidity at the front of the stage. Arranged in a 120? fan, the audience is distributed among the generous orchestra level plus two relatively shallow balconies wrapped around the room above. The FOH mix position is centrally located on the orchestra level.

Another primary requirement for A New Day of Celine Dion was for a total surround sound experience

Ensuring proper front-fill coverage for the VIP seats in front of center stage called for a creative solution: ?With a 40-foot-high proscenium, the P.A. is quite high above, and the front of the stage is very low, so to cover the front row was a challenge,? comments Savage, who used Meyer SB-2 parabolic Sound Beam speakers mounted on each side of the stage on the sidewall, facing sideways, to cover the front seats from about 100 feet. ?This brings the image down so it's not coming from directly overhead for the first few rows,? says Savage. ?I think we are the first to try that, but it works extremely well

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[LICORNE]

Hi

Ron says:"The sound in BC Place still is the worst of any stadium I've been in Canada,,".

Thanks Ron I think I know at 80% were the problem is.

I most cases with these high quality ccomponents the sound Engineer behind the mixer is mostly the one to blame.

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