ROSEMONT, IL — LiveSpace, a design/build firm based in Michigan, has specified Midas PRO2 consoles for use in several of Toby Keith-branded outlets serving up food, drink and live music. The outlets are called Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill, after the singer’s 2003 hit, “I Love This Bar.”
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DALLAS, Texas — After four years of holding services in its 2,100-seat interim worship center, Watermark Community Church, based here, has moved its congregation into a new 3,500-seat main sanctuary. Acoustic Dimensions once again served as the consultant for the client and once again specified an L-Acoustics KUDO loudspeaker system, which was installed by Clair Brothers Audio Systems.
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COLUMBUS, OH — The Ohio State Buckeyes football team, which recently finished an undefeated 2012 regular season, got an audible boost from its new Meyer Sound LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system. Representing the first-ever permanent LEO installation, the sound system filled 105,000-seat Ohio Stadium with both spoken word and music over the loud cheers of the crowd for all eight home games.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Theatre consulting firm Shalleck Collaborative, based here, specified L-Acoustics KIVA and KARA loudspeakers for six high schools overseen by California’s San Mateo Union High Schools District. The new and refurbished theaters are associated with Aragon, Burlingame, Capuchino, Hillsdale, Mills and San Mateo high schools.
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QSC Audio Products announced that Salo Loyo, the keyboardist for Luis Miguel, has joined the company’s K for Musicians group and has recently used the company’s K Series gear for shows in the Americas and Spain.
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KNOXVILLE, TN — M&L Sound worked with Justin Haynes, contemporary worship director at Middlebrook Pike United Methodist Church, based here, to upgrade the sound system. M&L Sound steered Haynes toward ISP Technologies’ High Definition Line (HDL) 2208. The installed system includes 18 of the HDL 2208s.
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LONDON — Rental company Entec provided a d&b audiotechnik sound system for Skunk Anansie FOH engineer Paul Ramsay to support performances in the U.K. and Europe. The system, for 1,200- to 12,000-capacity venues, includes up to 16 J8, 16 V8 and eight J12 speakers along with 16 B2 and eight J-Infra subs and also four Q10s and four Q1s for infills and outfills, all powered by d&b D12 amps.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — Dim lighting conditions and backstage hazards have always been a dangerous mix. A fresh reminder came Nov. 19, when Matthew Moore, 35, suffered a broken arm along with head and neck injuries after falling into the 20-by-20-foot, two-story loading pit, used in preparation for Shania Twain’s Still the One series of shows at Caesars Palace Colosseum, which opened Dec. 1.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Performance Audio helped veteran restaurateur Casey Staker fulfill his concept for Zest Kitchen and Bar here, which, as its name suggests, transforms nightly from a focus on dining to drinks accompanied by a variety of DJs. Along with a Symetrix Jupiter 8 processor, the system’s Symetrix ARC-WEB gives Staker direct control over the sound system’s parameters via his smartphone.
Read More »INDIANAPOLIS — The state of Indiana distributed an additional $6 million in payments to victims affected by the collapse of the roof structure in high winds at the Indiana State Fair on Aug. 13, 2011. The additional funds brings the total paid by the state in the aftermath of the collapse to $11 million. Indianapolis’ General Assembly approved the additional funding, which goes beyond the state’s $5 million limit in tort claims cases.
Read More »WEST PALM BEACH, FL — IATSE Local 500, and the Kravis Center have reached an agreement ending a 12-year labor dispute between the parties. The agreement provides for a new five-year labor contract, the withdrawal of all pending unfair labor practice charges, and a resolution of the back pay elements of the case.
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STAFFORD, VA — This year’s holiday services at Ebenezer United Methodist Church here were enhanced with a new Yamaha CL5 digital console purchased from Irving, TX-based Sound Productions. The church, which offers traditional and contemporary services within its 500-seat sanctuary, also purchased two Yamaha RIO input/output racks in time for its annual holiday productions.
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