NASHVILLE, TN — LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans, is also home to a new sound system designed and installed by WJHW and AVI-SPL. Part of a broader $26.8 million AV upgrade, EAW supported the project with custom gear from its facility in Whitinsville, MA, providing 600 loudspeakers in all.
The entire system was spec’ed, manufactured and delivered quickly, only months before scheduled completion of the renovation in mid-July, just in time for pre-season games. EAW worked with Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams, Inc. (WJHW) on the system for LP Field, which replaces the stadium’s former point-source PA.
Over the course of the project, EAW was able to schedule manufacturing and delivery of components, including 96 TT12Si-T64-PL-WP custom-engineered enclosures; over 360 pieces from the MK Series, including the MK2399-WP, MK8196iPL-WP, MK2366-WP and MK2364-WP; and 84 units from the QX Series, including the QX564-WP and QX544-WP.
The TT12-Si-T64-PL-WP systems that provide coverage for areas shadowed by the mezzanine were custom engineered to fit beneath a shallow overhang along the back few rows of the lower deck and rear handicap platforms. Custom-engineered TT212 Steering Woofer systems were designed to work with QX Series modules along the upper-deck fascia to create end-fired arrays that direct more of the TT212’s low-frequency energy down towards the seats in front of them and away from the hard-surface walls they are mounted near, eliminating reflections.
“When we say EAW delivered, we mean that literally,” said Mark Graham, Associate at WJHW and in charge of the audio systems aspect of the project, which also included two new high-definition LED video screens that are approximately four times the size of the current screens, as well as high-definition ribbon board video screens along the east and west sides of the stadium, and a new video replay system. The upgrades will be completed in time for the start of the 2012 season at an estimated cost of $26.8 million. “We didn’t even come on board until last October, when the design process began, so the window for manufacturing, customization and delivery was even tighter. After careful evaluation and our experience of working with EAW in the past, we realized that they would be our choice to provide us with exactly what we needed.”
Graham says that EAW also worked closely with AVI-SPL, the AV systems integrator on the project, to coordinate its delivery to meet AVI-SPL’s installation schedule, getting each set of components to the job site exactly when needed for installation. “It’s fantastic that EAW was able to accomplish this on this kind of aggressive time frame,” Graham marvels. “Thanks to them, when it’s time for football at LP Field, everything will be ready.”
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