Danley has added its hometown American football team to the long and growing list of sports stadiums using its loudspeakers and subwoofers. The Atlanta Falcons are currently building the 75,000-seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which will feature a ‘pinwheel-shaped’ retractable roof, the world’s largest LED screen, and a massive distributed Danley Jericho Horn and BC-218 subwoofer sound reinforcement system.
‘The Falcons headquarters is five minutes from my house, and I’ve been a lifelong fan,’ says Danley President and CEO, Mike Hedden. ‘We have had a relationship with the Falcons for several years so, when the new stadium was first being discussed, we gave them an outdoor demo at a community event that blew them away in terms of volume, clarity, and musicality. We were later asked to come up with a design for the new stadium that, when compared to the other proposals they received, provided substantially better coverage, bandwidth and intelligibility. Further value is it costs significantly less, weighs half as much and uses a fraction of the amplifiers, signal processing and cabling.’
Eight hangs – each comprising a J1-94 Jericho Horn on top, a J2-96 Jericho Horn on bottom and two BC-218 subwoofers – will ring the back of the circular LED screen, firing back at the stands. These are coupled to provide 20dB of forward directivity down to 50Hz. In addition, four XD-62 loudspeakers provide fill, and two J3-64 Jericho Horns will cover the field for pre-game entertainment.
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