Except that it's not quite the same experience: yes, you can see it all, arguably better than those actually watching the match in the stadium, and yes, you have the atmosphere of possibly being amongst a large crowd who all share in the excitement . . . but it's not the stadium is itΩ
Adidas has found the ideal solution: in Berlin they have built the Adidas Arena; a scaffold and arena seating structure with a difference. Modelled in a scale rendition of the Berlin stadium, they have even clad the exterior with scenic panels to complete the illusion. So the 10,000 happy fans can enjoy the true stadium experience. And with the ardent modeller's eye for detail, to complete the Teutonic stadium feeling, all sounds from the televised games will be reproduced by a German-built d&b audiotechnik loudspeaker system.
The system comprises d&b's new line array J-Series, using J8, J12 and J subwoofers with some Q1s used for fills, all driven by d&b D12 amplifiers and provided by audio experts Eggs & Bulbs. Uniquely, for this is a temporary installation, the PA is being used to provide an emergency evacuation system: "We have two presets in an SPS unit to switch the d&b D12 amplifiers to the 'B'-input to reconfigure the system to a set up without J-SUBs for the evacuation system," explained Martin Stoll from Eggs & Bulbs.
"We have a Bosch Plena System with 32 100V loudspeakers with a battery power supply in case of power loss. But with power on you can speak over the PA and you can stop the normal signal to talk over it. We believe this is the first mobile stadium emergency evacuation system ever."
The system was designed by Martin Stoll of Eggs & Bulbs, with additional set up from Bernd Dimbek.
(Lee Baldock)
