Venues

Le Couvent des Jacobins, a brand-new convention centre built within a 14th-century convent in Rennes, France, has installed Riedel Communications equipment to support a future-proofed communications system based on the latest AoIP standard SMPTE 2110-30 (AES67) and on robust wireless technology. Together, the Riedel Artist digital matrix intercom system, Performer…

Vivint Smart Home Arena is Salt Lake City's premier sports and entertainment venue. The 18,300-seat facility is the home court of the NBA Utah Jazz. It also hosts big-name concerts, rodeos, ice shows, circuses, motor sports, hockey, and conventions. The arena operators realised that to deepen fan engagement before, during, and…

Qudos Bank Arena, ranked one of the top 10 arenas in the world, is the largest indoor entertainment and sporting arena in Australia and can accommodate up to 21,000 visitors. The arena is managed by AEG Ogden, part of the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), itself one of the world’s largest…

AV and event production company Blitz has installed top-spec speaker equipment from EM Acoustics at ExCeL London’s ICC Auditorium. Blitz is the on-site supplier for ExCeL London and has worked with EM Acoustics to create the best sound experience for visitors who will use the flexible ICC Auditorium, which has space…

After a planning and construction phase of around one year, the largest American college esports arena “The Fortress” recently went live on air from Full Sail University, Florida. Around $6 million has been invested in “The Fortress”, which can accommodate up to 500 spectators. This makes it the largest college…

Part of the Viparis group of event sites, the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles exhibition park is the largest in France and hosts over 120 trade shows including some of the French capital’s most prestigious occasions, such as the Paris Motor Show, the Foire de Paris, the International Agriculture Show,…

Mu-Mu Audio, a company that specialises in location-based recording and live sound hire, is using DPA microphones as part of a bespoke system that allows venues to create a variable acoustic without having to undergo expensive or complex building work. Nebula, the system devised by Mu-Mu founders Matthew Devenish and…

Built in 1894, the Theatre Royal Wakefield is a grade II* listed, highly ornate, traditional proscenium arch theatre in the heart of Yorkshire’s cathedral city of Wakefield. The design and vision of the famous British architect, Frank Matcham and one of the smallest remaining Matcham auditoriums today, the Theatre Royal…

As Australia’s largest convention and exhibition venue, the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC) features exhibition spaces, large concert halls, meeting rooms, corporate boardrooms and more, over an area of more than 650,000 sq ft. The venue hosts more than 1,000 events each year, making its AV infrastructure a critical…

The first convention centre anywhere in the world designed from the outset to be carbon-neutral, the multi-award-winning Convention Centre Dublin (The CCD) opened in 2010 and is the first state-owned, public-access building to be constructed since the foundation of the Irish State. It has since become a landmark on the…