More than 400 EAW MK Series loudspeakers are the key components of a distributed sound reinforcement system serving 44,000-seat Busch Stadium, the new home of the storied St. Louis Cardinals major league baseball team.
Located in downtown St. Louis, adjacent to the site of the team’s previous ballpark (also named Busch Stadium), the facility opened in time for the start of the 2006 season, built at a cost of approximately $365 million. Wrightson Johnson Haddon & Williams (WJHW) of Dallas was contracted to provide the design of all A/V systems, with SPL Integrated Solutions, based in Columbia, Maryland, responsible for their installation.
“The EAW line is pretty comprehensive, allowing us a lot of flexibility in configuring cabinets for each area,” Ron Baker of WJHW explained to S & VC magazine,“and it’s well-suited for some of the unique mounting conditions we faced. Sightlines are always an issue, and you don’t always have the luxury of hanging cabinets where you’d like to. The EAW cabinets allow the horn section to be rotated, so you can hang them horizontally and still get the wide coverage necessary for this application. There’s a variety of horn patterns as well — the MK series has something like a dozen different configurations. We’ve used them in a number of other venues and felt comfortable in knowing what to expect in terms of performance.”
Click here to read more in the June 06 issue of Sound & Video Contractor (S&VC)
