Basketball Championship Uses Temporary Audio System
Renovations of the UFO-shaped, Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland jeopardized acoustics for EuroBasket 2009.
Located in southern Poland, the 11,500-seat Spodek is among the better-known arenas in Europe. Its name translates as “saucer.” If aliens ever descend on Poland, they may well get confused and try to ascend by piloting the tiered seats of the UFO-shaped arena.
The arena opened in 1971 amid unfounded rumors of structural imperfections only to be recently renovated for a design flaw that no one would have suspected forty years ago: the wonderfully-functional acoustic diffusers in the ceiling were unfortunately laced with carcinogenic asbestos. The renovation left the venue with...read more
Located in southern Poland, the 11,500-seat Spodek is among the better-known arenas in Europe. Its name translates as “saucer.” If aliens ever descend on Poland, they may well get confused and try to ascend by piloting the tiered seats of the UFO-shaped arena.
The arena opened in 1971 amid unfounded rumors of structural imperfections only to be recently renovated for a design flaw that no one would have suspected forty years ago: the wonderfully-functional acoustic diffusers in the ceiling were unfortunately laced with carcinogenic asbestos. The renovation left the venue with...read more
Posted by Bruce at 10 Dec 2009 
Categories: Technology, Engineering at Work, Entertainment Engineering
Tags: engineering entertainment engineering basketball audio
Categories: Technology, Engineering at Work, Entertainment Engineering
Tags: engineering entertainment engineering basketball audio
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