The Preussag Arena in Hannover
exemplifies the modern multi-purpose arena. Built for Expo
2000, once the show was over and the exhibitors had packed
away their pavilions, the arena took on its new life as a
12,500-capacity music and sports venue.
For Germany’s exclusive
Renkus-Heinz distributor
PAV, it was another opportunity to use the special
abilities of the American loudspeaker brand to solve a variety
of technical and acoustical challenges. The company had already
installed Renkus-Heinz at a variety of prestigious venues
including the new
Hamburg Stadium, a Dusseldorf
exhibition hall and the new 120,000-capacity
Euro
Speedway 2000 stadium at Lausitz near Berlin.
The German appreciation of engineering precision and durability
is evident in the approach to the demands of the Preussag
Arena. Says PAV director
Gerhard Hackl: "
For
any multi-purpose arena like this we need to design a completely
flexible audio system. The breadth of the Renkus-Heinz range,
and the availability of customised loudspeakers, gives us
the perfect set of tools for this type of project."
The arena lives a double life. A built-in stage at one end
provides facilities for live music events, principally pop
and classical concerts. For sports events such as boxing and
ice skating (the Preussag Arena also boasts an ice floor)
there is a distributed PA system.
The stage system is a
Renkus-Heinz CoEntrant PA,
flown in left-and-right clusters above the stage. The distributed
system, mounted under the canopy catwalk, comprises CoEntrant,
CT-5
and
CT-6
speakers, and doubles up as a time-delayed system for concerts
to supplement the stage system. Renkus-Heinz amplifiers power
both systems, totalling 120kW, which are supervised using
the company’s
R-Control
remote control network and mixed on a Crest console.
The project was carried out on behalf of installation contractor
Tyco, and, comments
Gerhard Hackl,
"
Precisely meets the client’s requirement
for 105dB of sound level at every seat in the arena."
PAV GmbH: Telephone +49 89 62987110
vertrieb@pavgmbh.de 
