Todd S. Greenberg, President TSG Advisors, LLC [email protected] .
Todd Billin
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Design and Installation at
The largest fixed seating area loop system in the United States
$43 million dollar facility opened in 1989 Used for girls/boys basketball, student commencements,
concerts, trade shows, conventions, and other University and community events
Total seating capacity for basketball is 14,759 on three levels
Mid-level concourse provides access to the mezzanine and main arena seating
Nine rows of telescoping bleachers surround the basketball floor
The loop system covers the 12,200 seats in the mezzanine and main arena levels. Bleachers not looped
Main Entrance
Mezzanine Level Main level Bleacher Level
Main level Seating AreaA total of 8 loops
Each loop driven by a separate amplifier.
Even audio level is distributed across each loop.
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Any sound from the speaker system is heard through the loop.
Mezzanine level Seating AreaAn additional 8 loops making a total of 16.
Activating T-coils greatly increases intelligibility by eliminating building acoustics and crowd noise.
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Floor level bleacher sections are not currently looped.
Cross Section of a Seating Area
Loop wire is installed to the underside of the pre-cast concrete and secured inside a surface raceway or concealed into expansion joints with caulk.
Underside of Mezzanine level showing precast concrete
Surface raceway, concealing the loop wire, secured into the caulk joint
Close-up of a caulk joint in the precast concrete expansion joint
Loop signs installed at each entrance
Includes braille
Two (2) equipment cabinets housing the loop amplifiers
Concourses are not looped, to provide telephone access for T-coil users.
The project required over 100 hours of on-sight examination, test loops and engineering prior to award of the contract
Over 800 man hours were required to complete the installation
Over 16,000 feet (3 miles) of loop wire The loops were installed as a part of an update to the
Sound System w/ the Loop contract totaling $120,000.00 All loops were design and tested to the IEC standard MSU – Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities
(RCPD) office, primarily Virginia Martz (Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist) was the driving force behind the loop project
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
For additional information see Bill Hopsales consultant for MSU
www.hearingloopsystems.com