Norway – A Community sound system has been installed in the new Norwegian Sørmarka Arena, a multi-use indoor facility with an ice rink for hockey, curling and figure skating and a 400m speed skating track. Located in Stavanger, the arena is owned by the Municipalities of Stavanger, Sandnes, Sola and Randaberg and has been built to enhance the facilities available in the region. Designed to meet the needs and standards of professional athletes, the focus of Sørmarka is also on improving public health for children and young adults through increased physical activity.

The main sound system and automation for the Sørmarka facility was designed and programmed by Norsk Lydteknikk AS. with installation by Profitek AS. Using a total of 95 Community R-Series loudspeakers, the arena is the largest indoor installation of Community in Norway to date and comprises fifteen R2-94Z with TRC400 transformers, fourteen R.5COAX99T, fifty-two R.5COAX66T and fourteen more

Staten Island, NY – Founded in Rochester in 1883, Wagner College moved to their current location here in 1918. Since then, the original 38-acre campus has grown to an idyllic 105 acres overlooking New York Harbor and the surrounding city.

The school’s athletics department boasts several NCAA teams, with the Seahawks football team among the most prestigious in the Northeast Conference. The team’s home field recently underwent a modern renovation, including a new sound system installed by Farmingdale-based Advance Sound. Advance Sound’s Thomas De Pace explains the challenges in creating the system design.

“They wanted more than just a new football field,” says De Pace. “They wanted to reinvent their team’s whole atmosphere. Obviously, speech intelligibility is always important, but the school also has a very rich student culture, with several dance teams who perform at the games. They needed something that was good for spoken word, but more

Chester, PA – If you want to see a perfect example of a community coming together to redevelop and reclaim itself, look no further than the Chester Waterfront. This Philadelphia neighbor’s aging waterfront, once a study in urban decay, has been dramatically reborn, thanks in no small part to the opening of the new PPL Park, the city’s first major league soccer stadium. The park has been a catalyst for economic growth along the waterfront, the first phase of a long-term development of a Riverwalk district that will include retail stores, residential buildings and entertainment venues.

Opened in June of 2010, the park offers breathtaking views of the Commodore Barry Bridge and Delaware River, and includes more than 30 luxury suites, a full-service restaurant and integrated concert stage. Audio for the venue was designed by Dallas-based Acoustic Dimensions and installed by systems integrators AVI-SPL of Columbia, MD, and features more

L to R: Community’s Rod Falconer, Mac West’s Zeke Luna and Steve McNeil, and Community’s Julia Lee

Anaheim, CA – At this year’s NAMM Convention, Community Professional Loudspeakers bestowed their annual Rep of the Year Award on Long Beach, CA-based Mac West Group.

“Mac West has been instrumental in some of our most important projects in Southern California and Arizona, and we’re proud to have them in our corner,” said Rod Falconer, Community’s Western Regional Manager.

“We were surprised and delighted to get this award,” added Mac West’s Principal Steve McNeil. “It is a pleasure and privilege to work with a group of professionals as talented and dedicated as the people at Community. Their outstanding support for us, and for our customers out in more

Philadelphia, PA – Opened in 1895, the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field has been designated by the NCAA as the oldest stadium still operating for football games. The stadium boasts a long list of history-making events, including the site of the nation’s first scoreboard (1895), the nation’s first two-tiered stadium (1922), the first football radio broadcast (WIP, 1922), the first football telecast (PhilCo, 1939) and Vince Lombardi’s only NFL playoff loss (1960).

The University recently upgraded Franklin Field’s aging sound system with a new system based around R-Series weather-resistant loudspeakers from Community Professional Loudspeakers. As Chris Dietze of Yeadon, PA-based Clear Sound Inc. explains, the Community R-Series weather-resistant loudspeakers were simply the best response to the stadium’s challenges. “We’ve seen Community R-Series in sporting facilities, amusement parks and cruise ships all over the world, in some of the most brutal climates, and we have total confidence in their reliability,” more

R-Series Installed at Meadowlands Concourse

For more than three decades, the Meadowlands has been a part of life for New York area football fans. When plans were begun to replace the aging arena, some fans were surprised to learn that, rather than a modern domed structure, the new stadium would be built in much the same traditional open-bowl style as the old one.

But while the aerial view of the New Meadowlands Stadium is reminiscent of the original Meadowlands, the similarities stop there. The new stadium is bigger and better in every way, including a host of powerful new A/V and broadcast technologies. With more than 2,000 HD monitors, four massive HD video replay boards, and cutting-edge sound and broadcast systems, the New Meadowlands is truly a technological gem.

One of the more acoustically challenging areas in the stadium is the concession zone, covered by a series of Community R.5 two-way full-range loudspeakers. more

Haverford, PA – The Haverford School, a K through 12 preparatory boy’s school with an enrollment of about 970, has been in its current location since 1903. Among its alumni, it boasts artist Maxfield Parish, as well as astronaut Pete Conrad, the third man to walk the surface of the moon. The school’s athletic complex houses a pool, a wresting pavilion, a squash pavilion and three gyms.

Having previously provided audio equipment on a rental basis for school plays and events, Clear Sound of Yeadon, PA was contacted by Steve Stephenson, the Managing Director of the Centennial Hall Fine and Performing Arts at Haverford to upgrade the sound in one of the gyms as well as the wresting pavilion. The double court basketball gym, which also serves the school for other events such as commencement exercises, and their annual more

Chester, PA – Community Professional Loudspeakers is launching its new Distributed Design Series of ceiling loudspeakers. Designed for exceptionally high quality sound with very wide, uniform coverage, the series debuts Community’s innovative Drop-Stopâ„¢ and Twist-Assistâ„¢ features, making the installation process easier, faster and safer.

Drop-Stopâ„¢ and Twist-Assistâ„¢ are truly unique features to aid installation, providing that elusive ‘third hand’ installers frequently wish for. The Drop-Stopâ„¢ feature provides spring-loaded legs to support the back-can on the included rails and C-ring, so the installer no longer needs to hold the can against the tile while tightening the clamps. Twist-Assistâ„¢ performs a similar function for the baffle assembly: when the loudspeaker back-cans are pre-installed into a conduit system for later termination, a simple twist of the baffle into the back-can brings the Twist-Assistâ„¢ clips together, supporting the baffle assembly while the installer fastens the screws.

The series comprises seven more

Green Bay, WI, – The Green Bay Packers’ Lambeau Field is one of the NFL’s crown jewels – the first stadium built for the exclusive use of an NFL team, and the longest continuously occupied stadium in the league.

Recently, on the eve of the park’s 50th anniversary, a massive redevelopment plan was undertaken, transforming the venue from a stadium that fans would tolerate a few days per year in order to see their team, to a year-round tourist destination that has been recognized by Sports Illustrated as the No. 1 stadium experience in the NFL, and the eighth-best facility in the world to see a game. more

Due to popular demand, Community’s R.25 all-weather loudspeaker is now available in an all-white enclosure, with white grille and yoke in a 90×40 degree coverage pattern. As the most compact model in Community’s highly acclaimed R-Series, the 8-inch R.25 provides the highest quality intelligibility and musicality in both indoor and outdoor environments, as well as being ideal for portable applications. The new white R.25-94WZ and R.25-94WTZ are available now.