In October, the arena, which opened in September 2003 and seats 18,000 for basketball and over 19,000 for concerts, installed a new L-Acoustics K2 sound system - the first K2 system permanently installed in a major professional sports arena.
The cap to a two-year AV makeover that included new HD video scoreboards, the sound system, designed in Soundvision by project consultant Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams and AV systems integrator LD Systems with support from the L-Acoustics US applications team, primarily comprises 72 K2 enclosures flown in six arrays.
The installation was completed and tuned just in time for the start of the 2014-2015 NBA season, when the Rockets hosted the Boston Celtics on 1 November. Underscoring the flexibility and range of the K2, the new system is also potentially available to be tied into by a slate of top concert artists in the fall, including shows by the Black Keys, Justin Timberlake, Usher and Fleetwood Mac.
(Jim Evans)
