todd billin

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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2

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5

6

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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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3

4

56

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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