U.S. Bank Stadium Officials Addressing Sound Concerns For Concerts
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The 73,000-capacity U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN has been a hit with fans of the Minnesota Vikings football team, but it hasn’t fared as well with concertgoers. Having hosted only a handful of shows since opening in July, 2016, there seems to be a growing consensus that the $1.129 Billion venue that took two and a half years to build isn’t acoustically amenable to music.
That shouldn’t be a surprise to audio pros; sports venues have long been designed with plenty of hard surfaces to reflect crowd noise, the theory being that more noise adds to the drama and excitement, helping keep sports fans revved up throughout the game. That’s certainly the case with this venue—USA Today reported the crowd noise hit 114 dB at a pre-season game in August, 2016.
http://www.prosoundnetwork.com/blogs/2453/view
The 73,000-capacity U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN has been a hit with fans of the Minnesota Vikings football team, but it hasn’t fared as well with concertgoers. Having hosted only a handful of shows since opening in July, 2016, there seems to be a growing consensus that the $1.129 Billion venue that took two and a half years to build isn’t acoustically amenable to music.
That shouldn’t be a surprise to audio pros; sports venues have long been designed with plenty of hard surfaces to reflect crowd noise, the theory being that more noise adds to the drama and excitement, helping keep sports fans revved up throughout the game. That’s certainly the case with this venue—USA Today reported the crowd noise hit 114 dB at a pre-season game in August, 2016.
