Direct Pro Audio has recently completed a sound and master antennae (MATV) system at
Creighton University's Wayne and Eileen Ryan Athletic Center and D.J. Sokol Arena.
The Wayne and Eileen Ryan Athletic Center and D.J. Sokol Arena, a 78,134 square-foot facility, houses a gymnasium with seating for 2,950, accommodating women’s basketball and volleyball coaches’ offices, locker rooms, ticket offices, athletic training and meeting rooms, media workrooms and much more. The arena is also expected to be used for other campus and community events including campus assemblies, coaching camps/clinics, concerts, speakers, and high school graduations.
The facility has a number of intended uses:
- Competition site for women's basketball and volleyball
- Meeting place for Creighton students, faculty and staff
- Practice site for men's basketball, women's basketball, volleyball and others
- Community resource for smaller concerts, speakers and programs
- Host site for high school basketball games and tournaments
- Venue for high school graduations.
The sound system, designed by consulting firm
Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams, (W.J.H.W.), consists of 11 Electro-Voice main speakers supplemented with 24 JBL rear fill speakers. Media Matrix NION digital speaker processing and amplification by Crown round out the robust system capable of providing clear direct sound to the entire bowl seating area.
A mobile rack, consisting of a CD player/recorder, MP3 player interface, and Sennheiser EW500 series dual wireless system provide input sources from courtside, or any one of six locations around the arena. A Yamaha LS9 digital console with a Whirlwind E-Snake COBRANET digital audio network provide input and mixing capapilities for 48 sources from anywhere in the arena for special events.
In addition, Direct Pro Audio installed a building sound system matrix for offices, locker, and meeting rooms, complete with inputs for local MP3 and CD players, with local control of audio sources and levels. Tannoy and Atlas speakers round out the system for restrooms, lockers, offices, and concession areas.