CASE STUDY
ARENA KATOWICE
Requirement
Arena Katowice is a newly completed stadium in Katowice, Poland and represents a major sporting and cultural boost for the Upper Silesia region.
The main stadium accommodates 15,048 spectators and is the new home for the GKS Katowice football team, which recently won promotion to Poland’s elite Ekstraklasa league. The Arena Katowice complex also encompasses a 3,000 capacity sports and entertainment hall, two heated grass training pitches and a car park for 500 people. The campus has been designed as a multifunctional activity center, fulfilling a broad spectrum of sports, educational, social and cultural functions.
Such a modern facility required an equally advanced sound system, capable of ensuring excellent audio quality, even coverage across the entire space, and reliability during all events – both sporting and cultural.
Solution
Leading Polish professional audio distributor, Tommex was awarded the design, commissioning, tuning, and user training contract for Arena Katowice’s complete audio system.
Tommex specified RCF P series loudspeakers for the main stadium, choosing them for their combination of audio performance and durability. P Series speakers are weather resistant and meet IP55 standards. RCF P 6215 15” coaxial cabinets were employed for the stands, with P 3115T loudspeakers for the pitch.
All speakers in the stadium are powered by seven APEX CloudPower CP3004D amplifiers. Each 1U amplifier delivers 4 x 3000W and features integral DSP, plus 4 x 4 Dante audio networking. Dante is employed for audio transmission throughout the facility.
A Yamaha MRX-7D matrix manages the operation of all amplifiers, with a second MRX-7D handling signal switching for the entire audio system. A Yamaha TiO-1608D digital stagebox provides the flexibility to add further microphones and sources within the main arena or sports hall if required.
The system is complemented by mobile racks loaded with media players, Sennheiser wireless microphone systems and additional network devices. A dedicated rack was also prepared for the commentary station.
Tommex also installed RCF loudspeakers in the indoor sports hall, selecting COMPACT M12 two-way 12” cabinets and S 15 subwoofers. Mobile Yamaha Stagepas 600BT systems and Sennheiser XSW 2-835 wireless microphones were supplied to serve the training pitches.
Project Details
Location
Katowice, Poland
Application
Sports Venues
Integrator
Tommex
APEX products
7 x CloudPower CP3004D
Other equipment (abridged):
RCF P 6215 15” (main stadium – stands)
RCF P 3115T (main stadium – pitch)
RCF COMPACT M12 (indoor sports hall)
RCF S 15 (indoor sport hall)
2 x Yamaha MRX-7D matrix
Yamaha TiO-1608D stagebox
Dante signal distribution
Sennheiser wireless microphones
Yamaha Stagepas 600BT portable PA (training pitches)