xandandl Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 21 minutes ago, wigwam said: Allentown is outdoors and nobody frets about the weather there. Unless it rains. And then there were the Glassmen. Yes, in Atlanta the fretted about the weather even indoors. Ask Carolina Crown and section 321. yesterday's NFL broadcast saw the game in the new Atlanta stadium with the roof open. Sight lines and distances from field to crowd are quite different from Georgia Dome. I imagine the acoustics are quite different, particularly if the roof is or is not open. Marching band contests there should let us observe a lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsoprano Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Cool video of the demolition so far on the Georgia Dome. Final implosion is scheduled for later this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) On 9/18/2017 at 11:34 AM, wigwam said: Allentown is outdoors and nobody frets about the weather there. Unless it rains. Nobody frets about the weather anywhere, unless that weather turns bad. LOL And when rain is pelting down, or fans are headed for the concourse or their cars due to lightning and thunder, then indoor drum corps suddenly looks like not such a bad idea. Edited September 29, 2017 by Fran Haring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 56 minutes ago, Fran Haring said: Nobody frets about the weather anywhere, unless that weather turns bad. LOL And when rain is pelting down, or fans are headed for the concourse or their cars due to lightning and thunder, then indoor drum corps suddenly looks like not such a bad idea. unless it was this very Georgia Dome when Carolina Crown was on the field when the rain on the roof prevented the drum judge from hearing the battery so off the field they had to go... or later in the same show, when part of the Dome ceiling over a third tier section caved in dousing all the spectators below. Domes aren't always the panacea some hope, even with the roof closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 17 minutes ago, xandandl said: unless it was this very Georgia Dome when Carolina Crown was on the field when the rain on the roof prevented the drum judge from hearing the battery so off the field they had to go... or later in the same show, when part of the Dome ceiling over a third tier section caved in dousing all the spectators below. Domes aren't always the panacea some hope, even with the roof closed. Still... much, much better odds of consistently good weather indoors, even with the two freak examples you mentioned. Wow... I almost sound like "Last Word Stu" with this response. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsoprano Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 (edited) Hmmm. Wonder if this is any indication for what we can expect.... http://www.wsbtv.com/video?videoId=623962740&videoVersion=1.0 (BTW, the guy interviewed at :48 into the video clip marched drums in Spirit in the 80s. I've sent him an email asking for his assessment of how the stadium might sound for drum corps.) Edited October 13, 2017 by oldsoprano 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 7 hours ago, oldsoprano said: Hmmm. Wonder if this is any indication for what we can expect.... http://www.wsbtv.com/video?videoId=623962740&videoVersion=1.0 (BTW, the guy interviewed at :48 into the video clip marched drums in Spirit in the 80s. I've sent him an email asking for his assessment of how the stadium might sound for drum corps.) The written report said there were speaker issues on some of the levels, leading me to believe they were relaying the audio throughout the stadium via loudspeakers on each level. Not sure if that's a good solution to drum corps performances when DCI fans (at least here) are already complaining about amplification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 9 hours ago, oldsoprano said: Hmmm. Wonder if this is any indication for what we can expect.... http://www.wsbtv.com/video?videoId=623962740&videoVersion=1.0 (BTW, the guy interviewed at :48 into the video clip marched drums in Spirit in the 80s. I've sent him an email asking for his assessment of how the stadium might sound for drum corps.) The story went AP nationwide with some more specifics in this print version. http://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Fans-in-low-places-Sound-woes-mar-Garth-Brooks-12275183.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 8 hours ago, xandandl said: The story went AP nationwide with some more specifics in this print version. http://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Fans-in-low-places-Sound-woes-mar-Garth-Brooks-12275183.php interesting. granted a concert stage is going to be set up differently than a drum corps show, and the speakers used by a drum corps are going to be different than a major touring act Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsoprano Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jeff Ream said: interesting. granted a concert stage is going to be set up differently than a drum corps show, and the speakers used by a drum corps are going to be different than a major touring act Agreed that it's a bit apples vs. oranges, but a lot of the comments that I've heard today focused on the terrible echo in the building, which I would guess is by design, since the Falcons have already been fined by the NFL for piping in crowd noise, which to me means they built the place to be as noisy as possible. Interesting to read all the complaints on the Mercedes Benz Stadium's official Facebook page. To put it mildly, the stadium is taking a shellacking. Edited October 14, 2017 by oldsoprano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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