Lincoln Financial Field
NFL - Eagles
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Seat Count: 66,000
Project type: New Construction
Opening: September 2003
Construction cost: $320 Million
Architect: NBBJ Sport
Audio & Broadcast Cabling Installation:
SPLIS, Baltimore, MD
Video Production: Diversified Systems
AD Scope: Sound Reinforcement, Video
Production, Editing Suites, Broadcast
Infrastructure, LED Displays, Clubs/Suites A/V,
Scoring & Timing Systems, Coaching Analysis Systems, Officiating Systems,
In-House Cable TV Systems, Broadcast Lighting Accommodations, Room Acoustics,
Environmental Noise AnalysisRelated Projects | Philadelphia Eagles Production Studios
AD provided consulting services for the new Philadelphia Eagles Stadium. The project showcases huge video scoreboards, a zoned sound system and luxury suites with Internet access and high-definition television. NBBJ's concept for the architecture was unique. Rather than the traditional bowl design, the stadium features three open-plaza corners for entries and views of the city and into the stadium. 172 luxury suites are located above and below the club seating level. The stadium experience is very intimate because front row seats are only 60 feet from the playing field. Well beyond being merely structurally distinctive, the stadium boasts a number of novel approaches to audio and video as well.
The innovative seating blocks required an innovative speaker design. There were multiple radically different places to accommodate hanging the speakers - definitely not a 'one size fits all' approach. AD wanted to avoid making the speakers part of the visual design as much as possible, and tucked many under the fascia rather than outside iwhich allowed us to use the underside of the seating deck to push up the volume of some of the cabinets."
The fascia itself is dominated by the LED displays, and one of the major concerns was keeping the lines of sight as uninterrupted as was practical. When we looked at the building design, there was a limited number of locations we could place the speakers. NBBJ were very conscious of the need for good audio in the football stadium, but clearly you're not going to move an entire seating deck just to accommodate a loudspeaker.
The control room also hosts a high-end editing suite, complete with Avid Symphony, DS-HD and Unity video editing and server equipment. The facility is available for live stadium productions, coaches' shows and other television production uses.
The video displays cover practically the full width of the field, creating a magnitude of scale that's at once lifelike and unreal. There are also LED displays on the sidelines. LED boards on the lower fascia give the visual impression of one continuous video ribbon around the entire stadium.
