Abstract
The National Ice Centre, Nottingham is a unique indoor arena within the UK, as it will house two full-size ice pads both capable of hosting national and international ice-skating competitions. One of the ice pads will be permanently available for both local community (public) and professional ice-skating activities. The other pad, located in the main arena, can be covered over and the arena used to seat audiences of up to 10<th>000 spectators for pop concerts, major artist performances, sports events (e.g., tennis or boxing), and large conferences/meetings/exhibitions/conventions. The main arena will also host national and international ice dance and skating competitions. With such a wide range of activities, considerable attention has been paid to both the acoustics of the place and the installed sound systems. The paper describes both the acoustic treatment of the arena and the design philosophy and testing of the complex sound systems. The sound-system design is unusual for such a venue in that two separate systems are installed to cater to both the performance sound and voice alarm (fire alarm) needs without compromising the strict requirements relating to public safety in a building of this nature and size.
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