5thAvenueVik
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As pertaining to the quality of the game day experience coming to PGE Park, we have discussed two main topics that would serve to highly improve the product: (1) Eastside Grandstands, and (2) Collegiate Band.
Another area in need of improvement is the public address system---specifically, the electronics comprising the public address speaker system and the person of the game day announcer.
PGE Park management needs to upgrade the electronic speaker system by either enhancing the quality of the speakers or perhaps increasing the number of speakers and turning down the volume a bit to compensate. I, for one, have a difficult time trying to aurally process what is being announced when at my seat inside the stadium. The source of the problem has got to be either the quality of the electronics employed or the angle strategy in which they are being acoustically focused (or perhaps both). This represents an interesting and doable upgrade job. /users/31/07/37/smiles/595146.gif
Another problem is the public address announcer. Every year, it sounds as though the person announcing the game is just some schmoe whose turn it is at playing public address announcer---in other words, a rank amateur---rather than someone with a truly inspiring, professionally-trained announcer's voice. If we are so fortunate to locate a professional quality announcer, the sound system will need to be adjusted to optimize the resonance and tonal voice quality of the person.
I believe this is an area where PSU has a distinct opportunity to be the best in the state. The guy at Oregon, many like him, but I have always seen him more as a product of habituation---an acquired taste. The last game I saw at OSU was, I believe, the 1994 Civil War game. OSU's announcer seemed too rigid and the UO band played over the ends of his announcements repeatedly to apparently show what they thought of his announcing talents. Has the announcer there even changed since then?
Portland should really outshine the down-valley universities in this area. I believe our choice of stadium announcer should reflect our comparative advantage and having a great stadium announcer would serve as an another avenue to again strengthen the perception of the program product. :sunny:
Another area in need of improvement is the public address system---specifically, the electronics comprising the public address speaker system and the person of the game day announcer.
PGE Park management needs to upgrade the electronic speaker system by either enhancing the quality of the speakers or perhaps increasing the number of speakers and turning down the volume a bit to compensate. I, for one, have a difficult time trying to aurally process what is being announced when at my seat inside the stadium. The source of the problem has got to be either the quality of the electronics employed or the angle strategy in which they are being acoustically focused (or perhaps both). This represents an interesting and doable upgrade job. /users/31/07/37/smiles/595146.gif
Another problem is the public address announcer. Every year, it sounds as though the person announcing the game is just some schmoe whose turn it is at playing public address announcer---in other words, a rank amateur---rather than someone with a truly inspiring, professionally-trained announcer's voice. If we are so fortunate to locate a professional quality announcer, the sound system will need to be adjusted to optimize the resonance and tonal voice quality of the person.
I believe this is an area where PSU has a distinct opportunity to be the best in the state. The guy at Oregon, many like him, but I have always seen him more as a product of habituation---an acquired taste. The last game I saw at OSU was, I believe, the 1994 Civil War game. OSU's announcer seemed too rigid and the UO band played over the ends of his announcements repeatedly to apparently show what they thought of his announcing talents. Has the announcer there even changed since then?
Portland should really outshine the down-valley universities in this area. I believe our choice of stadium announcer should reflect our comparative advantage and having a great stadium announcer would serve as an another avenue to again strengthen the perception of the program product. :sunny:
