Rent Com provided full sound support for the popular Chicago
Bulls annual Three on Three Tournament at Grant Park, August
1-2, when hundreds of basketball teams came to compete on
over one hundred different half courts. This is Rent Com's
sixth year poviding PA systems for the event, which draws
thousands of spectators each year.
The
1998 Tournament required an outdoor music and paging system
to cover the Columbus Drive area in Grant Park for more than
one mile from Monroe to Roosevelt and Balbo between Columbus
and Lake Shore Drive. To accomplish this, Rent Com provided
62 outdoor paging speakers, divided into zones, mounted
on 62 custom-designed Rent Com ratchet strap "Pole Grabber"
brackets. The Rent Com Pole Brackets, pictured here, made
setup and removal quick and easy, reducing labor costs.
An Independent Center Court announcer system was used
for concurring special events. For audio sources, Rent Com
provided UHF wireless microphones, as well as a music source.
Shure programmable UHF wireless microphones were used
in order to avoid any unpredictable downtown interference.
