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The Rose Arena features a High-End look with Sonex Ceiling Tiles

Application Introduction

The Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon is a $267 million multi-purpose arena that opened in the fall of 1995, and serves as the home of the NBA Portland Trail Blazers. In addition to games, the Rose Garden hosts a wide variety of events such as concerts and family shows.

A unique feature of the 20,000 seat Rose Garden is the club level, which includes a sports bar, executive banquet facility, lounge with a restaurant, concession stand, grill and outdoor terraces. Acoustics are always an issue that needs considering in an environment that is filled with speech, music, and other sound. Noises can become unclear or even uncomfortable for the patrons. These issues needed to be addressed while maintaining the high-end look and feel of the club level.

Treatment Provided

Sonex Squareline Metal Ceiling Tiles were installed during the arena's redesign last Spring.1600 SQFT of the Squareline Medium 24-by-48-inch Metal Ceiling Tiles with a grey backer were used. Squareline Tiles let you create a ceiling in a simple design that is both attractive and acoustically efficient, scattering and absorbing sound waves.

"We wanted the club level to have the feel of intimate lounges for casual gatherings within a broad concourse," says Michael Roberts of LRS Architects, which designed the current club level of the Rose Garden. "We upgraded the club level and wanted a ceiling application that conveyed a higher-end impression. I was familiar with Sonex Squareline Metal Ceiling Tiles from previous projects and thought it would be perfect. The color we selected is distinctive but isn't distracting. When you're on the club level, the finishes, furnishings and fixtures leave no doubt that you're on a premium level of the Rose Garden."

Quantitive Results

Sonex Squareline is a fresh alternative to traditional, linear or perforated metal ceiling tiles. These galvanized, powder-coated, expanded metal ceiling tiles are pre-bonded to illbruck's proprietary, Class 1 fire-rated willtec foam. Depending on the thickness of the foam insert, willtec absorbs 55 to 80 percent of the sound that reaches them.

Squareline Metal Ceiling Tiles are available in three patterns: Squareline Standard^TM, Squareline MediumÔ and Squareline Ultra^TM, in white, chrome or black metal panels with or without a light grey or black fleece backing to create a unique design. Tile sizes are 24 by 24 inches or 24 by 48 inches, and easily drop into other standard 15/16-inch ceiling grids. The expanded metal is made with 35 - 55% recycled content and is impervious to heat sources.

There are many noise control and soundproofing products made with aesthetic design in mind, available from Acoustical Solutions, Inc.

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