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Client Profile
MGM Resorts International is one of the largest and fastest growing global hospitality and entertainment companies operating destination resorts in cities such as Las Vegas, Mississippi, New Jersey and Detroit, that include the Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay and The Mirage. MGM Resorts International has revenues of $9.81 billion (2013) and over 61,396 employees.
Project Scope
• Extensive planning, scheduling and coordination
• Warehouse Receiving and Storage (FF&E & select construction products)
• Comprehensive Inventory and Security Management
• Performed all warehouse to project site deliveries
• Managed all hotel room, suites, common areas, and retail spaces within hotel and casino; service delivery scope included: interior fit-up, installation and placement of furniture, fixtures, and equipment (Inclusive of significant on-site fabrication and site modification.)
Project Profile
MGM National Harbor is a strategically located Casino and Resort Property in Oxon Hill, Maryland across the Hudson River from Alexandria Virginia and The District of Columbia, giving it access to the three states and international markets doing business in our nation’s capital.
The project is anticipated to be an investment of over $1.4 Billion.
The 1 million sq. ft. resort features a 24-story hotel, a casino with 3,600 slot machines, 160 gaming tables, a 3,000-seat theater, 55,000 branded retail stores, 35,000 sq. ft. of meeting space, a 4,700-space parking garage and numerous restaurants from local and national chefs.
The project was delivered under very demanding time and condition parameters that tightened dramatically to respond to both the client’s and builder demands. Our team of often 60-90 personnel worked for the last 90 days on a 24/7 work performance schedule.
The Opportunity:
MGM National Harbor is a recently opened resort and casino. MGM requested a networked audio system for the casino that would enable flexible and independent volume control across a wide range of audio zones, while also requiring minimal training and maintenance for staff.
Historically, casinos typically relied on a traditional audio system design made up of a series of high-powered amplifiers driving a chain of 60-70 speakers. This approach provides even audio coverage across the entire gaming floor, but also poses several problems. Casino staff have no way of adjusting the volume for different gaming areas, so the music may be too loud in one area and too quiet in another. For example, the music near the poker tables needs to be much quieter than the slots area, since the poker players need to concentrate and communicate clearly during games. Furthermore, casino floor layouts are often rearranged annually, and any adjustment to the audio system usually requires major renovations.
“In older properties, you’ll often see traditional audio system designs that don’t work very well for the way a casino typically operates,” said Richard Reisig, General Manager at Technology West Group. “We run into a lot of property owners who hate the way the audio system sounds. When we really dig in, it comes down to sharing speaker zones between slots and table games, or transitions between high ceilings and low ceilings. The table games need different volume levels from the slots, and even within the table games area, the customers playing blackjack might want to listen to different volume levels than the customers playing the craps tables. With MGM, we made an effort to solve those issues.”
The Solution:
Leveraging years of experience with casino audio systems, Technology West Group deployed a complete HARMAN networked audio system consisting of JBL Control 300 Series speakers, Crown DCI Series amplifiers and BSS networked audio systems. The complete HARMAN solution offers exceptional sound quality, flexibility and ease of operation, enabling the MGM casino to control the audio for different gaming areas and easily expand the system as their needs evolve.
The system TWG designed for MGM National Harbor is made up of JBL Control Contractor Series speakers, with approximately 500 Control 328CT in-ceiling loudspeakers and 70 Control 312CS in-ceiling subwoofers installed in the casino. The system is powered by Crown DriveCore™ Install Series amplifiers, with BSS Networked Audio Systems for signal processing and routing. There are more than 1,500 JBL speakers throughout the entire National Harbor facility.
The casino floor is divided into separate zones, which are controlled by BSS Soundweb London BLU-806 signal processors. The amplifiers and processors are installed in dedicated spaces below the casino floor, with wall-mounted control panels. The idea was to create a DMARK point, or a centralized technology hub, that enables the casino to rearrange the gaming floor without completely renovating the audio system and easily upgrade the system as their needs evolve. The entire audio system is connected via Dante AV networking, and is integrated with the video system using core networking services.
“We use lots of amp channels to create very small, manageable zones, which is a change from how casinos historically cover a space,” said Reisig. “First, it provides lots of level control options between slots and table games. Second, casinos are always rearranging the floor and moving slots, table games around, expanding or reducing poker. Giving them lots of smaller zones with independent level controls provides them the flexibility to rework the casino floor, without having to make massive renovation changes to the AV system.”
The Impact:
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“Walking into National Harbor, we knew it was going to be HARMAN products,” said Reisig. “In an MGM project, everything is designed around the idea that it has to be managed and maintained with the minimal amount of capital, training and staff. It costs a lot of money to train people, and they didn’t want to work with different platforms for the amplifiers, speakers and DSP systems. HARMAN’s integrated platform was the key decision factor for implementing a complete solution.
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“We use lots of amp channels to create very small, manageable zones, which is a change from how casinos historically cover a space. First, it provides lots of level control options between slots and table games. Second, casinos are always rearranging the floor and moving slots, table games around, expanding or reducing poker. Giving them lots of smaller zones with independent level controls provides them the flexibility to rework the casino floor, without having to make massive renovation changes to the AV system.”
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