Ohio horse racing fans have a new five-eighths-mile harness racing track in Dayton and a one-mile thoroughbred track in Austintown (Mahoning Valley) to accompany the venues’ casinos. Both are supported by new A/V systems installed by Control-Point Technology of Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

Owned by Penn National Gaming, both ‘racetrack casinos’ offer casino gambling, para-mutual wagering, live entertainment and dining. Control-Point designed systems featuring Community R.5HPT loudspeakers: ‘Community’s outdoor product range has a great reputation for wide response and great sound,’ says Control-Point’s Aaron Replogle. ‘We knew the R.5s would give us plenty of level and even coverage with great intelligibility for vocal applications and good background music sound.’

For optimum coverage on the racetracks, Control-Point located the R.5HPT loudspeakers on the upper perimeter of the buildings and aimed them toward the racing apron. Both systems use Lab.gruppen amplifiers, Peavey Nion DSP, a Shure announce microphone and a Denon solid-state player for canned announcements.

The A/V systems in the casinos, track and restaurants are integrated and controlled by Control-Point’s newly released CP2 automation software operated by touchscreen controllers at multiple locations.