P.J. Whelihan's Pub Covered by Community Professional's VERISP.J. Whelihan's sports bar chain covers 16 locations in the Philadelphia and southern New Jersey region, including the most recent addition in suburban Downingtown, Pennsylvania. It's a multi-use venue that can handle not just day-to-day sporting broadcasts but also parties and live events. "They've got a stage set up at one end of the main room for live performances and DJs," says Bob Schermerhorn, of Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Entertainment Service Group (ESG), the company behind the AV system design and installation. The space is served by a distributed system comprising 24 of Community's VERIS 28 dual 8" two way loudspeakers. Low frequency is handled by eight VERIS 212S subwoofers. QSC PLX-series amps power the system, with BSS London processing. More than 40 LG plasma displays ranging from 3" -- 60" ring the main room, running through a pair of Extron MAV-Plus HD matrix switchers. Other than a rather compressed schedule of five weeks from start to completion, Schermerhorn says the job went very smoothly. "The room is a bit of an acoustical challenge," he says. "The main bar is located in the center of the room, and the ceiling surrounding it deflects the sound in a number of directions. Thankfully, the VERIS speakers offer a nice tight focused pattern, which helps a lot in controlling the coverage." 
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