Theatrical Experience

Performance Hall contains 1600 seats and includes rehearsal rooms and recording facilities. It is located immediately above the retail area of the Building. Frederick P. Rose Hall is the new home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, one of twelve constituent organizations on the campus of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. It is the world’s first performing arts facility designed specifically for jazz education, performance, and broadcast.

The multi-room facility is highly flexible allowing new forms of interaction between the audience and musicians and creating an experience informed by the unique sound, function and feeling of jazz. The facility or venue is the cultural centerpiece of Time Warner Center, a new 2.1 million square foot landmark development at Columbus Circle. This development is the largest mixed-use complex in New York history.

E-J Electric initially worked with Turner Construction, Flack & Kurtz, and Frank Gehry Architects in an overall “Design Assist” role for all electrical systems for a 20,000-seat arena partially located over a former railroad yard in downtown Brooklyn.  When Hunt Construction and Ellerbe Becket were brought on to redesign the project earlier this year, E-J continued to work with F & K and took on the additional responsibility as the low voltage systems design builder with Ermco Electric and Parsons/TSI.

The 675,000 sq. ft. NBA approved; state of the art facility will feature “best in class” technology with redundant infrastructure for flexibility & growth.  Broadcasters will have consistent & reliable connectivity with easy access.  Wireless coverage is designed to cover 100 % of the arena space.

The National Tennis Center is the home of the annual US Open Tennis Championship. This project was the expansion and redevelopment of a forty-two-acre site with the new 23,000 seat Arthur Ashe Stadium as its centerpiece. Installation of all Low-Voltage Systems including Broadcast TV/Radio, Scoring, Internal Cable TV System, Internal Audio, Voice, and Computer Networking. This project was a turnkey project and included the cabling system as well as the active components. The cable plant consists of over 2.2 million feet (415 miles) of high-performance cable with over 80,000 terminations. E-J also designed and implemented a fiber optic network for the entire campus on behalf of the USTA.

Expansion and redevelopment of the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, the home of the annual US Open Grand Slam Championship Tournament. The existing site is 17.3 acres and is being expanded by 24.9 acres consisting of a new 23,000 seat Arthur Ashe Stadium, fifteen site courts, nine new practice courts, a new food court and renovations to the existing stadium.

E-J’s scope included the installation of turnkey multi-media systems, covering network (CBS & International) broadcast, internal cable TV distribution, scoring systems and audio capabilities covering telephone, umpire, and scorekeeper announcements. Systems supplied include television head end equipment, remote fiber optic cameras, outdoor high capacity loudspeakers and all electronic equipment.

E-J did the installation of lighting and electrical work for the famous Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in New York City. E-J’s scope of work included the new construction of this wax museum, 9 stories of multiple exhibits ranging from wax figures to scenic backdrops, a working guillotine and a 360-degree theater.  Work consists of all power distribution, Fire Alarm, Audio-Visual and theatrical lighting.

Louis Armstrong Stadium was the main venue of the US Open until 1997 when the new Arthur Ashe Stadium was completed.  Originally named the Singer Bowl, Louis Armstrong Stadium was built in 1964 for the World’s Fair.  As the final Phase of the USTA’s Redevelopment Project, Louis Armstrong Stadium underwent a major renovation and modernization in under 1 year.

EJ’s scope of work included ALL electrical, communication, broadcast and technical systems within this facility. Electrically the entire existing electrical system was gutted from the service to final loads. A new service and distribution system were installed. Service and distribution equipment included 5kV, 277/480V and 120/208V equipment and wiring.  Also installed was entire fit-out of public spaces within the stadium including extensive architectural lighting of the Great Hall.  Also included was retail and concession space and a new ticket office.

Modernization of this decades old facility included installation of state-of-the-art broadcast cabling infrastructure to match the newly constructed Arthur Ashe Stadium.  A modern data/voice infrastructure was also installed to handle the Ticket Office, Retail, Concession, Scoring and back office requirements.  A new Broadband TV Distribution and Audio system was installed.  All systems were integrated into the new existing campus systems, bringing the entire campus to the leading edge of technology.