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New York, New York
Principal Michael Wesolowsky Talks Venue Acoustics on Moore in the Morning
July 10, 2025
Michael
Wesolowsky
Principal & Toronto, Ottawa, Mississauga & Halifax Office Director
Thornton Tomasetti
Key Takeaway
- It can be perfectly safe! - Vibrations are natural for venues and, if properly designed, can safely accommodate fans dancing and enjoying the show.
Concertgoers at Toronto’s temporary Rogers Stadium are expressing concerns about the bleacher seats shaking due to crowd movements. On iHeartRadio's Moore in the Morning podcast today, Principal Mike Wesolowsky of Thornton Tomasetti’s acoustics engineering group explained how vibrations are natural for venues and, if properly designed, can safely accommodate fans dancing and enjoying the show.
Typically, any large crowd/event kind of venue is expected to have some kind of vibration. It's almost impossible to fully control them to the point of imperceptibility, just given the size and scale of them...unless you go with so much concrete that it's not financially feasible.
