Market Sectors / Entertainment and Leisure

Birdair's expertise in the construction of longspan tensile structures extends to the entertainment and leisure sectors, reflected in a variety of completed resorts, casinos and amphitheaters worldwide.

These venues are designed and engineered to encourage relaxation and celebration, ideals that are reinforced aesthetically by the use of architectural fabric membranes. No other material is as versatile; a membrane roof can be contoured into just about any imaginable shape. The Atlantic City Laser Lighthouse, which echoes the city’s famed Absecon Lighthouse, for example, welcomes visitors from the New Jersey Expressway to the famous shore destination. Vallarta Palace Hotel, Nayarit, Mexico, uses fabric membrane in conjunction with soft lighting to create a soothing and relaxing environment for patrons.

Entertainment venues particularly benefit from the use of Tensotherm™ with Lumira™ aerogel, a fabric membrane with the added benefit of a feather-light insulation layer. The insulation acts as a sound dampener, creating a barrier between any environmental noise and the events taking place inside the venue.

From large-scale amphitheaters like the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center in The Woodlands, TX, to modest bandshells across the Florida coast, no other material lends itself to such exceptional sound transmittance.