The Anthem opened in 2017 with a mission: bring a purpose-built, mid-sized music venue—able to host arena-level artists that want a smaller, more intimate space in which to connect with fans, but that can still hold plenty of them—to the nation’s capital. The 57,000-square-foot, $60-million venue accommodating 2,500 to 6,000 patrons for as many as two shows a night needed top-tier technology from day one, and they found that in a pair of DiGiCo SD12 consoles, which served the venue for hundreds of shows since then.
When it became clear that it was time for a technology update, independent concert promotion and production company I.M.P., which owns The Anthem, the 9:30 Club, and other venues in the area, decided to stick with a good thing: after moving the original SD12 desks to the famed 1,200-capacity 9:30 Club—named the number one nightclub by Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Pollstar more than any other venue in the country—The Anthem is now home to new pair of DiGiCo SD12-96...
