>>15157762They didn't even bother trying to hang it above the plexiglas barrier that is designed to mute crowd noise.
Like I said, lazy, dishonest, unprepared, and probably dumb. It would have taken zero effort to find someone, literally any one of thousands in attendance who was sitting in the middle of the arena, and been like "Hey, if I give you $100 will you carry this decibel meter with you and monitor the levels for me?" or even spending that $100 on a ticket and having a friend do it.
It is lazy and dishonest, they can't even argue that it was a last minute joke idea because he had to buy the meter and guaranteed he ordered it online to save a buck.