Movistar Arena Buenos Aires Invests in L-Acoustics K Series and L Series for Argentina’s Premier Concert Venue

Nestled in the vibrant Villa Crespo district beside Buenos Aires’ Estadio Don León Kolbowski football stadium, Movistar Arena stands as Argentina’s largest dedicated concert venue and the country’s second-largest indoor arena. Since opening in 2019 under the management of ASM Global, the 15,000-seat facility has built a reputation as the go-to destination for international touring productions in South America. To uphold that standing, the arena recently upgraded its production infrastructure with a new L-Acoustics K and L Series concert sound system, supplied and integrated by local Certified Provider Distributor (CPd) EXOSOUND.

An Arena Purpose-Built for Live Music
“Although we can accommodate sporting, theatrical, and corporate events, this arena was specifically designed to host large-scale live music concerts and is almost exclusively used for that purpose,” says Movistar Arena Buenos Aires Production Manager Gustavo Perezlindo, who has served the venue in that role from its start. “In 2025, we hosted approximately 260 concerts, and we’re already projecting to reach 280 this year, so we maintain a very ambitious schedule of international, regional, and local productions here.”

That busy show roster is quite diverse, including not only recent pop tour stops by Sting, Rod Stewart, and Kylie Minogue, but upcoming performances from artists of many genres. Shows by Dream Theatre, Jonas Brothers, Martin Garrix, Rosalía, Rubén Blades, Fatboy Slim, Helloween, 5 Seconds of Summer, Robbie Williams, Zayn, Die Toten Hosen, Eros Ramazzotti, and Rush are on the venue’s concert calendar, and all are currently expected to use the new L-Acoustics sound system.

“Movistar Arena’s management was already well acquainted with L-Acoustics before the retrofit. “From the beginning, we had K1 and K2 in here through an external contractor,” Perezlindo recalls. “Based on that system’s strong rider acceptability and the consistent audio quality we’ve enjoyed over the past six years, it was a straightforward decision to stay with the brand and purchase our own L-Acoustics system.”

Working in Concert with a Range of X Series, A Series, K Series and L Series
Perezlindo worked closely with EXOSOUND Commercial Director Julio Levinsonas and L-Acoustics Latin America Application Project Engineer Alex Soto on the final Soundvision design. The arena’s new loudspeaker setup now features left and right main arrays of 12 L-Acoustics K1 over four K2, paired with out-fill arrays of three L2 over one L2D per side. Flown behind each of the K1 arrays are eight KS28 subs hung per side in a cardioid configuration, bolstered by 16 more ground-based KS28 in eight stacks of two across the stage face. For front-fill, 20 Kara II are positioned in ten stacks of two across the stage lip.

Out in the house, four L Series hangs supply delay reinforcement to the upper bowl seating areas. Lower underbalcony sections are addressed by ten A10i Wide, five per side. Thirty-four compact X6i coaxial systems further provide audio to the arena’s suites, rounded out by five A10i found in the VISA Lounge at the back of the bowl. Down at the stage, two A15 Focus over one A15 Wide flown per side, plus one KS28 per side on the deck, serve as full-range side-fills, with a collection of X15 HiQ available for use as onstage monitor wedges.

Ten LA-RAK II AVB loaded with 30 LA12X amplified controllers drive all K1, K2, KS28, and A15 enclosures, while seven LA-RAK III AVB loaded with 21 LA7.16 amplified controllers power the L Series and Kara II. Three more LA7.16i drive the X6i and A10i suite speakers, with two LA4X serving the lower underbalcony A10i Wide systems. The entire system is run over a Milan-AVB network “for reliability and robustness,” Perezlindo describes, with redundant P1 processors and LS10 AVB switches utilized on the front end.

The Right Team and Tools for the Project
“With the assistance of logistics specialists Grupo Operadores, we were able to import the equipment from France and install and calibrate the system with L-Acoustics’ support on schedule,” says EXOSOUND’s Levinsonas. “The new system delivers consistent fidelity and coverage throughout the venue. Whether audiences are in the upper bowl, under the balconies, or in the suites, VISA Lounge, or Club Casino, they experience the same uniform sound quality. With this investment, Movistar Arena has reinforced its commitment to providing touring productions with a world-class technical platform and positioned itself as one of the best equipped large-format venues in Latin America.”