We don't have coverage in sports halls, that I know of, but almost all our Cisco APs are mounted flat against walls at 2.4 m - maintenance is so much easier if you don't need a scaffolding tower. According to the docs the transmission pattern for most of the APs with internal antennae is basically shaped like an apple with the stalk pointing out of the face of the AP[1] so you may even get better coverage mounted flat against a wall rather than horizontally next to it, depending on any reflection pattern.
You may already have done a coverage survey and decided that you need external antennae to provide the service, but if not you may want to reconsider.
Sam
[1] <http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/technology/apdeploy/8-0/Cisco_Aironet_3700AP.html#pgfId-164976>
On 18/05/2017 15:46, Caines, Max wrote:
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