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City Theatrical Expands Line of Moving Light Beam Control Accessories

Elation Smarty MAX

Elation’s Smarty MAX comes with a new long-life Platinum FLEX 400 lamp and 160mm front aperture, making it nearly twice as bright with an intense 20,000-lumen beam. The fixture offers CMY CTO color mixing plus an extra 13 dichroic colors, including UV and CTB color correction. A precise zoom can adjust the beam quickly and evenly in all three modes, from a super-narrow 1-degree in Beam mode for powerful shafts of light to a wide 39-degrees in Wash mode for broad strokes of color.

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Parent Company Reveals that MSG Sphere Costs Could Exceed $66K Per Seat

LAS VEGAS – Noting that “it is always difficult to provide a definitive construction cost estimate for large-scale construction projects,” and adding that “it is particularly challenging for one as unique as MSG Sphere,” the Madison Square Garden Company revealed to shareholders on Aug. 20 that the under-construction venue’s total price tag could exceed $1.2 billion.

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Muny Theatre’s 100th Anniversary Renovation Include Two Tomcat Truss Systems

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre, a.k.a. the Muny, is the country’s oldest and largest outdoor musical theater. Along with the venue’s recent upgrades to its lighting, sound and performer flying capabilities, Tait oversaw the addition of a downstage clear span truss structure and upstage ground supported structure made with Tomcat truss.

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Perry’s Stage at Lollapalooza Lit with Chauvet Fixtures

CHICAGO – At the 2019 Lollapalooza Festival’s Perry’s Stage, Chris Lisle came up with a solution to a common festival quandary: How to make big things happen in tight spaces. The setup included 78 Chauvet Professional COLORado Solo Battens. Lisle used the Bandit-supplied fixtures to fill the gaps in the Z truss configuration of the visually dominant video panels.

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