DUBAI, U.A.E. — If a single night’s stay at the top floor suite at the Atlantis Hotel commands a princely sum — about $25,000 per night — it’s still a pittance compared to the estimated $20 million to $32 million reportedly spent for a single night’s party celebrating the mega-resort’s grand opening last fall.
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COLUMBUS, OH — Jeff Dunham’s 2009 comedy tour may be called “Spark of Insanity,” but Live! Technologies, which is handling lighting, video, staging and audio for the Comedy Central standout is all about keeping things sane — and seen.
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Last week I saw this new fixture from Zap technologies. Those folks that brought us the big lite. It’s got the same base and one armed high speed yoke as the big lite, but has a really cool new head.
Read More »SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Convention Center has revised its rigging requirements and now requires that all rigging installations be done under the supervision of a rigging supervisor who is certified through the Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP).
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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Over 5,000 revelers attended a party thrown by the Municipality of Ljubljana, Slovenia, which was staged in three halls of the Gospodarsko Razstavisce, the biggest exhibition center in the city.
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OSLO, Norway — To make sure its tour visuals wouldn’t get derailed on the European leg of AC/DC’s Black Ice tour, the band is continuing to use Daktronics’ 70 square meter LED video display, comprised of modular PST-10 panels incorporated into the elaborate set by Screenworks, the tour’s official video partner.
Read More »{mosimage}TAMPA, FL — With no timeouts allowed, Chaos Visual Productions helped supply the LED displays behind the low-profile stage for the halftime show at Super Bowl XLIII, featuring Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
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ORLANDO, FL — LMG Touring has been supporting the lighting, audio and video needs for We The Kings, including this year’s Secret Valentine Tour and The Bamboozle Roadshow.
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FULDA, Germany — LSC Lighting’s Austrian based distributor dBLux has supplied four EKO dimmers, ePlates, three ISONODE DMX512 input modules, three ISOPORT DMX512 outlet modules, a maXim LP and a MINIM lighting control console to the Orangerie function center in Fulda, Germany.
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NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — With 2,000 guest rooms and 470,000 square feet of meeting, convention and exhibition space, the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center ranks as the largest combined hotel and convention center on the Eastern Seaboard, and LEDs are setting its exterior architectural features aglow.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — Visuals and moving light director Svend Pedersen made extensive use of a Catalyst digital media server to illuminate and animate the set for the latest series of The Krypton Factor, recorded at Granada Television Studios for U.K.’s ITV.
Read More »SYRACUSE, NY — Rigging professionals who have earned Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) credentials and are employees of a J. R. Clancy Dealer can earn renewal credit hours by participating in the ETCP program at J. R. Clancy, Inc., in Syracuse on April 24 and 25.
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