Three Electric Nights in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS — The Electric Daisy Carnival’s dusk-to-dawn electronic music and arts extravaganza moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas this summer, adding a third night to the schedule. AG Lighting, Felix Lighting and Visions Lighting served as primary lighting gear providers for the five-stage event at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The total attendee count was near 250,000, far exceeding the 130,000 who attended the two-day event in Los Angeles last year — even topping Coachella’s 2011 turnout.

Chris Giannoulas’ story is America’s: he grew up in a one-bedroom home in the tiny village call Mesochora, Greece; made it to these shores in 1969; and built a dynamic, successful company. This year, he and his family celebrate OmniSistem, and the 25 years they’ve spent providing products to the entertainment industry.

New Technologies and Biggest Orlando Turnout Yet

InfoComm11 was a record-setter — more than 33,000 attendees poured through Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center West Hall to learn about new Pro AV products and services. With a wide assortment of new products to view, three days (June 15-17) seemed hardly enough time — and to cover every product, we’d need a whole issue. Instead, we include some of the more noteworthy product developments here, and you can find expanded coverage of InfoComm11 and additional photos at www.ProLightingSpace.com.

Remember how, as a kid, you’d take a Hot Wheels track, hook it up to something like a door, and create some psycho-jump ramp? Then you’d pick your favorite car, and let it fly down and watch it careen into the air accompanied by whatever race car sounds you could vocalize? Scott Humphrey does because he did it more recently than you or I. Not sure whether he made race-car sounds though — he certainly didn’t need to because he did it for real.

Unique Association Marks Impressive Growth during Challenging Times

All the members of the Rental & Staging Network would agree that, as a whole, their organization is greater than the sum of its parts. As it barrels toward its fourth year propelled by a serious growth spurt, the organization continues to strive to be a network of top rental and staging companies joined by a common set of principles, high ethical standards and superior performance.